## Automate It Podcast Episodes ### Automate It Ep 63 – Robots, Cells, and the FDA with Fred Parietti of Multiply Labs [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-63/index.html) Polymath HQ · March 9, 2026 ### Automate It Ep 62 – The Billion-Dollar Blind Spot in Enterprise Robotics [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-62/index.html) Polymath HQ · September 15, 2025 ### Automate It Ep 61 - The Three Laws of Robotics [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-61/index.html) Polymath HQ · September 15, 2025 ### Automate It Ep 60 - Does Nobody Care About Driver-Out Anymore? [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-60/index.html) Polymath HQ · May 20, 2025 ### Automate It Ep 59 - David LaRose from Carnegie Robotics on the Reality of Robotics [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-59/index.html) Polymath HQ · April 29, 2025 ### Automate It Ep 58 - Why is Hardware So Expensive? [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-58/index.html) Polymath HQ · April 14, 2025 ### Automate It Ep 57 - Vertical vs Horizontal Integration in Tech [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-57/index.html) Polymath HQ · March 14, 2025 ### Automate It Ep 56 - The Pitfalls of Traditional Collision Avoidance Systems [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-56/index.html) Polymath HQ · March 14, 2025 ### Automate It Ep 54 - What Makes a Robot "Safe Enough"? [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-54---what-makes-a-robot-safe-enough/index.html) Polymath HQ · February 14, 2025 ### Automate It Ep #55: Adrian from Foxglove [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-55/index.html) Polymath HQ · February 19, 2025 ### Automate It Ep #49 - Big Robots at MINEXPO and Tesla's Robot Demo [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-49/index.html) Polymath HQ · February 14, 2025 ### Automate It Ep #48 - What's Hard About AMRs [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-48/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #47 - Robots for the Military [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-47/index.html) Polymath HQ · February 14, 2025 ### Automate It Ep #46 - How Do You Regulate Robots? [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-46/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #45 - Why Doesn't Starlink Solve All the Problems? [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-45/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #44 - Ahoy Matey! There Be Robots on this Ship [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-44/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #43 - The Tradeoffs of Vertical Robotics Companies [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-43/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #42 - That Radar is So Hot Right Now [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-42/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #41 - The Dirt on Dirt [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-41/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #40 - Ed Niedermeyer Talks Tesla [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-40/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #39 - The Reluctant AI Episode [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-39/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #38 - Why People Took Our April Fools Joke Seriously [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-38/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #37 - Why Robots Are "Default Blocked" [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-37/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #36 - Questions VCs Ask Us [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-36/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #30 - Is Robotics Data Really the New Oil? [Listen Here](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-30-is-robotics-data-really-the-new-oil/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #6 - How to Measure Robots [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-6/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #8 - CES & the State of Autonomy [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-8/index.html) Polymath HQ · February 27, 2025 ### Automate It Ep #7 - Did Google Just Buy ROS? [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-7/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #9 - Why MVPs in Robotics are Different than SaaS [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-9/index.html) Polymath HQ · February 27, 2025 ### Automate It Ep #10 - Is Teach-and-Repeat Really Autonomy? [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-10/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #11 - How to Choose the Right Sensors [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-11/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #12 - Robotics Demos Gone Wrong [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-12/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #13 - The Shutdown of Everyday Robots (& Why Big Companies aren't Safer for Robotics) [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-13/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #14 - The Downsides of Consultants Building your Robots [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-14/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #16 - Roombas & VCs - The Battle for Clean Floors and Funding [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-16/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #15 - Construction Robots at CONEXPO [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-15/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #17 - How Do the Current Economic Conditions Impact Robotics? [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-17/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #18 - The Top Contributions Open Source Robotics Needs Now (Steve Macenski, Chief Navigator for ROS2) [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-18/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #19 - Request for Robots [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-19/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #21 - Onroad Autonomy Woes (& Does it Matter?) [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-21/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #20 - Nerf Guns Explain Why Robots are Hard [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-20/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #22 - Is a VR Headset a Robot? [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-22/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #23 - Is Robotics Really THAT Much Harder than SaaS? [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-23/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #24 - Deep Diving on the OceanGate Submarine [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-24/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #26 - Academic vs Commercial Approaches in Robotics [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-26/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #28 - Why Are Small Robots So Hard? [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-28/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #25 - Waymo Trucking Shuts Down [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-25/index.html) Polymath HQ · October 18, 2024 ### Automate It Ep #29 - Meet our Autonomous Navigation Modules [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-29/index.html) Polymath HQ · February 27, 2025 ### Automate It Ep #27 - No Code Lasts Forever [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-27/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Ep #5 of Automate It - Is the Autonomy Industry Dead? [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-5/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Ep #4 of Automate It - How to Kill an Autonomy Project [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-4/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Ep #3 of Automate It - Teleoperation and Art [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-3/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024 ### Ep #2 of Automate It - The Time Ilia Danced with a Robot [Listen Here](/content/blog/podcast-episode-2/index.html) Polymath HQ · November 4, 2024