In this episode of The Techne Connect, we spoke with Lesya Hendrix, CEO of Spacer Robotics, about building autonomous construction robots designed for harsh, repetitive work on Earth and future deployment in space.
Lesya shares her path from KTH and Scania to Tesla, including factory ramp-ups and product launches. She explains why modern robotics needs autonomy, vision, and AI, why hardware engineering is rising again, and how young engineers should bridge the gap between core coding and AI skills.
She also challenges the humanoid hype, using Star Wars as a lens for practical robot design, and breaks down Spacer’s roadmap from working prototype to pilots, funding, and scaling production.
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