##### Polymath HQ [**How Polymath and Foxglove Simplify Fleet Autonomy** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ October 16, 2025](/content/blog/polymath-and-foxglove/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 63 – Robots, Cells, and the FDA with Fred Parietti of Multiply Labs** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ October 8, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-63/index.html) [**Is Human-Driven Heavy Equipment Dead in 2025?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ September 15, 2025](/content/blog/human-driven-equipment-dead-in-2025/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 62 – The Billion-Dollar Blind Spot in Enterprise Robotics** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ August 21, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-62/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 61 - The Three Laws of Robotics** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ June 25, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-61/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 60 - Does Nobody Care About Driver-Out Anymore?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ May 14, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-60/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 59 - David LaRose from Carnegie Robotics on the Reality of Robotics** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 24, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-59/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 58 - Why is Hardware So Expensive?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 9, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-58/index.html) [**Polymath Robotics Awarded 10-Year Programme of Record to Deliver Autonomous Vessels for the the Royal Navy of Liechtenstein** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 1, 2025](/content/blog/contract-award-navy-of-liechtenstein/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 57 - Vertical vs Horizontal Integration in Tech** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ March 13, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-57/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 56 - The Pitfalls of Traditional Collision Avoidance Systems** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ February 20, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-56/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #55: Adrian from Foxglove** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ February 14, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-55/index.html) [**Case Study: Polymath Robotics and ConGlobal Collaboration** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ February 12, 2025](/content/blog/case-study-polymath-and-conglobal/index.html) [**Automate It Ep 54 - What Makes a Robot "Safe Enough"?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ January 29, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-54---what-makes-a-robot-safe-enough/index.html) [**Automate It is Now a Video Podcast!** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ January 24, 2025](/content/blog/automate-it-is-now-a-video-podcast/index.html) [**Alex Yuen talks radar perception at ROSCon 2024!** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ October 18, 2024](/content/blog/alex-yuen-talks-radar-perception-at-roscon-2024/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #49 - Big Robots at MINEXPO and Tesla's Robot Demo** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ October 17, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-49/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #48 - What's Hard About AMRs** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ September 20, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-48/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #47 - Robots for the Military** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ September 10, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-47/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #46 - How Do You Regulate Robots?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ August 9, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-46/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #45 - Why Doesn't Starlink Solve All the Problems?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ August 1, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-45/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #44 - Ahoy Matey! There Be Robots on this Ship** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ July 14, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-44/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #43 - The Tradeoffs of Vertical Robotics Companies** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ June 20, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-43/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #42 - That Radar is So Hot Right Now** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ May 28, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-42/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #41 - The Dirt on Dirt** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 30, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-41/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #40 - Ed Niedermeyer Talks Tesla** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 25, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-40/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #39 - The Reluctant AI Episode** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 5, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-39/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #38 - Why People Took Our April Fools Joke Seriously** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 5, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-38/index.html) [**Meet Kai: The AI-Powered Humanoid Robot for Heavy Industry** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 1, 2024](/content/blog/meet-kai/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #37 - Why Robots Are "Default Blocked"** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ March 29, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-37/index.html) [**Meet 2 New Modules: Coverage Mapper and Behavior Control** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ March 1, 2024](/content/blog/meet-2-new-modules-coverage-mapper-and-behavior-control/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #36 - Questions VCs Ask Us** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ February 16, 2024](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-36/index.html) [**Meet 2 New Modules: Follow the Leader and Sim-to-Reality Pipeline** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ December 20, 2023](/content/blog/meet-2-new-modules-follow-the-leader-and-sim-to-reality-pipeline/index.html) [**Meet 2 New Modules: Obstacle Detection + Local Planning** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ December 8, 2023](/content/blog/meet-2-new-modules-obstacle-detection-local-planning/index.html) [**2 New Modules: Geofence and Ackermann Configuration** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ November 22, 2023](/content/blog/2-new-modules-geofence-and-ackermann-configuration/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #30 - Is Robotics Data Really the New Oil?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ November 17, 2023](/content/blog/automate-it-ep-30-is-robotics-data-really-the-new-oil/index.html) [**Meet 2 New Modules: Robot Metrics Infrastructure & Drive-by-Wire System Abstraction** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ November 16, 2023](/content/blog/meet-2-new-modules-robot-metrics-infrastructure-drive-by-wire-system-abstraction/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #29 - Meet our Autonomous Navigation Modules** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ November 3, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-29/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #28 - Why Are Small Robots So Hard?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ September 22, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-28/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #27 - No Code Lasts Forever** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ September 14, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-27/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #26 - Academic vs Commercial Approaches in Robotics** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ September 5, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-26/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #25 - Waymo Trucking Shuts Down** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ August 4, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-25/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #24 - Deep Diving on the OceanGate Submarine** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ June 30, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-24/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #23 - Is Robotics Really THAT Much Harder than SaaS?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ June 20, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-23/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #22 - Is a VR Headset a Robot?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ June 9, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-22/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #21 - Onroad Autonomy Woes (&Does it Matter?)** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ May 24, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-21/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #20 - Nerf Guns Explain Why Robots are Hard** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ May 16, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-20/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #19 - Request for Robots** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ May 2, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-19/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #18 - The Top Contributions Open Source Robotics Needs Now (Steve Macenski, Chief Navigator for ROS2)** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 21, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-18/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #17 - How Do the Current Economic Conditions Impact Robotics?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 7, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-17/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #16 - Roombas & VCs - The Battle for Clean Floors and Funding** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ April 1, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-16/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #15 - Construction Robots at CONEXPO** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ March 25, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-15/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #14 - The Downsides of Consultants Building your Robots** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ March 10, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-14/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #13 - The Shutdown of Everyday Robots (& Why Big Companies aren't Safer for Robotics)** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ March 2, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-13/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #12 - Robotics Demos Gone Wrong** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ February 17, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-12/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #11 - How to Choose the Right Sensors** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ February 9, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-11/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #10 - Is Teach-and-Repeat Really Autonomy?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ February 3, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-10/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #9 - Why MVPs in Robotics are Different than SaaS** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ January 19, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-9/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #8 - CES & the State of Autonomy** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ January 13, 2023](/content/blog/podcast-episode-8/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #7 - Did Google Just Buy ROS?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ December 19, 2022](/content/blog/podcast-episode-7/index.html) [**Automate It Ep #6 - How to Measure Robots** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ December 15, 2022](/content/blog/podcast-episode-6/index.html) [**Ep #5 of Automate It - Is the Autonomy Industry Dead?** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ December 9, 2022](/content/blog/podcast-episode-5/index.html) [**Ep #4 of Automate It - How to Kill an Autonomy Project** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ December 2, 2022](/content/blog/podcast-episode-4/index.html) [**Ep #3 of Automate It - Teleoperation and Art** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ November 16, 2022](/content/blog/podcast-episode-3/index.html) [**Ep #2 of Automate It - The Time Ilia Danced with a Robot** \ \ Polymath HQ \ \ · \ \ November 14, 2022](/content/blog/podcast-episode-2/index.html)