S8 E18: Ritukar Vijay, Ottonomy

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Ritukar Vijay has been in tech for around 16 years. He has always been fascinated with new things above and beyond the normal day to day grind. During his studies, he was interested in robotics - which he describes as the culmination of computer and physical sciences. Outside of tech, he is married with a 6 year old son. He mentioned that his son is inquisitive, and is requesting robot features from home, preparing to build his first robot in the future. Prior to COVID and during lockdowns, Ritukar started ideating about the autonomous delivery for an industry that was overlooked for automation. They started to created robots to service the industry, and did so - from their guest rooms. This is the creation story of Ottonomy. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	We had just one shot. It was not a corporate innovation process where you have multiple
0:06.5	chances to do MPPs. It was like, hey, whether we have to do it now and we have to do
0:11.5	it in one shot right. Obviously the trade-offs were always coming in from, you know, what we
0:17.3	can do with limited budget. We were not many people. Those calls we took based on,
0:23.6	you know, what is the core essence of the delivery service of these robots?
0:28.6	We always focused on a complete use case where the robot should be capable of navigating
0:34.6	in both indoor and outdoor environments seamlessly.
0:39.4	Hi, this is Ritika Vijay. I'm the co-founder and CEO of autonomy.
0:46.6	This is Code Story. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.7	There's nothing on the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	It took many goes to get right.
1:02.0	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of her team.
1:09.1	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure was up pain.
1:12.9	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
1:14.6	Total waste of time.
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