How time series databases unlock real-time data for robotics

In Episode 254 of The Robot Report Podcast, Doug Pagnutti, developer advocate at Tiger Data, discussed how time series databases like TimescaleDB improve industrial automation, robotics, and AI applications by integrating sensors, managing data at scale, and optimizing performance on cloud and edge. The episode also covered news including China's Unitree stating a 'GPT moment' for robots remains years away, Vicarious Surgical officially shutting down, and UK-based Humanoid securing $152M in Series A funding.

In Episode 254 of The Robot Report Podcast, we talk to Doug Pagnutti, developer advocate at Tiger Data. He discusses how time series databases like TimescaleDB are improving industrial automation, robotics, and AI applications. He shares insights about integrating these databases with various sensors, managing data at scale, and optimizing performance both on the cloud and on the edge. Pagnutti https://www.linkedin.com/in/pagnutti/ is an industrial developer advocate at Tiger Data, where he helps teams build real-world industrial systems. He spent 12+ years in oil and gas and manufacturing automation, working on PLCs, robots, and SCADA systems before moving into industrial software development at Dell EMC and VTScada. He bridges the OT/IT gap by helping automation engineers tackle time-series data infrastructure for IIoT deployments at scale. Show timeline - 8:43 – News of the week - 21:20 – Doug Pagnutti, https://www.linkedin.com/in/pagnutti/ industrial developer advocate at Tiger Data News of the week China’s Unitree says ‘GPT moment’ for robots remains years away Nikkei https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/nikkei-forum/global-digital-summit/global-digital-summit-2026/china-s-unitree-says-gpt-moment-for-robots-remains-years-away Vicarious Surgical officially shutting down TRR https://www.therobotreport.com/vicarious-surgical-officially-shutting-down/ U.K.-based Humanoid secures $152M in Series A TRR https://www.therobotreport.com/uk-based-humanoid-secures-152m-in-series-a-funding/ Sponsors Thanks to our sponsors who make this content possible. Every growing Postgres database eventually hits a wall. Queries slow down, dashboards lag, and teams consider adding a second database. Tiger Data, creators of TimescaleDB, extend Postgres with time-series primitives, columnar storage, and automatic partitioning so your queries stay fast on live data. No pipelines, no migration, no second system. Just Postgres, built for the workload you actually have. Learn more at: tigerdata.com/go/trial To learn how you can sponsor a future episode of The Robot Report Podcast, contact: Jami Brownlee at email protected /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection 0c666e7e637b626069694c7b787b64616968656d226f6361 Would you like to be a guest on a future episode? Contact Mike Oitzman at email protected /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection 86ebe9eff2fcebe7e8c6f1f2f1eeebe3e2efe7a8e5e9eb