{"id":21135,"date":"2026-01-24T22:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:16:14","slug":"thomas-pilz-on-innovation-and-security-in-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Pilz on innovation and security in robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2253000083&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In Episode 228 of <em>The Robotic Report<\/em> Podcast, hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman recap the foremost robotics information of the week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_586743\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586743\" class=\"size-full wp-image-586743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/thomas-pilz-headshot-250.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of thomas pilz.\" width=\"250\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/thomas-pilz-headshot-250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/thomas-pilz-headshot-250-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/thomas-pilz-headshot-250-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/thomas-pilz-headshot-250-190x238.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-586743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Pilz, managing associate of Pilz GmbH &amp; Co. KG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our visitor on this present is Thomas Pilz, managing associate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/pilz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pilz GmbH &amp; Co. KG<\/a> \u2014 a dynamic chief and innovator in robotics security. He oversees IT, buying, analysis and improvement, high quality administration, and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Pilz beforehand served as CEO of Pilz Automation Security L.P. in Michigan, main the corporate\u2019s North American operations. He additionally contributes to a number of technical and scientific boards, together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdma.eu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VDMA<\/a> and varied analysis associations within the fields of automation and microelectronics.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the interview, we contact on present issues with the quickly evolving robotic panorama. We collect Thomas\u2019 insights into new cutting-edge applied sciences like these being developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/3laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3Laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_53 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-6a735a54b53d4\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-6a735a54b53d4\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-6a735a54b53d4\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135\/#Present_timeline\" title=\"Present timeline\">Present timeline<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135\/#Information_of_the_week\" title=\"Information of the week\">Information of the week<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135\/#iRobot_emerges_from_Chapter_11_as_restructured_Picea_US_subsidiary\" title=\"iRobot emerges from Chapter 11 as restructured Picea U.S. subsidiary\">iRobot emerges from Chapter 11 as restructured Picea U.S. subsidiary<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135\/#Serve_Robotics_to_amass_hospital_logistics_supplier_Diligent_Robotics\" title=\"Serve Robotics to amass hospital logistics supplier Diligent Robotics\">Serve Robotics to amass hospital logistics supplier Diligent Robotics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135\/#Microsoft_Analysis_reveals_Rho-alpha_vision-language-action_mannequin_for_robots\" title=\"Microsoft Analysis reveals Rho-alpha vision-language-action mannequin for robots\">Microsoft Analysis reveals Rho-alpha vision-language-action mannequin for robots<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=21135\/#Hyundai_Motor%E2%80%99s_Korean_union_warns_of_humanoid_robotic_plan_sees_risk_to_jobs\" title=\"Hyundai Motor\u2019s Korean union warns of humanoid robotic plan, sees risk to jobs\">Hyundai Motor\u2019s Korean union warns of humanoid robotic plan, sees risk to jobs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Present_timeline\"><\/span>Present timeline<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>0:45 \u2013 John Deere Excavator demo recap<\/li>\n<li>10:21 \u2013 Information of the week<\/li>\n<li>33:25 \u2013 Thomas Pilz, Managing Accomplice of Pilz GmbH &amp; Co. KG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_586749\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586749\" class=\"size-full wp-image-586749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mike-on-a-jd-230p-excavator.jpg\" alt=\"mike oitzman sits in the cab of a John Deere 230P excavator.\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mike-on-a-jd-230p-excavator.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mike-on-a-jd-230p-excavator-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mike-on-a-jd-230p-excavator-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mike-on-a-jd-230p-excavator-179x238.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-586749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editor and cohost Mike Oitzman will get his first alternative to function a John Deere excavator. | Credit score: The Robotic Report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Information_of_the_week\"><\/span>Information of the week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"iRobot_emerges_from_Chapter_11_as_restructured_Picea_US_subsidiary\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/irobot-emerges-from-chapter-11-picea-u-s-subsidiary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iRobot emerges from Chapter 11 as restructured Picea U.S. subsidiary<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>iRobot Corp. is again from chapter with the completion of Shenzhen Picea Robotics Co.\u2019s acquisition of the patron robotics pioneer. iRobot mentioned it has emerged from a pre-packaged Chapter 11 course of \u201cwith an improved monetary basis and extra capability to spend money on the subsequent technology of good residence robotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Final month, iRobot introduced that it had entered right into a restructuring help settlement with its creditor Santrum Hong Kong Co. and contract producer Picea. The corporate had confronted falling income, diversification challenges, and antitrust issues that doomed its proposed acquisition by Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, it mentioned it stays dedicated to persevering with to supply and help its fleet of hundreds of thousands of robotic vacuum cleaners.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Serve_Robotics_to_amass_hospital_logistics_supplier_Diligent_Robotics\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/serve-robotics-acquires-diligent-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Serve Robotics to amass hospital logistics supplier Diligent Robotics<\/b><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Serve Robotics Inc., a developer of sidewalk supply robots, is buying Diligent Robotics Inc. for $29 million. The businesses mentioned the acquisition will open up new alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>With the Diligent acquisition, Serve Robotics is making its first foray into indoor environments, cell manipulation, and the healthcare trade. Diligent at the moment operates its Moxi robots in additional than 25 hospitals, the place robots have accomplished over 1.25 million deliveries of medical provides.<\/p>\n<p>Serve Robotics mentioned it has spent the previous 12 months quickly increasing the variety of robots it has working on the planet, doing actual work. With this expertise, CEO Ali Kashani mentioned he hopes to make use of Serve\u2019s scaling and manufacturing capabilities to assist Diligent Robotics to do the identical.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Microsoft_Analysis_reveals_Rho-alpha_vision-language-action_mannequin_for_robots\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/microsoft-research-reveals-rho-alpha-vision-language-action-model-for-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Microsoft Analysis reveals Rho-alpha vision-language-action mannequin for robots<\/b><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft introduced Rho-alpha, or \u03c1\u03b1, the primary robotics mannequin derived from its Phi sequence of vision-language fashions (VLAs). The brand new fashions constructed on Phi are supposed to make robots extra adaptable and reliable, the corporate mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRho-alpha interprets pure language instructions into management indicators for robotic methods performing bimanual manipulation duties,\u201d wrote Ashley Llorens, company vp and managing director of the Microsoft Analysis Accelerator. \u201cIt may be described as a VLA+ mannequin in that it expands the set of perceptual and studying modalities past these sometimes utilized by VLAs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For notion, Rho-alpha provides tactile sensing, and Microsoft mentioned it&#8217;s working to incorporate modalities equivalent to pressure. For studying, the corporate claimed that Rho-alpha can frequently enhance with suggestions offered by folks.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft mentioned it&#8217;s trying to work with robotics producers, integrators, and finish customers to see how Rho-alpha and related tooling will help them practice, deploy, and adapt cloud-hosted bodily AI with their very own knowledge.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hyundai_Motor%E2%80%99s_Korean_union_warns_of_humanoid_robotic_plan_sees_risk_to_jobs\"><\/span><b>Hyundai Motor\u2019s Korean union warns of humanoid robotic plan, sees risk to jobs<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Whereas South Korea is a number one adopter of commercial and repair robots, fears of job displacement exist there in addition to in different areas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/hyundai-motor-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyundai Motor Group<\/a>\u2018s labor union warned the automaker to not deploy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/category\/robots-platforms\/humanoids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">humanoid<\/a> robots with out its approval due to issues about \u201cemployment shocks,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/world-at-work\/hyundai-motors-korean-union-warns-humanoid-robot-plan-sees-threat-jobs-2026-01-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Hyundai is the proprietor of Boston Dynamics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/hyundai-purchase-tens-of-thousands-boston-dynamics-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has mentioned it plans<\/a> to purchase \u201ctens of 1000&#8217;s\u201d of robots within the coming years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/boston-dynamics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Dynamics<\/a> can also be testing its Atlas humanoid with Hyundai.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticssummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-568305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Early-Bird-Promo-Inline-Ad-RSE-2.png\" alt=\"SITE AD for the 2026 Robotics Summit save the date.\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p><!--<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/02\/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\"\n\t\t\txmlns:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/\"\n\t\t\txmlns:trackback=\"http:\/\/madskills.com\/public\/xml\/rss\/module\/trackback\/\">\n\t\t<rdf:Description rdf:about=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/thomas-pilz-on-innovation-and-safety-in-robotics\/\"\n    dc:identifier=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/thomas-pilz-on-innovation-and-safety-in-robotics\/\"\n    dc:title=\"Thomas Pilz on innovation and safety in robotics\"\n    trackback:ping=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/thomas-pilz-on-innovation-and-safety-in-robotics\/trackback\/\" \/>\n<\/rdf:RDF>-->\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff In Episode 228 of The Robotic Report Podcast, hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman recap the foremost robotics information of the week. Thomas Pilz, managing associate of Pilz GmbH &amp; Co. KG Our visitor on this present is Thomas Pilz, managing associate of Pilz GmbH &amp; Co. 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