In Episode #63, I talk with Dmitrii Rudnitckii, VP and former CTO at Humanoid, with 25+ years in automation, encryption, computer vision, and robotics:
We cover his journey from automating ships in the late 90s to building autonomous factories and now leading one of the most ambitious humanoid robot projects in the UK.
Dmitrii shares insights about studying computer science in Russia, the importance of deep fundamentals over quick wins, the challenges of moving into leadership, and why soft skills are harder to learn than coding.
We also talk about Humanoid’s mission, their wheel-based and legged robot models, and the pragmatic road to commercialisation.
We went deep into deep tech, from early system design to what founders often miss when scaling robotics companies. I learned a lot. You might too.
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