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The Trillion-Dollar Market Hidden in Unautomated Human Labor
Repetitive, dexterous work powers millions of businesses, but much of it has stayed manual because traditional automation was too rigid, expensive, or difficult to deploy. Physical AI is starting to change the equation.
Marc Dostie
May 18
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What Is the Trossen MCP Server for AI Coding Assistants?
The Trossen Docs MCP Server connects MCP-compatible AI coding assistants to official Trossen Robotics documentation, API references, and demo scripts.
Marc Dostie
May 5
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Trossen SDK: Open-Source Robotics Data Collection
Meet the Trossen SDK, an open-source C++ framework for robotics and physical AI data collection. Record synchronized multimodal data, convert to LeRobot V2, and help shape the roadmap.
Marc Dostie
Mar 24
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AI and Robotics: From Impressive Prototypes to Reliable Deployment
Constraint is becoming the defining force in AI and robotics. Compute, energy, supply chains, and talent are tightening, and the era of βjust scale itβ is colliding with reality. This essay argues we have to shift from gluttony to ROI: build production-grade stacks, optimize across training and inference, and deploy modular, measurable systems that industry can trust. If we do that, AI becomes infrastructure, not theater.
Marc Dostie
Feb 17
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De-Risking Robotics: Choosing Hardware for Startups
How to stretch your runway, accelerate milestones, and avoid the hidden costs of the wrong hardware partner.
Marc Dostie
Oct 3, 2025
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How NOT to Get a Job as a Mechanical Engineer
I wanted to make a post to try and help future engineers land their dream job.
Matt Trossen
Jan 31, 2025
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This is the Transistor of Robotics
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and ETH Zurich have developed an electrohydraulic musculoskeletal leg
Matt Trossen
Oct 24, 2024
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Fireside Chat: Remi Cadene, Principal Research Scientist at Hugging Face and Shantanu Parab, Robotic Machine Learning Specialist at Trossen Robotics
Fireside chat with Remi Cadene, from Hugging Face, and Shantanu Parab, from Trossen Robotics.
Marc Dostie
Oct 17, 2024
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Gravity Compensation on Aloha: Move the Arm Freely
We are thrilled to introduce Gravity Compensation for Aloha. With this feature, you can now maintain arm position after releasing your grip.
Shantanu Parab
Oct 7, 2024
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Announcing the NEW Trossen Robotics ML Community
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Trossen Robotics Machine Learning Communityβa one-stop destination for all things related to r
Marc Dostie
Sep 30, 2024
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Trossen Robotics Brings Aloha Kits + LeRobot to Hugging Face
We are thrilled to announce full support for LeRobot with our Aloha Robotic Machine Learning Kits, now available on Hugging Face!
Marc Dostie
Sep 16, 2024
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Essential Tools for a Mechanical Engineer: What's in Your Toolbox?
A list of the most basic tools a mechanical engineer should have on their desk or within arms reach.
Matt Trossen
Sep 13, 2024
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