Scaling Robotics

Miru

Conversations with robotics leaders in software, operations, supply chain, and more about their lessons from scaling fleets of robots. For robots to make an impact on humanity, we must scale to millions worldwide. However, very few teams have ever scaled their fleets of robots, and knowledge of best practices and pitfalls is siloed into a few teams that have achieved this feat. Scaling Robotics is an effort to democratize this knowledge to empower robotics fleets to scale bigger and faster.

Episodes

  1. Scaling Robotics Episode 2: Matan Yemini (Amazon Robotics, Prime Air, Airobotics)

    12 JAN

    Scaling Robotics Episode 2: Matan Yemini (Amazon Robotics, Prime Air, Airobotics)

    In episode 2, we speak with Matan Yemini, a seasoned operator with over a decade of experience in drones and industrial automation at teams such as Amazon Robotics/Prime Air and Airobotics. He is now the COO at Rebellion Defense. In this episode, we discuss pragmatic lessons from scaling fleets and delivering real ROI for robotics customers. The insights are often unglamorous, but they require attention to detail and a relentless focus on business value. 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 (0:00) Intro (1:30) Previous Experience (2:21) Defining ROI in robotics (5:12) Shortening payback cycles (7:18) Resources for operators (8:35) Inputs that define ROI (9:55) Evaluating site readiness (12:07) Early signs of a successful deployment (15:29) Getting ground-truth data (18:10) Responding to downtime (20:41) Dealing with regulation (23:05) Responding to downtime (25:28) Closing This episode is brought to you by Miru, Config Management for Scaling Robotics Teams.

    28 min
  2. Episode 1: Joshua Chaitin-Pollak (Kiva, 6 River, ATI)

    24/11/2025

    Episode 1: Joshua Chaitin-Pollak (Kiva, 6 River, ATI)

    Joining us in Episode 1 is Joshua Chaitin-Pollak, an industry veteran in robotics. He was formerly: An early software engineer at Kiva Systems, which was later acquired by Amazon, and is now Amazon Robotics. They've now deployed over 1 million robots, making them the largest robot fleet in the world.Software lead at 6 River Systems, acquired by Shopify, and now spun out to Ocado.Software lead at Pickle Robot (Series B)He now leads Software at ATI, a Series A tire-installation robotics company. And they're hiring!In this episode, Josh talks about software operations lessons from scaling a fleet, how to stand up a TechOps team, and what he's focusing on starting from day 0 to make his fleet ready for scale.𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒(00:00) Intro (00:22) The biggest fleet Josh has scaled(01:49) How do you operate large fleets?(03:24) How to forecast when things start breaking(05:59) Best practices for software operations(07:27) Combating process theater(09:27) What is TechOps/RobotOps? (10:21) What backgrounds make strong TechOps hires?(11:51) The relationships between TechOps and other functions(13:25) Biggest bottleneck for software teams in robotics today𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 This episode is brought to you by Miru, Config Management for Scaling Robotics Teams.

    14 min
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Conversations with robotics leaders in software, operations, supply chain, and more about their lessons from scaling fleets of robots. For robots to make an impact on humanity, we must scale to millions worldwide. However, very few teams have ever scaled their fleets of robots, and knowledge of best practices and pitfalls is siloed into a few teams that have achieved this feat. Scaling Robotics is an effort to democratize this knowledge to empower robotics fleets to scale bigger and faster.

Information

  • Creator
    Miru
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Miru