{"id":12925,"date":"2026-03-13T09:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=12925"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:58:36","slug":"shift-towards-humanoid-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/industry-forward\/shift-towards-humanoid-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"The major shift toward humanoids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=TLFIE9306051350\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>Humanoid robots are mobile, software-defined robots designed with a human-like body structure. Their key purpose is to operate in environments built for humans. They may be coming to a factory near you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s &nbsp;Industry Forward podcast episode host Dale Tutt, group vice president, Siemens Digital Industries software, is joined by with Rahul Garg, Vice President for industrial machinery vertical software strategy at Siemens Digital Industries software. The discussion focuses on what humanoid robots are, how they differ from other industrial robots and their role in modern factories\u2014especially brownfield environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this conversation, you\u2019ll learn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The definition of a humanoid robot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What sets the humanoid apart from other advanced robots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The advantages of the humanoid form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to side step challenges to designing and integrating humanoids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/Tutt-Dale_2194-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dale Tutt - Global Vice President of Industry Strategy, Siemens Digital Industries Software\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Dale Tutt &#8211; Global Vice President of Industry Strategy, Siemens Digital Industries Software<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Dale Tutt is Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Dale leads a team of experts to develop and execute industry-specific product and marketing strategies in collaboration with the global product, sales, and business development teams. With over 5 years of experience in this role combined with extensive experience in the aerospace and defense industry, Dale has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing companies as they embark on their digital transformation journeys.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dale-tutt-5866871b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Dale on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/05\/Rahul-Garg-bio-image.jpg\" alt=\"Rahul Garg\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Rahul Garg<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Vice President for Industrial Machinery Vertical Software Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rahul-garg-5562271\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Rahul <\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humanoid robots may be coming to a factory near you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107733,"featured_media":12926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[949],"tags":[353,373,299,1119,1120,385,810],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[990],"class_list":["post-12925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-forward","tag-ai","tag-digital-transformation-tag","tag-digitalization","tag-humanoid","tag-humanoid-robots","tag-podcast","tag-robotics"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/03\/human-hand-robot-hand.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12929,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12925\/revisions\/12929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12925"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=12925"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=12925"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=12925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}