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

Episode 4 of The Robotics Business dives into the surprising economics behind falling industrial robot prices. Lucas and Luna examine a specific case: how a mid-size Chinese manufacturer, Midea-owned KUKA, dropped the price of its KR 4 AGILUS arm by nearly 40 percent over three years without sacrificing margin. They trace the drivers — cheaper servo motors from mass production in EV factories, sta...

Episode 3 of The Robotics Business podcast dives into the less visible but critical fight over robot operating system standards. Lucas and Luna explore why the industry is split between proprietary platforms like ABB's RobotStudio and open-source frameworks like ROS 2. They discuss how this fragmentation creates hidden costs for manufacturers, slows adoption among small and midsize businesses, and...

This episode of The Robotics Business with Fexingo examines how collaborative robots, or cobots, are finding a home in small and medium-sized manufacturers. Lucas and Luna discuss the case of a Minnesota-based metal fabricator that deployed four cobots from Universal Robots to handle repetitive welding tasks. The company cut production time by 40% and reduced defects, all with a payback period und...

In this debut episode of The Robotics Business, Lucas and Luna drill into a single number: 1.3 million industrial robots shipped in 2025 according to the International Federation of Robotics. They trace that statistic back to a specific factory floor in Greenville, South Carolina, where BMW uses a 480-kilogram, six-axis arm from Fanuc to weld a chassis every 57 seconds. Lucas explains why the auto...