The Future of Home Robotics: Axel Peytavin on Building Robots That Feel Alive

AI Tinkerers - "One-Shot" by Joe Heitzeberg

Episode notes

What if your home robot didn’t just clean, but felt alive — learning, adapting, and becoming part of your family?

In this episode of AI Tinkerers One-Shot, Joe talks with Axel Peytavin, Co-founder & CEO of Innate, about his mission to create robots that aren’t just functional, but truly responsive companions. From his early start coding at age 11 to building one of the first GPT-4 Vision-powered robots, Axel shares how his team is creating an open-source robotics kit and one of the first agentic frameworks for robots — giving developers the tools to teach, customize, and build the next generation of embodied AI.

What you’ll learn:

- Why Axel believes “robots that feel alive” are the future — beyond flashy demos of backflips and kung fu.

- How Innate is making robotics accessible with an open-source hardwa ... 

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Keywords
Innate RoboticsAgentic robotsTeachable household robotsOpen-source robotics kitGPT-4 Vision robotsFine-motor manipulation AITeleoperation in roboticsAI-powered home assistantDeep learning robotics