---
title: 'Episode 231: Alex Bodell – Bringing Innovation To Grossing With Robotics'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-231-alex-bodell-bringing-innovation-to-grossing-with-robotics'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2026-07-20'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gzn2thgtak3m9t57/Alex_Bodell93wva.mp3'
---

# Episode 231: Alex Bodell – Bringing Innovation To Grossing With Robotics

Today my guest is Alex Bodell, CTO of FormaPath What we discuss with Alex: Engineering roots Vertical farming and lessons learned From farms to pathology Formapath and AdiPress The origin of nToto Developing robotic motions through observat…

## Summary

Today my guest is Alex Bodell, CTO of FormaPath

What we discuss with Alex:

- Engineering roots

- Vertical farming and lessons learned

- From farms to pathology

- Formapath and AdiPress

- The origin of nToto

- Developing robotic motions through observation

- Handling edge cases

- Lab feedback

- Expanding capabilities

- Future automation and AI

- The impact of new technologies on patient care

Links for this episode:

[InVision from Cision Vision](https://demo.cisionvision.com/)

[The Path to PathA](http://www.thepathtopatha.com/)

[Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14605997/)

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[FormaPath](https://www.formapath.com/solutions/formapath-ntoto)

[Overview of nToto](https://youtube.com/shorts/LhylBCh9lwI?si=RaJcSFtffPKLoGL4)

[nToto workflow](https://youtu.be/_ghmbwJCkiQ?si=GECZXj31yatichi8)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/peopleofpath/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=87f3e0df-5864-418e-a5b3-5fdd260ba05b)