Episode 43
Warehouse automation is not about building the flashiest robot. It is about solving the right problem at scale. In this episode of Automated, Brian Heater speaks with Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics, about what it really takes to deploy robots inside working warehouses and why the future of physical AI may look very different from the humanoid hype cycle.
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