Inside The Hive

This week, we speak to Trevor Cassie of the solutions provider, DEM Automation & Workholdings. We touch on the theme of 'The Art of the Possible'; having had experience as an SME on the other side of the table, Trevor and his team bring a balance of realistic expectations and ingenious automation solutions to the manufacturing industry as well as being an inspiring leader in a new era of young apprentices.

The University of Glasgow are experts when it comes to 5G research. We sat down with Professor Imran, Dr Heidari and Dr Zhao from the James Watts School of Engineering to talk about their 5G projects; in Part 1 of this 2 part special, we touch on an overview of 5G and how it will help advance business, and what 5G is doing to support the healthcare industry.

The University of Glasgow are experts when it comes to 5G research. We sat down with Professor Imran, Dr Heidari and Dr Zhao from the James Watts School of Engineering to talk about their 5G projects; in Part 2 of this 2 part special, we cover how manufacturing in the electronics industry is benefiting from 5G, technological advances in the construction industry and finally how to prepare your business for 5G.

Today on Inside the Hive, we talk to an integrator who has a solution to help you get the best out of your business with an improvement of accuracy and precision, precision, precision at the forefront of their minds. I speak with Roger Holden, Director of True Position Robotics, who gives us a frank insight into working with UK SMEs, what solutions can help you improve your business efficiency and how technologies developed in the aerospace sector are helping advance other UK industries.

Bot-Hive's Yas speaks with Oliver Selby from FANUC UK on is insights into UK adoption of automation, and the FANUC process for new businesses getting started with robotics. Check out FANUC's customer case studies on bot-hive.com, or contact sales@fanuc.co.uk for more information on how to start your automation journey.

This week the team are joined by Arthur Keeling, a serial entrepreneur who helps small businesses in manufacturing, food & drink and packaging with his automated packaging solution. Arthur talks about some of the technology he uses and how Indus Four went from selling feminine hygiene products to automation solutions.

Tom Bridgwater talks about his background in Physics and how he got into robotics. He is currently working on a nuclear decommissioning project and investigating human-robot interaction in risk and decision making. This podcast raises questions around how you would feel if you outsourced your decisions to a robot.

This week we're joined by Will Murray, who is a student at UWE. Will takes us through the projects that he’s currently working on, which includes creating a robot that can play basketball. He’s working with Frank Nickols on a project, which Frank spoke about in our second podcast. The podcast also features Will’s interests in philosophy, where he drops a philosophical basilisk at the end. Will talks about what made him get into robotics and what you learn on a robotics course. Here’s what Will had to say:

Welcome to Inside The Hive, a robotics podcast that focuses on three things. Stories, technology and people. Today Jason is joined by Izzy Barnes from Consequential Robotics, Izzy and Consequential have a flagship product called MiRo which is a companion robot that helps teach kids how to code and promote research into Human-Robot Interaction. We chatted to Izzy about her background, where Consequential Robotics are heading with their innovation and what her role is within the company. Izzy also has interests with Women in Robotics and promoting STEM and STEAM into learning environments.

Yas Haghighat investigates the viral video that went round about Disney's stunt robotics. How deep does it go and what does it mean for the future of stunt men and women? Quick answer, is it makes their jobs safer, without them having to practice the stunts first. Yas takes us through how the technology has developed and how it could potentially be used in search and rescue missions in the future.

We sat with MAKE UK who talk about the impact that robots are having on manufacturing in the UK, the different types of applications and industries they relate to and what MAKE UK do for manufacturing organisations around the country. There is also fantastic insight about what Brexit means for manufacturing companies, how they are dealing with diversity in the workplace and why manufacturing is an important sector in the UK economy.

Bot-Hive sit down with Arthur Amarra from AO(N)2 and discuss his background and introduction into robotics, his skydiving experiences and how he's using robots to assist him and his views on the future of robotics. You're going to want to hear those.

Bot-Cast's Jason Stockwell sits with Jacques Bonfrer and talks about his robotics start-up, Bot-Hive. Jacques shares his experiences with starting his business, including the robotics festival that Bot-Hive hosted in Cardiff.

We sit with Frank Nickols as he discusses his experiences within the robotics industry, first in manufacturing, then going to teach overseas. Frank also shares what the future of robotics will hold with actuation technology.

Neil sits with Mark Corderoy. Mark is the Incubator Manager at Bristol Robotics Lab and oversees a lot of robotics startups. He shares his experiences and highlights upcoming trends.