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The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Lucas and Luna examine the state of autonomous systems and industrial robotics, from the latest in sensor fusion and manipulation algorithms to the business realities of deploying hardware at scale. Each episode picks a specific robot class— collaborative arms, autonomous mobile robots, humanoids—and traces its technical lineage, market adoption, and the engineering trade-offs that determine whether a prototype becomes a factory staple. Lucas, with a journalist’s precision, dissects recent…
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The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and HardwareWhy Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Swinging Pendulum
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why robot arms struggle with dynamic manipulation tasks like catching or stabilising a swinging…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Paperclip
Lucas and Luna explore why a simple paperclip remains a formidable challenge for robot hands. They break down the physics of spring steel deformation, the…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Pick Up a Slippery Fish
Episode 119 tackles one of the hardest unsolved problems in robotics: grasping slippery, deformable objects. Lucas and Luna examine why a wet fish — or a wet…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Can't Handle a Chocolate Truffle
In Episode 118 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why even the most advanced robot arms struggle with a seemingly simple task: picking up a…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Hands Can't Handle a Ziploc Bag
Robot grippers can lift engines and assemble circuit boards, but they crumple when asked to open a resealable plastic bag. In this episode, Lucas and Luna…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Wet Bar of Soap
It's one of the simplest tasks in a human bathroom: pick up a slippery, wet bar of soap. Robot arms equipped with the latest tactile sensors and machine…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Salt Shaker
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why even advanced robotic arms struggle with the simple task of picking up and precisely…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Can't Handle an Overripe Tomato
Episode 114 of The Robotics Podcast dives into a deceptively simple challenge: picking up an overripe tomato without crushing it. Lucas and Luna explore why…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Pour a Perfect Cup of Coffee
Lucas and Luna explore why roboticists haven't cracked the simple task of pouring a drink without spilling. They dive into the physics of fluid dynamics…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Uncork a Wine Bottle
Lucas and Luna explore the surprisingly complex challenge of robotically uncorking a wine bottle, from the variability of cork size and friction to the force…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Towel
In episode 111 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the surprising difficulty robots have with grasping and folding towels. They break down the…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Chop an Onion
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the surprisingly difficult challenge of teaching a robot arm to chop an onion. While industrial robots can weld car…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Pencil
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most deceptively hard tasks in robotics: picking up a pencil from a flat table. They explore why the…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Thread a Needle
In Episode 108 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most deceptively difficult tasks for industrial robot arms: threading a needle. They…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Tie a Knot
In Episode 107, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most deceptively hard tasks in robotics: tying a knot. From a surgeon's suture to a shoelace, knot-tying…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Open a Jar
Lucas and Luna explore why one of the most mundane human tasks—opening a twist-off jar lid—remains a monumental challenge for industrial robot arms. They break…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Peel a Potato
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most deceptively difficult tasks for industrial robot arms: peeling a potato…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Your Robot Vacuum Still Bumps Into Things
Episode 104 of The Robotics Podcast dives into the surprising limitation of autonomous navigation: why even expensive robot vacuums and industrial AGVs rely on…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Can't Open a Door
In Episode 103 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a surprisingly stubborn challenge in robotics: opening a door. They explore why this simple human…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Fold a Fitted Sheet
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why folding a fitted sheet remains a grand challenge for robotic manipulation. They break down…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Deflated Balloon
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why even the most advanced robotic grippers struggle with soft, deformable objects like a deflated balloon. They break…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
What Robot Hands Still Can't Do After 100 Episodes
For the 100th episode, Lucas and Luna step back from the parade of failures — toothpicks, grapes, wet paper towels — and ask what robot hands still can't…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Pick Up a Coin
Episode 99 of The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo dives into a deceptively complex challenge: why industrial robot arms struggle to pick up a single coin from a…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Can't Handle a Rubik's Cube
Lucas and Luna dig into why solving a Rubik's Cube remains a surprisingly hard benchmark for robot manipulation. They break down the specific challenges…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Bowling Pin
In episode 97 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a deceptively hard problem: why robot arms still can't reliably pick up and set down a…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Can't Handle a Fresh Egg
Lucas and Luna dive into one of robotics' most deceptively hard challenges: picking up a raw chicken egg without breaking it. They unpack the physics of…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Deflated Balloon
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the surprising difficulty robots face when handling deflated balloons. From the physics of…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Can't Handle a Feather
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into why robotic arms struggle with one of the lightest objects imaginable: a feather. They explore the physics of…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Sponge
Episode 93 of The Robotics Podcast: Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most deceptively hard manipulation tasks for industrial robot arms: picking up and…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Single Sheet of Paper
Robot arms excel at moving heavy objects with extreme precision, but a single sheet of paper remains a humbling benchmark. In this episode, Lucas and Luna…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Can't Catch a Ball
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why robotic arms, despite decades of development, still struggle with a task a five-year-old can master: catching a…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
How Robot Arms Learned to Cut a Lemon
Episode 90 of The Robotics Podcast. Lucas and Luna explore why precision cutting—specifically halving a lemon—remains a surprisingly hard problem for…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Single Crayon
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why even the most advanced robotic arms struggle with a seemingly simple object: a crayon. They…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Solder a Circuit Board
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why even the most advanced robotic arms struggle with soldering on printed circuit boards. They break down the physics…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Can't Sort a Mixed Bin of Trash
Episode 87 of The Robotics Podcast dives into one of the hardest unsolved problems in industrial robotics: sorting a mixed bin of household trash. Lucas and…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Single Sheet of Paper
Episode 86 of The Robotics Podcast tackles a deceptively simple challenge: picking up a single sheet of paper from a flat surface. Lucas and Luna break down…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Thread a Needle
Lucas and Luna tackle a deceptively simple task that exposes the limits of modern robotics: threading a needle. They break down why a 0.2-millimeter wire…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Wet Paper Towel
Episode 84 of The Robotics Podcast dives into the astonishing difficulty of gripping, tearing, and crumpling a wet paper towel. Lucas and Luna explore the…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Pick Up a Single Grape
In episode 83 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why grasping a single grape is a monumental challenge for today's robot arms. They break…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Pick a Lock
Lucas and Luna dive into the surprisingly hard problem of robotic lock picking. While robot arms excel at brute force tasks, the delicate tactile feedback and…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Can't Untie a Knot
Robots can assemble cars, pack boxes, and even perform surgery. But ask a robot arm to untie a simple knot in a shoelace, and it falls apart. In this episode…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Single Toothpick
Why can a two-million-dollar industrial robot arm lift a car engine but fail to pick up a single wooden toothpick from a table? In Episode 80 of The Robotics…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Fold a Fitted Sheet
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a deceptively simple household challenge: folding a fitted sheet. They explain why this task —…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Screwdriver
Lucas and Luna dive into the surprisingly hard problem of robots using screwdrivers. Despite advances in industrial automation, manipulating a common…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Deflated Ball
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why robot arms struggle with deformable objects like a deflated ball. They dive into the…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Operate a Doorknob
Lucas and Luna tackle a deceptively simple task that stumps even the most advanced robotic arms: opening a door. They dig into the physics of compliant motion…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Raw Egg
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a deceptively simple challenge: why can't even the most advanced industrial robot arms crack a raw egg into a bowl…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Balloon
Episode 74 of The Robotics Podcast examines why robot arms struggle with balloons — a surprisingly hard manipulation problem that reveals fundamental limits in…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Single Lego Brick
Lucas and Luna explore the surprising difficulty robots face when trying to pick up and place a single Lego brick. They dive into the challenges of precision…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Wipe a Countertop
Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most deceptive challenges in robotics: wiping a countertop. It sounds simple, but it requires real-time force control, surface…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Can't Uncork a Wine Bottle
Lucas and Luna tackle a deceptively hard problem in robotics: uncorking a wine bottle. They break down the physics of cork extraction, the sensory feedback…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Stapler
In episode 70 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a surprisingly tricky task for robot arms: picking up and operating a standard office stapler…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Light Switch
Episode 69 of The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore why flipping a simple light switch is still a massive challenge for robotic arms. They…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Coffee Cup
Episode 68 of The Robotics Podcast dives into one of the most surprising failures in modern robotics: picking up a coffee cup. Lucas and Luna explore why the…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Wet Bar of Soap
Lucas and Luna dive into the surprisingly hard problem of robotic grasping of slippery, deformable objects. They examine the fundamental physics challenge: how…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Pill
Episode 66 of The Robotics Podcast tackles the surprisingly difficult task of picking up a single pill from a blister pack. Lucas and Luna explore the…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Human Hair
In episode 65 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a surprisingly tough challenge for modern robotics: handling a single human hair. They explore why…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Pick Up a Single Grain of Rice
Episode 64 of The Robotics Podcast digs into the tactile nightmare that is a single grain of rice. Lucas and Luna explore why even the most advanced robotic…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Wet Towel
Lucas and Luna explore the surprisingly difficult problem of robotic manipulation of wet deformable objects, focusing on a 2025 study from MIT CSAIL that…
- The Robotics Podcast with Fexingo: Autonomous Systems, Industrial Robots, and Hardware
Why Robot Arms Still Cant Thread a Moving Needle
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most stubborn challenges in automation: threading a needle on a moving sewing…