{"slug": "building-robots-that-survive-the-warehouse", "title": "Building robots that survive the warehouse", "summary": "Nomagic's general manager for North America, Josh Cloer, discussed the company's expansion into the region on The Robot Report Podcast, highlighting how physical AI systems are improving order-fulfillment operations. The episode also covered HII's up to $900 million agreement with Path Robotics and GrayMatter Robotics, Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 enabling full body control, and the University of Florida's new robotics lab for industrialized construction.", "body_md": "In Episode 256 of *The Robot Report* Podcast, we talk with Josh Cloer, general manager for North America at Nomagic.\n\nCloer is a commercial leader who has consistently turned breakthrough robotics technology into tangible business results.\n\nAs general manager at [Nomagic](https://www.therobotreport.com/tag/nomagic), he is expanding the company’s footprint into North America, deploying physical AI systems that bring a new level of intelligence and adaptability to order-fulfillment operations.\n\nBefore Nomagic, as a founding member of [Mujin](https://www.therobotreport.com/tag/mujin) in North America, Cloer drove that company’s go-to-market strategy and execution, scaling the business from the ground up.\n\n## Show timeline\n\n- 6:01 – News of the week\n- 15:30 –\n[Josh Cloer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcloer/), general manager, North America, at Nomagic\n\n## News of the week\n\n**HII signs up to $900M agreement with Path Robotics, GrayMatter Robotics****Google DeepMind says Gemini Robotics 2 enables full body control****University of Florida opens new robotics lab dedicated to industrialized construction**\n\n## Sponsors\n\n*Thanks to our sponsors who make this content possible.*\n\nTo learn how you can sponsor a future episode of *The Robot Report* Podcast, contact Jami Brownlee at [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8828a9a879f86848d8da89f9c9f80858d8c8189c68b8785)\n\nWould you like to be a guest on a future episode? Contact Mike Oitzman at [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#44292b2d303e29252a043330332c2921202d256a272b29)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-robots-that-survive-the-warehouse", "canonical_source": "https://www.therobotreport.com/building-robots-that-survive-warehouse/", "published_at": "2026-08-07 22:01:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 12:11:17.668228+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Nomagic", "Josh Cloer", "Mujin", "HII", "Path Robotics", "GrayMatter Robotics", "Google DeepMind", "University of Florida"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-robots-that-survive-the-warehouse", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-robots-that-survive-the-warehouse.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-robots-that-survive-the-warehouse.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-robots-that-survive-the-warehouse.jsonld"}}