The Robotics Business with Fexingo: Automation, Industrial Robots, and Hardware Startups

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The Robotics Business with Fexingo: Automation, Industrial Robots, and Hardware Startups

Lucas and Luna examine the business of robotics — not as a collection of sci-fi promises but as an industrial sector with real P&L statements, supply chains, and return-on-capital questions. Each episode picks one thread: why ABB and Fanuc dominate factory automation while startups like Covariant and Dexterity chase warehouse picking; the unit economics of a collaborative robot arm versus a human worker at current wage rates; the patent landscape in actuator design and what it tells you about who owns the next decade of hardware. Lucas walks through balance sheets and teardown costs; Luna presses on adoption barriers, labor market friction, and the venture math that separates a viable robot company from a perpetual prototype. They do not ignore the hype — they weigh it against shipping volumes, customer churn, and actual deployment data. The listener is someone who wants to understand where the money actually flows in robotics: which verticals (automotive, logistics, food processing) are already automated, which are stuck on cost parity, and which hardware startups have a shot at becoming the next Fanuc. Lucas and Luna never just describe the robot; they ask what trade-off it requires, what existing business it displaces, and whether the numbers close. The tension they leave you with: is this the year a robot arm finally shows up in a small machine shop, or is industrial automation still a rich-company game?

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Episodes

23 episodes

How Microfactories Are Reshaping Robotics

May 31, 2026 · 12:53
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How Robots Are Learning to Recycle E-Waste

May 31, 2026 · 8:00
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The Robotic Hand That Feels What It Touches

May 30, 2026 · 10:14
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The Robot That Picks Your Online Order

May 30, 2026 · 10:19
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Why Robot Arms Are Learning to Assemble Smartphones

May 29, 2026 · 10:21
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Why Robot Arms Are Learning to Grow Food

May 29, 2026 · 8:20
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Why Robot Vacuums Are Getting a Second Act in Commercial Cleaning

May 28, 2026 · 9:42
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How Robotics Companies Are Starting to Use Subscription Pricing

May 28, 2026 · 11:00
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Inside the Robot Surgery Race to Small Hospitals

May 27, 2026 · 13:33
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Why Surgical Robots Are Entering Small Hospitals

May 27, 2026 · 8:30
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Why the Next Robot Revolution Will Be in Recycling

May 26, 2026 · 12:09
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Dark Factory When Manufacturing Runs Untended

May 26, 2026 · 11:32
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The New Robot Business Model Robots as a Service

May 25, 2026 · 10:10
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Why Robot Arms Are Learning a New Skill Welding

May 25, 2026 · 9:58
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The Robot Revolution in Restaurants

May 24, 2026 · 11:35
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The Robot That Can See and Feel

May 24, 2026 · 9:05
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Why Warehouse Robotics Startups Are Stalling

May 23, 2026 · 10:56
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Why Cobots Are Taking Over the Factory Floor

May 23, 2026 · 9:35
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The Robot That Taught Itself to Fold Laundry

May 22, 2026 · 7:50
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Why Robot Arms Are Getting Cheaper Faster Than You Think

May 22, 2026 · 10:49
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The Hidden Battle Over Robot Software Standards

May 21, 2026 · 8:39
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Why Automation Is Reshaping Small Manufacturers

May 21, 2026 · 8:15
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The Robot That Packs Your Lunch

May 19, 2026 · 6:40
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