RoboTalk is launching: The new Terra Robotics podcast on robotics, safety, and practice
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Robotics is evolving rapidly – and with it, new questions are constantly emerging. Which technologies are already ready for practical use? Where are the limits? How can robots be safely integrated into existing processes? And which developments will actually change companies in the coming years? With “RoboTalk by TERRA Robotics,” we are launching a new podcast dedicated to exactly these questions.
The podcast is hosted by Marie Kaldewey and Murat Arpaci, Managing Director of Terra Robotics. Together, they speak with experts, manufacturers, users, and other guests about current developments, real-world applications, and the challenges of modern robotics.
Following the launch of the podcast, the first episode featuring a guest is now available. It focuses on one of the most important topics in professional automation:
Safety First – When humans and robots work together.
RoboTalk: Robotics beyond product data and headlines
New humanoid robots, progress in physical AI, autonomous systems for industry and logistics, or intelligent service robots: hardly any technology sector is currently developing as dynamically as robotics.
At the same time, this makes it increasingly difficult for companies to distinguish between impressive demonstrations and truly deployable solutions.
This is precisely where RoboTalk comes in.
The podcast aims not only to introduce new technologies but to discuss the questions behind them:
- Which robotics solutions are already working today?
- Which applications are still in development?
- When does a robotics project pay off economically?
- What requirements arise during integration?
- What role do software, AI, and data play?
- How is robotics changing existing workplaces?
- Which legal and safety requirements must be considered?
- How can companies get started sensibly with automation?
In doing so, RoboTalk combines technology, practice, and diverse expert perspectives.
Marie Kaldewey and Murat Arpaci guide you through the world of robotics
RoboTalk is hosted by Marie Kaldewey and Murat Arpaci.
Murat Arpaci brings the perspective of a robotics solution provider to the table. Terra Robotics works across various manufacturers with solutions in cleaning, service, industrial, and humanoid robotics.
However, the podcast is intentionally designed to go beyond individual products and manufacturers.
Together with various guests, it explores technological developments, concrete projects, practical experiences, and the question of how robotics can be used meaningfully in companies for the long term.
This creates a format for decision-makers, developers, automation experts, and anyone who wants to understand how robotics is currently evolving.
First guest episode: Safety First – When humans and robots work together
For the first episode with a guest, RoboTalk dedicates itself to a topic that must be considered from the very beginning of every professional robotics project:
Safety.
Our guest is Jens Müller, CMSE®, a certified expert for machine safety and robotics.
He has many years of experience in mechanical engineering and automation, with a special focus on robot applications and machine safety.
Together, they address the question:
What needs to happen so that humans and robots can work safely side by side?
Safety does not start with commissioning
A robot can function technically at a high level and still be unsuitable for a specific process if the environment and potential risks have not been sufficiently taken into account.
This is why safety should not only be tested once the robot is already on-site at the company.
Points to consider during the planning stage include:
- Where does the robot move?
- Are humans working there at the same time?
- What speeds are permissible?
- What objects does the system transport or move?
- What sensor technology is available?
- How does the robot react to obstacles?
- Where are the safety and exclusion zones located?
- What happens in the event of a malfunction?
- Who is authorized to operate the system?
- Who is responsible for operation and changes?
Especially with more complex robotic systems, the machine, the environment, and the actual work process must be considered together.
On our page with frequently asked questions about robotics and safety, we already address many of these practical issues.
Humans and robots are increasingly working in the same environment
With traditional industrial robots, the separation between human and machine remained comparatively clear for a long time.
The robot often worked within a delimited cell, while employees did not enter the hazard area during automatic operation.
New robotics is changing this principle.
Autonomous mobile robots move through buildings and production areas. Service robots encounter employees and customers. Mobile manipulators travel between workstations. And humanoid robots are expected to eventually use the very environments that were originally created for humans.
This makes the safe collaboration between human and machine increasingly important.
Humanoid robotics brings new safety questions
This development becomes particularly clear with humanoid systems.
A humanoid robot can move, grasp, actively control its balance, and potentially handle objects or tools.
This creates different risk scenarios than, for example, with a stationary robot arm.
Companies must, among other things, evaluate:
- How does the system behave if it loses its balance?
- What forces can the arms and hands exert?
- How is a person reliably detected?
- What movements are allowed near humans?
- How is the system stopped in an emergency?
- What happens in the event of sensor, communication, or software errors?
- Which areas is the robot allowed to enter independently?
Terra Robotics and Jens Müller are already intensively exploring these issues. The safe integration of humanoid systems into industrial processes was also the focal point of the Robotics Day 2026 on the topic “Humanoids on the Shopfloor”.
Who is actually responsible?
Another key question in the podcast episode concerns responsibility.
Multiple parties often work together on a robotics project:
- Robot manufacturer
- Integrator
- Software provider
- Operator
- Service partner
- Internal company personnel
- Employees in the area of deployment
It is therefore crucial to define responsibilities clearly at an early stage.
If a system is later modified, a process is adjusted, or a robot is deployed for a new task, the original risk assessment may also change.
A professional robotics project, therefore, does not end with successful commissioning.
Changes during ongoing operation must also be monitored and documented.
Standards and regulations are part of the robotics project
Safety is not just about sensors and emergency stop buttons.
Professional robotics operates within a framework of legal requirements, norms, and technical standards.
The specific requirements that apply depend, among other things, on the type of robot, how it is used, and whether it is part of a larger machine or system.
As an expert for machine safety, Jens Müller has been dealing with precisely these questions for many years.
The RoboTalk episode therefore discusses not only technical safety but also the responsibilities companies assume and why safety should be considered in the early project phase.
Safety and innovation are not contradictions
Safety is sometimes perceived as an obstacle to rapid innovation in new technologies.
However, the opposite is true for long-term productive use.
Only when companies understand the conditions under which a system can be operated safely can an application be reliably scaled later on.
A successful pilot should therefore consider questions such as:
Technical feasibility: Can the robot perform the task reliably?
Process integration: Does the solution fit into the existing workflow?
Economic viability: Is there tangible added value?
Safety: Can the application be operated safely under real conditions?
Only the interaction of these factors turns a technological demonstration into a productive robotics solution.
RoboTalk brings experts and practice together
“Safety First” is just the beginning.
RoboTalk aims to regularly bring different perspectives on the robotics world together.
This includes topics such as:
- Humanoid robotics
- Artificial intelligence and physical AI
- Industrial automation
- Service and cleaning robotics
- Robotics in logistics and production
- Research and development
- Economic viability
- Integration
- Safety and standards
- New manufacturers and technologies
- Real projects and pilot applications
The goal is a format that makes robotics understandable without simplifying technological developments or evaluating them solely based on current hype.
Listen to RoboTalk now
The first guest episode of RoboTalk by TERRA Robotics is available now:
Safety First – When humans and robots work together
With Marie Kaldewey, Murat Arpaci, and Jens Müller, CMSE®, we talk about machine safety, responsibility, standards, and the requirements for safe collaboration between humans and robots.
RoboTalk is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Deezer.
Further episodes will regularly deal with current technologies, applications, and issues from the world of robotics.
Robotics raises questions. RoboTalk takes the time for the answers.