#57 - Hiten Sonpal: A LEGO crane, a belt and disrupting the 600 billion dollar robotics industry
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Hiten Sonpal discusses his innovative approach to revolutionizing the robotics industry with a new belt-and-pulley system.
Every machine that lifts, digs, or hauls relies on hydraulics — a technology that hasn't changed in over 50 years. But what if you could replace that leaky, energy-wasting oil with a belt-and-pulley system that's three times faster, three times more efficient, and three times more durable, with zero emissions? That's what Hiten Sonpal and his team at RISE Robotics are doing. In Episode 57, Hiten joins Peter Marcus Bach to explore his full robotics journey, from a childhood fascination with LE...
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