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All talks from Actuate 2025, the developer conference for people who build robots.

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Featured Recordings

Opening Keynote: Scaling Intelligence into the Physical World

Opening Keynote: Scaling Intelligence into the Physical World

Adrian Macneil, Co-Founder & CEO, Foxglove

The Physical Turing Test: Solving General Purpose Robotics

The Physical Turing Test: Solving General Purpose Robotics

Jim Fan, Distinguished Scientist, NVIDIA

Robotic Foundation Models

Robotic Foundation Models

The Future of Intelligent Automated Logistics

The Future of Intelligent Automated Logistics

James Kuffner, CTO, Symbotic

All Recordings

Fireside Chat with RJ Scaringe

Fireside Chat with RJ Scaringe

Fireside Chat with Kyle Vogt

Fireside Chat with Kyle Vogt

Frontiers in Embodied AI

Frontiers in Embodied AI

Jamie Shotton, Chief Scientist, Wayve

Any Robot, Any Task, One Brain: A Path to General Intelligence

Any Robot, Any Task, One Brain: A Path to General Intelligence

Deepak Pathak, Co-Founder & CEO, Skild AI

Foundation Reward Models for Robot Learning

Foundation Reward Models for Robot Learning

Jason Ma, Co-Founder, Dyna Robotics

Advanced Autonomy for the Built World

Advanced Autonomy for the Built World

Boris Sofman, Co-Founder & CEO, Bedrock Robotics

The Missing Infrastructure Layer for Robotics

The Missing Infrastructure Layer for Robotics

Bahram Banisadr, Head of Product, Foxglove

Unchaining Physical AI

Unchaining Physical AI

Robert Sun, Founding Engineer, Dexterity

ROS vs DIY: Should You Build on ROS or Start from Scratch?

ROS vs DIY: Should You Build on ROS or Start from Scratch?

Panel discussion

Structure or Scale: How Much Should We Engineer into Robot Learning?

Structure or Scale: How Much Should We Engineer into Robot Learning?

Panel discussion

Solving Real-World Navigation for Humanoid Robots in Dynamic Environments

Solving Real-World Navigation for Humanoid Robots in Dynamic Environments

Vivian Chu, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Diligent Robotics

Fast-Loop Autonomy: How Observability at Scale Accelerates Robotics Development

Fast-Loop Autonomy: How Observability at Scale Accelerates Robotics Development

Dennis Siedlak, CTO / Founder, Slip Robotics

Placing Food Like People

Placing Food Like People

Vinny Senthil, Senior Software Engineer, Chef Robotics

From Pixels to Parts: Deploying Direct CAD-to-Robot Workflows in Construction

From Pixels to Parts: Deploying Direct CAD-to-Robot Workflows in Construction

End to End Robotics in Rust

End to End Robotics in Rust

Vivek Bagaria, Head of Autonomy, Matic

Lessons from Deploying 2,000 Delivery Robots Across Geographies

Lessons from Deploying 2,000 Delivery Robots Across Geographies

Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Senior Director, Head of Autonomy, Serve Robotics

Unnatural Selection: Evolving Robotic Systems within Systems of Compounding Complexity

Unnatural Selection: Evolving Robotic Systems within Systems of Compounding Complexity

Mike Brevoort, Principal Engineer - AI Lead, Mytra

Building with Nix for Embedded Systems

Building with Nix for Embedded Systems

Daniel Fullmer, Principal Software Engineer, Anduril Industries

Co-Piloting Autonomy: Engineers & Safety Leaders Scaling Real-World Robotics Together

Co-Piloting Autonomy: Engineers & Safety Leaders Scaling Real-World Robotics Together

Last 100 Meters: Autonomy Challenges in Scaling Drone Delivery to Every Home

Last 100 Meters: Autonomy Challenges in Scaling Drone Delivery to Every Home

Karthik Lakshmanan, Head of Perception, Zipline

Accelerating Autonomy Development with the Hivemind SDK

Accelerating Autonomy Development with the Hivemind SDK

Vibhav Ganesh, Director of Engineering, Shield AI

Safety-First Deployment of Foundation Models on Delivery Robots at Scale

Safety-First Deployment of Foundation Models on Delivery Robots at Scale

Mahesh Krishnamurthi, Co-Founder & CPO, Vayu Robotics