Saman Farid
8 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 26, 2025 by Saman Farid · across every show →
On the record as a speaker too: Saman Farid's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.
Everything said about Saman Farid, oldest first
Apr 26, 2025
State automation grants sit undeployed because factories lack expertise, Farid says
“Like, when we talk to the states, most of them say, like, we can't give out these grants. Like, nobody's using it because people don't know what to buy. They don't know how to buy it. And once they buy it, they're like, they can't handle the responsibility of …”
Apr 26, 2025 positive
Apr 26, 2025 neutral
Farid: Robot Form Factor Is Irrelevant if Software Properly Abstracts Motion Control
“To be honest, like the form factor is kind of irrelevant because in all of these types of robots that you're talking about, you have a couple of motors and some motion control, right? Like it's actually if you can abstract away the software enough, like all of…”
Apr 26, 2025
Apr 26, 2025
Apr 26, 2025 bearish
Farid: Humanoids Face Severe Maintenance Hurdles Due to Having 30 to 50 Motors
“Like a six axis robot has six motors a humanoid, most of these humans that we've seen have something like 30 to 50 motors, right? And so just, you're just talking about like the wear on the motor, we have to go out and lubricate these joints and replace motors…”
Apr 26, 2025
Farid: US has offered automation subsidies and 50% matching grants for a decade
“Like similar to what China does actually in the U S we've had subsidies for small, medium sized factories for the last 10 years to buy automation equipment. Right. There, there's accelerated depreciation. A lot of states have matching grants, where if you buy …”
Apr 26, 2025
Farid: Cultural risk aversion is biggest barrier to US robotics adoption
“To be honest, like the biggest barrier to adoption of robotics in America is like, it's a cultural change, right? Like these factory owners, a lot of these are third generation businesses, right? They've been passed down Or they're kind of private equity owned…”