{"slug": "from-teach-and-repeat-to-selfpath-ai-the-next-robotics-leap", "title": "From teach and repeat to SelfPath AI: The next robotics leap", "summary": "John Black, chief technology officer at Brain Corp, discussed scaling robot fleets and building trust in public spaces on The Robot Report Podcast, where he highlighted the company's fleet of over 50,000 autonomous mobile robots that have logged more than 25 million hours of safe operation powered by BrainOS. The episode also covered news including XPeng Motors' humanoid robot unit Dogotix raising $900M, Generalist securing $200M in funding, NVIDIA's Jetson Orin Nano 2 doubling inference performance, and Symbotic taking the No. 1 spot in warehouse automation.", "body_md": "In Episode 259 of *The Robot Report* Podcast, the topic is scaling robot fleets and building trust while operating in public spaces.\n\nOur guest is John Black, chief technology officer at [Brain Corp](https://www.therobotreport.com/tag/brain-corp/).\n\nHe has commercialized a fleet of over 50,000 autonomous mobile robots ([AMRs](https://www.therobotreport.com/category/robots-platforms/amrs/)), which have logged more than 25 million hours of safe, real-world operation powered by BrainOS.\n\nA Carnegie Mellon University graduate, Black is a TÜV Rheinland-certified functional safety engineer and serves as board chair for the [UC San Diego](https://www.therobotreport.com/tag/university-of-california-san-diego/) Jacobs School of Engineering Corporate Affiliates Program.\n\n## Show timeline\n\n- 10:00 – News of the week\n- 25:43 –\n[John Black](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-b-22744b8/), CTO, Brain Corp\n\n## News of the week\n\n[XPeng Motors humanoid robot unit Dogotix raises $900M](https://www.therobotreport.com/xpeng-motors-humanoid-robot-unit-dogotix-raises-900m/)[Generalist](https://www.therobotreport.com/tag/generalist/)[brings in another $200M in funding](https://www.axios.com/2026/08/24/robotics-ai-generalist-200m)[as it updates its model](https://generalistai.com/blog/gen-1.5)[Jetson Orin Nano 2 doubles inference performance for robotics on the edge, says NVIDIA](https://www.therobotreport.com/jetson-orin-nano-2-doubles-inference-performance-robotics-edge-says-nvidia/)[Symbotic takes No. 1 in warehouse automation, according to Interact Analysis](https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/symbotic-takes-no-1-warehouse-automation-market-share-says-interact-analysis/)\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#dbb1b9a9b4acb5b7bebe9bbaa9a9b4acbdb7a2f5b8b4b6)\n\nWould you like to be a guest on a future episode? Contact Mike Oitzman at [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c5a8aaacb1bfa8a4ab85a4b7b7aab2a3a9bceba6aaa8)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-teach-and-repeat-to-selfpath-ai-the-next-robotics-leap", "canonical_source": "https://www.therobotreport.com/from-teach-repeat-to-selfpath-ai-next-robotics-leap/", "published_at": "2026-08-28 23:25:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-28 23:48:10.673803+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "autonomous-vehicles", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["John Black", "Brain Corp", "BrainOS", "XPeng Motors", "Dogotix", "Generalist", "NVIDIA", "Symbotic"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-teach-and-repeat-to-selfpath-ai-the-next-robotics-leap", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-teach-and-repeat-to-selfpath-ai-the-next-robotics-leap.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-teach-and-repeat-to-selfpath-ai-the-next-robotics-leap.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-teach-and-repeat-to-selfpath-ai-the-next-robotics-leap.jsonld"}}