The FPM Breakdown
by First Principles Manufacturing
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About this podcast
Two hosts take apart one First Principles Manufacturing article at a time: the argument, why it holds, and the thinking tools you can take with you, at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. Voices are AI-generated; the facts come from the original articles by Yuanwei Ma.
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Episodes
- Do We Live in a Simulation? Why the Server Can't Be Built · 9 minA breakdown of The Universe Is Not Someone Else's Computer, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and…
- End-to-End Robot Learning or Motion Planning? The Bet on Where Robotics Ends Up · 10 minA breakdown of Amortize or Defer, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. Should a robot…
- Why China and the US Automate Differently: Autonomy vs. Entropy Reduction · 7 minA breakdown of Autonomy vs. Entropy Reduction, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China…
- Will Humanoid Robots Replace Factory Workers? Compare Them to the Fixture · 9 minA breakdown of Humanoids Don't Replace Workers. They Replace Fixtures., from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics…
- Why Do Chinese and American Business People Read Prices Differently? · 10 minA breakdown of Where the Two Ledgers Come From, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. A…
- Why a $314 Camera Can Guide a Robot but Can’t Find a Burr · 9 minA breakdown of a field report from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. A Paris startup…
- Will AI Make Engineers Obsolete? What the Navier–Stokes Proof Really Shows · 10 minA breakdown of The Millennium Problem Was the Easy Part, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and…
- Why Robots Still Can’t Deburr: The Physics of a Burr · 10 minA breakdown of The Physics of a Burr, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. Robot…
- Stop Waiting for a Smarter Robot: Engineering the Map · 9 minA breakdown of Engineering the Map, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. When Siemens…
- Are General-Purpose Robots One Year Away? · 12 minA breakdown of The Brain Has Arrived, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. A year ago…
- Should AI Check Its Own Work? Why Factories Say No · 12 minA breakdown of The Builder Cannot Be the Verifier, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and…
- Why Is Schneider Paying $23.7 Billion for PTC? · 11 minA breakdown of Schneider's $22.6B Bet: Who Gets to Be the Brain of the Future Factory?, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI…
- Why Chinese Parts Cost Less Than American Raw Materials: Two Ledgers, One Price · 9 minA breakdown of Two Ledgers, One Price, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. How can a…
- Why Humanoid Robots Can’t Deburr Yet: Absolute vs Relative Precision · 8 minA breakdown of The Submillimeter Trap of Embodied AI, from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and…
- Which Factory Jobs Will AI Take First? A Die Casting Story · 9 minA breakdown of a field report from First Principles Manufacturing, a newsletter by Yuanwei Ma at the intersection of AI, robotics, manufacturing and US–China. A chance meeting at…
