Six Degrees of Robotics

Why Robot Companies Fail: The Top Lessons No One Wants to Learn the Hard Way

The Fragile Line Between Robotics Dreams and Robotics Ruins

Dec 5 • 

Aaron Prather

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November 2025

2025's Top Books For Robot Heads

Essential Reads for the Minds Building Our Mechanical Future

Nov 28

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Additive Construction Is Scaling. Our Safety Framework Must Catch Up

The accelerated rise of construction robotics demands standards designed for the jobsite, not the factory

Nov 21 • 

Aaron Prather

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Robots Are the New Public Safety Infrastructure

What happens when robots become as essential as fire trucks, radios, and turnout gear.

Nov 14 • 

Aaron Prather

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When Care Has Circuits: The Human Work of Trusting Robots

How home-care robots challenge our assumptions about safety, dignity, and what it means to be cared for.

Nov 7 • 

Aaron Prather

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October 2025

Why Mid-Sized Companies Are the Next Frontier for Robotics

The new robotics era isn’t about size—it’s about scalability, interoperability, and practical deployment where it matters most.

Oct 31 • 

Aaron Prather

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The Geopolitics of Teleoperated Robots

Outsourcing Touch: Power, Labour, and the Politics of Remote Control

Oct 24 • 

Aaron Prather

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Wiring the Future: Inside America’s New Robotics Shop Class

From FIRST Robotics to factory floors, a new generation is learning to think in code and metal.

Oct 17 • 

Aaron Prather

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When Robots Speak the Same Language: Inside ISO 21423 and the Future of Interoperability

A new ISO standard promises to end the communication barriers between industrial mobile robots—creating a universal framework for fleets that finally…

Oct 10 • 

Aaron Prather

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Why the Humanoid We Really Need Already Lives in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Forget C-3PO, Give Me K-2SO Any Day Of The Week

Oct 3 • 

Aaron Prather

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September 2025

Humanoids at the Threshold: Building the Standards for a New Robotic Era

Why the future of humanoid robots depends on safety, trust, and the standards we set today

Sep 26 • 

Aaron Prather

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Scotland’s Bid to Shape Robotics

From healthcare to subsea energy, a Scottish robotics ecosystem is emerging—rooted in research, tempered by weather, and guided by standards.

Sep 19 • 

Aaron Prather

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