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Rob Cochran on Shipping a Developer-First Humanoid at Fauna Robotics
“We wanted to ship before we talked.”
That’s how Rob Cochran, co-founder of Fauna Robotics, explains the company’s decision to stay in stealth until its humanoid robot was already in customers’ hands. In this episode of Automated, Brian Heater speaks with Cochran about launching a humanoid startup in one of the most competitive and uncertain moments in robotics.
Instead of targeting factories or chasing headline-grabbing demonstrations, Fauna built Sprout, a lightweight, three-and-a-half-foot-tall humanoid designed for developers and real-world experimentation. The robot is soft to the touch…
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