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General Robotics is betting on modular intelligence, not one robot brain

SourceRobotics Business Review(therobotreport.com)4 days ago · 9/26/2026
General Robotics is betting on modular intelligence, not one robot brain

The Robot Report Podcast · General Robotics Is Betting on Modular Intelligence, Not One Robot Brain

Sai Vemprala, CTO of General Robotics.

In Episode 263 of The Robot Report Podcast, we interview Sai Vemprala, CTO of General Robotics .

Sai Vemprala is the co-founder and CTO of General Robotics, leading the development and architecture of GRID. Vemprala is an expert in simulation-based robotics and scalable physical AI systems.

Before General Robotics, Vemprala served as a senior researcher at Microsoft Research (MSR). He holds a PhD in robotics from Texas A&M.

If you enjoy this conversation, listen to Episode 234 of The Robot Report Podcast, featuring Dinesh Narayanan , head of commercialization at General Robotics.

Show timeline

4:06 – News of the week

24:40 – Sai Vemprala , CTO of General Robotics

News of the week

Agility Robotics, maker of Digit humanoid, exploring wheeled robots

Boston Dynamics opens Metaplant Application Center to train Atlas humanoids

Cognex to Acquire RealSense (Cognex PR)

Qualcomm to acquire PickNik Robotics

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