Core Matter - The Business of Robotics & Physical AI

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October 2026

Can America Leapfrog Shenzhen?
What Shenzhen’s industrial ecosystem reveals about manufacturing know-how, and three ways AI could help build new capacity in the US.
 • Michelle Sun
I Paid $60 for Two Humanoids to Clean My Home In San Francisco
What a cleaning visit revealed about the work and economics of home robotics.
 • Michelle Sun
A farm robot has to earn its place in the fleet | Tyler Niday, CEO, Bonsai Robotics
Tyler Niday on machine design, field learning and trust
 • Michelle Sun
The Economics of Robot Data: Building the Scale AI of Robotics
The economics of turning data collection into a continuing customer relationship.
 • Michelle Sun
The Six Senses of a Humanoid Robot
How robots see, balance and feel, who supplies the sensors, and where deployment breaks.
 • Michelle Sun
What Happens When a Robot Needs New Skin? | Shan Luo, Professor and Chair of Robotics and AI, King’s College London
Robot skin, transferable models and the demands of industry
 • Michelle Sun
IROS 2026: Humanoids Losing Their Legs, Selling Hands for Data, Cancer Fighting Nano-robots
What I learned from 50 conversations about robotics. The key to scaling actuators, sensors bottleneck and opportunities in unlocking deployments.
 • Michelle Sun

September 2026

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