The Robot Industry Podcast

I have been a big fan of QNX Operating System for many years, since my early days at ATS Automation Tooling Systems in Cambridge, ON. We needed real time OS for some of the complex machines we were building. QNX filled the bill and more. QNX is now owned by Blackberry now, yes the company that brought us some of the first cell phones! Jim Hirsch joins me today for this edition of The Robot Industry Podcast. With over 25 years in Software sales experience in the Federal, Aerospace & Defense, Industrial Automation, Medical Device and Telecommunications and Automotive markets. Innovative executive with leadership experience ranging from startups to fortune 100 companies. Extensive experience spanning software & solution sales, business development, executive relationships, strategic partnerships, compliance management in a number of vertical markets. His career spans US Navy, Raytheon, multiple successful startups (IPO & acquired), Cadence Design Systems, Wind River Systems, Intel and Ansys. Here are some of my questions to Jim: Who is QNX, what is their history? How did the company get started? What is a real time operating system?  Where can I find QNX in what industries? The current owners of QNX is Blackberry, correct? Are automobiles more and more powered by QNX, what does it do in my car? For some of our listeners, what is LINIX? What is Latency? I know that there are a lot of things that you cannot talk about, but I suspect that you are working with NVIDIA, defense, humanoid and surgical robotics? Do you have a few examples or use cases of where QNX is being used? Startup companies are an important part of your ecosystem, why is that? What os QNIX everywhere program? I know that we have talked about safety security, people and safe > are these things keeping your customers up at night? I see that QNX is very active in education, why is that? FDA and security and the remediation of end of life software You have a new report that is just about to come out, can you give us a sneak peek? How do you hire for talent? HQ is in Ottawa, correct Did we forget about anything Hobbies? How can people get a hold of you? Thx to Matthew Chandler for helping set up this interview, he is global communications at QNX Blackberry. Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production, and my business partner Janet.  Special thx to my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree: linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out the...

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #164 aka Automation Matters podcast. I became aware of Kelly Boyi from my friends at ATS Automation. He is Canadian, born in Nigeria and now living in USA. We have never met in person only online and on Teams. I was impressed with his approach to mentorship and his fearless approach to using LinkedIn and other social platforms. I had always thought that a large engineering company would not like individuals broadcasting on LinkedIn. He broke that ceiling and started doing workshops and got hired. That's when it hit him, you can make money on speaking and guiding people. An apology to Kelly, I got so busy that I forgot we recorded this episode and thanks to a sidebar conversation with Geoffrey Bremner, for the reminder. We talk about consistency, bulk creative, and the importance of talking on LinkedIn. Sharing personal stories on LinkedIn. Growing your Network. The visual platform of LinkedIn. ATS Automation Creating value. Following companies and thought leaders in your industry. Connecting people. Photography and video. The importance of attending events. Setting up your LinkedIn, profile photos. If you would like to find out more about Kelly, you can find him on well, LinkedIn. I suspect that Kelly will be back in Canada someday and will look forward to meeting him in person. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyboyi Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production, and my business partner Janet.  Special thanks to my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio By the way, here is my post about Robots made in Canada. Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON Notes https://www.konsultkelly.com/kellyboyi

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #163. At Pickle Robot they are applying Physical AI to truck unloading and developing generalized autonomy that will unlock robot orchestration across entire logistics processes. Welcome back to the show AJ. Can you remind me how you got into this industry? Tell me a bit about the journey and what's happening now at Pickle Robot. Let's go over the math again about parcels, packaging and boxes. Deployed since? Let's talk about the environment: dock doors weather, etc Can you describe your robot arm, what has been updated and changed?  Who is using the robot? What is the type of facility where you place your robot? Languages and error correction, what are some of the adaptations that you have had to make to your system?  What is happening in package sizes, bigger, smaller, longer, heavier? Who are your customers? I heard that you just hired a bunch of engineers. What is the ROI of a Pickle robot system? Who is the buyer? Future of factories and delivery systems Humanoid robot? Have we forgotten to talk about anything? https://www.picklerobot.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-meyer-2457594 Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production, and my business partner Janet.  And I would like to thank my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Hello Everyone and welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, #Automate2026 edition. My friend Chris Round and new friend Kojo are joining me for podcast #162. We are talking about sensors and Leuze is one of the premier safety sensor manufacturers in Europe. Who is Leuze, what do you make? What is a sensor? If I open one up what will I see? What are people interested in sensing? Is there a trend? How are you different? What is happening in sensing from a high-level perspective? Data question. How do people buy sensors? Distribution or direct? Who do you sell to? Are they machine builders or end customers, end users? What are customers looking for, and what is keeping them up at night? Any other trends? Are people spending more money? Do you also provide any other devices for sensing like cables or sensor brackets? What is the future of sensing? Automate question, what are you showing at the booth? Goals for the show? What is your booth #? Let me know what is missing? Leuze Electronic, Inc. 2150 Northmont Parkway, Suite N Duluth, GA 30096 Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production, and my business partner Janet.  And I would like to thank my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Hello everyone and welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #161. I welcome Hugo Lessnick from Averna in Montreal to the podcast. Hugo is the Engineering Manager at Averna, we are going to talk about test, automation, test software and well, all things test. Hi Hugo, welcome to the podcast. Can you tell me about Averna, the company? What kind of systems do you build: integrated, standalone? How did you get into this industry? What is "testing" to you? Are there some big overall trends in automated test? In our warm-up, we talked about budgeting for test equipment, and it seems that people or companies tend to underestimate the costs for testing equipment. How do you work with customers? Test specification documents, can they be better? Lets talk about machine vision and AI. Do you ever work with companies to make their test specifications better, even though it might be harder for you? You work with automation integrators and machine builders, because machine builders really dont have a specialty around precision testing? When you are working in some industries like for medical devices it's tricky because a company is trying to concurrently build the automation for the device and the test system at the same time, what happens then when you have to build in flexibility to your test or fixturing? Do you have some projects that you can talk about? Is there a really difficult test project that sticks out in your mind? Are cycle times getting faster or slower? Is there an ROI for the test solution? What about GUIs and ergonomics, does that come into play a lot? Safety? You have to commission automation around the world, different cultures, languages that is difficult, correct? When you are recruiting for new people, what makes a good hire? Curiosity? What is the future of test equipment and automation? How can people get a hold of you? https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-lessnick-eng-86b039115 https://www.averna.com/en/home? Thanks for listening. Special thanks also to Amy Share the Content Marketing Team Lead at Averna for making this podcast easy, peasy. Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production, and my business partner Janet.  And I would like to thank my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

For this session (#160) of The Robot Industry Podcast I welcome KW's own Greta Cutulenco from Acerta Analytics (aka Acerta). According to Acerta's website: Manufacturing generates terabytes of data every day—yet most of it goes unused. The real opportunity isn't more technology, but building a data-driven culture on the shop floor, where insights guide decisions in real time. She co-founded Acerta in 2017 to help manufacturers move from reactive problem-solving to predictive operations. We've built an AI-powered analytics platform for discrete manufacturers, especially in automotive, that improves line performance, reduces the cost of poor quality, and enables better decisions directly at the point of production. She is passionate about Industrial AI that works in production environments—AI that scales across plants, integrates with real manufacturing systems, and delivers value to the people running the line. There's nothing more rewarding than seeing a defect detected before it cascades or a team empowered with insights they can act on immediately. Along the way, she has been honoured as a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Manufacturing, an Industry All-Star, and a Canadian to Watch by Automotive News Canada. Greta also serves on the APMA board, contributing to the future of automotive manufacturing in Canada. Here are some of the questions that I used in our interview: There are lots of implementers of AI - How are you different?  You have lots of interesting conversations, what are your prospects and customers concerned about. Are there any big trends? What does a project look like, is there such a thing as typical? Who do you deal with at a manufacturing company? Plant Manager, Owner, CEO, Manufacturing Engineer? What is the ROI for your customers? What are keeping engineers up at night? You have been very successful with over 400 production lines online, how is that going? Do you have any favourite Use Cases Where does AI fit into all of this? Let's talk about time to market and speed to market. I know that this is like asking how long a piece of string is, but how long does it take to do a project? Can you tell our audience about your software? Do you work with automation integrators? AI enabled platform > workflows data and AI More data driven culture at scale? What happens when something changes (in the plant), update and maintain Do you have a bulls eye customer? How do you engage with a new customer? How can a manufacturer benefit from LinePulse when they have more than one location?  Have we forgotten to talk about anything? When you are not knee deep in projects and data, what do you like to do, do you have hobbies? How can people get a hold of you? Thanks for listening. Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team Chris Gray for the music, Geoffy Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet.  And I would like to thank my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Bryan Madden is the Farms Director at Champ's Fresh Farms Inc. in Langley BC Welcome to podcast # 159. I caught up with Bryan, who is a customer of Mycionics, my client. I spent the last few days at #Mushroomdays or #Mushroom Days in the Netherlands. Here are some of my questions: How did you get into mushroom farming? Can you tell me about Apex / South Mill Champs? What is the output of the farm? How many employees? What is a Drawer farm, what is that and why is it important to the conversation? 1.5 million pounds weekly , production in winnipeg lot to gain  Drawer farm, Europe is (now) learning from us NO ONE WANT to pick mushrooms, it is a really tough job. Canada's Temporary foreign workers program? Labour is a complex variable on the farm. Why automation?  Beyond the labor challenge, you are going to get a lot of data? What are some of the challenges? You are positioning your farm to be one of the most technologically advanced automated mushroom growing operations in North America.  That must be challenging and exciting. How did you learn about Mycionics? Tell me about your project.  What is the ROI of automation, from your perspective? How do you roll out automation in a farm? Is it by room? You have purchased the Mycionics Crop Scout and robotic harvester picker. Can you tell our audience what they do Your workers have to make thousands of picks (decisions) a day, how does (adding) this automation make them feel? You have committed to rolling out Crop Scouts product and you have tested others, so you believe in the technology approach from Mycionics What about the data that you are collecting? How is that going to change your operation? You are also considering robotic picking automation, a multi arm robot on order. I know that you have had some initial success with a prototype unit? How is that experience going? What have you had to do to get ready for automation? How has Mycionics been to work with? Are they responsive? What about remote support? So you are a big believer in the Mycionics approach and the Mycionics team? You know the team from Mycionics, Ryan and Stefan, are they open to your feedback? You deal with lots of automation vendors when it comes to mushroom harvesting, what has been the difference between suppliers? You are piloting technology all the time, do you have a message for these evolving suppliers? You are pretty excited about the data? Mushroom farming in Canada, why and why now? Future of mushroom farming is automated, would you agree? Is there anything that separates mycionics, have they done anything special  innovation Robotics and automation are not perfected in the lab, it is in the barn. It needs people like you open to fail and to iterate. Thanks for coming onto the podcast. Thanks for all you do for the industry! Did we forget to talk about anything? If you would like to get in touch with Bryan here is his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-madden-b12a9329/ https://www.mycionics.com Stefan Glibetic is president of Mycionics based out of Kitchener/Waterloo, ON My friend is in charge of sales and growth at Mycionics is Ryan McCartney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryandoesdeals/ If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta...

Welcome to podcast # 158. Chuck Baresich is the Founder and President of Haggerty Creek farming operation. He is a farmer and an expert in AgRobotics. The farming operation is part of Haggerty Creek Ltd. owned & operated by Chuck & Justin Baresich and AGRIS Cooperative since 2001 www.haggertycreek.com. He has been researching and testing various automated technologies. Haggerty AgRobotics is actively developing relationships with leading ag-technology companies to commercialize new innovations and bring them to farmers in Eastern Canada. Here are some of my questions to Chuck: Who is the Ontario AgRobotics Working Group? Ag robotics adoption in Canada? What's holding users back? What motivates them? What is digital agriculture? How did you get into automation….and what automation are you using? Laser Zapper? Standard equipment? What countries do they come from? Service and support question (what is plan B?) Resistant weeds and speed Data question: Cameras and computers in every machine quality of images, etc. Canadians are typically slow to install automation in factories…are farmers the same? Let's talk about autonomous farming vehicles (AMRs, AGVs and logistics) Is broadband a problem? Remote processing. What is your advice to farmers who are thinking about automation? Where can farmers see demonstrations? How do we get better at putting more automation into farm? Too complicated? Waterloo company startup example. How can people get a hold of you? AgRobotics Working Group The AgRobotics Working Group comprises a diverse membership, including representatives from various levels of government, academic institutions, industry associations, and many more stakeholders in the agriculture sector. Since our establishment in March 2021, we have been dedicated to on-farm demonstrations, fostering networks, facilitating collaboration, and brainstorming innovative technology solutions. Our weekly meetings serve as a platform for discussing ideas, reviewing new technologies, applying for funding opportunities, and developing priorities for Ontario Agriculture. Show Notes: https://www.agroboticswg.com/memberships https://www.agroboticswg.com/events ‍London, ON – March 23, 2026 – The future of farming will be on display at the inaugural Canadian AgRobotics & AI Summit on March 26, 2026, at The Grove, Western Fair District. As Canada's largest agrobotics conference, the one-day event will bring together farmers, innovators, researchers, funders and industry leaders from across North America to explore the rapidly evolving role of robotics and artificial intelligence in agriculture. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production and my business partner Janet. And I would like to thank my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta...

Welcome to #157 of TRIP, The Robot Industry Podcast. I met up with Matt in Windsor during the Windsor-Essex' Emerging Technologies in Automation & Mobility Transformation Conference & Trade Show. Matthew Hortop, P.E. is a Technical Specialist for all Things Electrification. AVL is his employer and they are a 12,000-person company focused on powertrains. They don't make engines or inverters, they help customers doing the technology development. Batteries have become an important part of the automotive industry, including the drivetrain. AVL https://www.avl.com/en/engineering/e-mobility-engineering/battery-development-electric-vehicles Some of the questions that I asked Matt: How did you get into the industry? What do you do? What do you have for an automotive OEM? The speed of the battery industry? How do you support your customers? You can find out more about the organizers (Invest Windsor Essex) at https://www.emergingtechnologies.ca/ or at https://www.investwindsoressex.com/. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production and my business partner Janet. And I would like to thank my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Welcome to #156 of TRIP, The Robot Industry Podcast. Matt Khoshdarregi is the CEO of TetraGen Robotics. He holds a P.Eng. and Ph.D. They, TetraGen, are a Manitoba-based developer of adaptive robotic manufacturing systems for high-mix, high-variability applications. Their current focus is on welding and trimming processes. Enjoy the podcast! Some of my questions to him: Matt, How did you get into the industry? Tell me (and our audience) about TetraGen. Who are your bullseye customers? Why did you choose robotic welding? How big is the labour challenge? How does AI come into welding? Tell me about your partners? Have you had any surprises in starting TetraGen? Data? How important is this to your customers? How does a customer get started with you? What does the future look like for automated - AI - welding? What are some Frequently Asked Questions? How can people get a hold of you? https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-khoshdarregi-561b8631 https://www.linkedin.com/company/tetragen-robotics If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production and my business partner Janet. And I would like to thank my Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Welcome to #158, I have known Stephen Slothuber for a long time; in fact, I worked with him and his father at ATS Automation. The Slothubers were an institution at ATS for accuracy, dependability and getting things done. I was happy to have Steve on the podcast to talk about CRM for automation integrators and machine builders. Enjoy the podcast and if you are thinking about a CRM for your machine building company, or are thinking about a Zoho implementation, I highly recommend him and his company https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenslothouber Emberops is his company name. I would like to thank my team and our Senior Audio Software Engineer, Geoff Bremner, and you can find more information on his Linketree, linktr.ee/gbaudio Thanks for listening! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON jim@customerattraction.com

Chris Latour and I have known each other for many years, from our days at ATS Automation, and it was my pleasure to reach out to him to arrange a tour of Element5 in St. Thomas, Ontario. So if you have never heard of Mass Timber, it is structurally efficient wood that is bonded together and used to form small and large buildings: walls, ceilings, floors and is engineered to be easy to use, to look beautiful and be functional. Think of a wall that needs a plumbing stack cutout, but it is actually cut at the factory using 3D CAD model files. Elegant and purposeful. St. Thomas is just South of London, ON and North of Port Stanley, which is where I grew up in the summer, so the opportunity to have a tour and record a podcast was very exciting to me. Chris is a manufacturing professional who has worked with The Cakerie, Armo Tools, Convergix Automation (JMP Automation), and ATS Automation ~ so we have a lot in common, as many of these companies have been my clients before, and we have a lot in common, living nearby. St. Thomas (aka Railway City) is also the "Rail Capital" of Canada. At one time, St. Thomas had around 25 different railroads that came into the city, and it was, and still is, a major hub of manufacturing. For the large amount of wood that is required, being connected to CP and CN rail line is a game-changer for Element5. Chris is now the CEO of Element5 (a member of the HASSLACHER group) and oversees the entire operation, including a 350-square-foot facility with sanding, pressing, CNC cutting, RF pressing, gluing, laminating, X-ray, vision inspection, material handling, and staff and sales. The build of the operation took place during covid.  The facility was recently expanded substantially in September of 2025 from 137,000 square feet to over 350,000 square feet, adding in a full Glulam production line, and a two-storey mass timber front office. This expansion also doubled the production of the facility from 50,000 cubic meters to 100,000 cubic meters annually of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glued-laminated timber (Glulam) products.. Keywords: Dimensional lumber, Engineered lumber, Mass Timber, Element5, St. Thomas, Messenger Freight, Artificial Intelligence. CLT Cross Laminated Timber, Glue Lamination, Build Canada, Canadian Wood Council. For background information here, see: Element5 Mass Timber Celebrates Grand Opening of Expanded Manufacturing Plant in St. Thomas, Ontario - Element5 Thanks to Diana Tamblyn, Mira Grkavac, and my friends at MPI who did the early connect. Element5 is located at 70 Dennis Road, St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 0B6 https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-latour-5a5a044 www.Element5.co for some wonderful pictures! 1 888-670-7713 info@elementfive.co If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production and my business partner Janet. Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Rob...

I had the pleasure of recording an episode with Stan Gleizer, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Integrators and OEMs. He works for Mecademic Industrial Robotics and is based in Montreal. With a background in mechatronics and over a decade of experience in aerospace and automotive robotics, Stan has spent his career working on high-precision systems involving vision, force feedback, and micron-level motion. That path led him to Mecademic, a Montreal-based robot manufacturer purpose-built for microautomation. Together, they explore how Mecademic is rethinking industrial robotics for applications where space, precision, and system simplicity matter more than brute force. From electronics and medical devices to optics and photonics, Mecademic robots are enabling automation in environments traditional robots were never designed to handle. You'll hear about: Why Mecademic robots are designed specifically for microautomation What makes ultra-compact six-axis robots viable in space-constrained systems How embedded controllers and no external teach pendants simplify cell architecture The difference between precision, repeatability, resolution, and accuracy, and why it matters How some manufacturers treat robots as swap-and-go spare parts to minimize downtime Where Mecademic robots overlap with, and go beyond, hexapods in high-precision applications How system integrators use Mecademic to access medical, photonics, and electronics markets What the Mecademic Approved Integrator Program offers and who it's built for Stan also shares insights on Mecademic's North American manufacturing, global expansion, and what makes a strong integrator partnership in high-precision automation. I would like to mention A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production and my business partner Janet. Be safe out there! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

If you have been a listener to The Robot Industry Podcast, then you already know Geoffrey Bremner. His fingerprints are all over our podcast. He is my audio engineer, but he is more than that; he is a friend, a supplier, and a neighbour. Geoff is a true geek, loves recording music and podcasts. Welcome to Automation Matters Podcast with me, Jim Beretta. Have a listen. Jim Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreybremner https://linktr.ee/gbaudio

I would like to introduce you to my NEW podcast called Automation Matters. In Automation Matters, we are going to concentrate on the front of the house in the automation business. The people who interface, who plan and who provide services, to the companies that build and deploy automation and robotics.  This podcast will be about marketing, sales, strategy, business development, customer attraction and strategies for growing your automation business.  We will look at big trends and micro trends, best practices and things I learned helping grow one the largest automation integrators in the industry. A few of our first podcasts for automation matters will be on CRM, marketing, and yes, even podcasting. We will look at some of the common mistakes and clever ways that companies differentiate themselves in the industry. My feedback channel is open and you can message me at the email automationmatters@gmail.com or reach out to me on LinkedIn. I look forward to connecting with you on the automation matters podcast and If you're interested in participating please reach out to me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn...https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Thanks for listening and for subscribing. Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast, Automation Matters Podcast with Jim Beretta London, ON info@customerattraction.com

Welcome to episode #153. I was lucky to meet up with Tarek Rahim in Windsor, ON, at the Emerging Technologies in Automation conference. The conference also highlights Mobility Transportation. I wish to thank the team at Emerging Technologies for getting me involved in the day. You can find out more about the organizers (Invest Windsor Essex) at https://www.emergingtechnologies.ca/ or at https://www.investwindsoressex.com/. If you have not heard of Tarek or Mirsee Robotics, they have built a humanoid robot for use at work, think "end of line" in factories also think pick and place. Their robot is named MH3, and boasts a 10-hour charge. The robot is designed and manufactured in Cambridge, Ontario. 31 degrees of freedom Wireless Charging Best in class Hands Best in class Arms Inherently Stable Highest Payload Mobile Base Strong but Safe Power off brakes Remote Teleop and AI control Humanoids are poised to address labour shortages, enhancing safety, and driving economic prosperity. Mirsee robots allow skilled operators remote access to hazardous environments, while providing a safe and cost-effective alternative to traditional human labour. https://mirsee.com I would like to mention A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production and my business partner Janet. Warm Regards and continued success for 2026! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

For this edition, #152 of The Robot Industry Podcast, I welcome Caleb Appleton from Bison Ventures. Bison Ventures is a Venture Capital (VC) firm with $135M AUM for frontier tech. From AI-powered drug discovery to collaborative robotics, Bison backs bold, deeply scientific solutions that have potential for massive commercial scale. An all-engineer team, Bison believes most attractive opportunities exist at the intersection of technical disciplines ignored by mainstream VC.  Partner Caleb Appleton specializes in physical applications of AI. He's an early investor in Cobot, a collaborative robotics co. En route to unicorn status following its $100M Series B Previously, Caleb was an investor at Innovation Endeavors, where he focused on frontier robotics (including surgical robotics, $RBOT), applied AI, and next-gen hardware. My questions for Caleb: What is series A, B and C? What is a round? How do you value a robot company? How do you fund them? Where do you get money to manage these companies? How did you get into the business of robotics and AI? What is your approach to investing in this sector?  What's unique about the Bison team, and how you partner with robotics founders? You are after the big successes for your investments and time. What does that look like? What are red flags for you when it comes to investment? What themes in automation/robotics are you most excited to back right now—and why? It seems much attention is going towards humanoids, but what are your thoughts on this trend vs other paths to pursue? Robotics is hard because it is both hardware, software, AI and marketing and the long lead time to development. Could you have picked an easier sector? How do you compress this time cycle? What are the core values and value proposition to being successful in this sector, how do you coach entrepreneurs to not aim for the moon? What does a de-risked deployment path look like for an early robotics team? What makes a robotics company scalable or suitable for commercialization? Did we forget to talk about anything? When you are not helping build robot and AI companies what do you like to do, hobbies? How can people get a hold of you and find out more about Bison & Caleb Appleton? Thanks for listening and subscribing and Happy New Year! I would like to mention A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our sponsor: Mecademic Industrial Robots ~ world leading manufacturers of compact and precise industrial robots.  Warm Regards and success for 2026! Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

A shoutout to Windsor Essex's Wendy Stark and the team at Invest WindsorEssex. I was invited to attend their Emerging Technologies in Automation & Mobility Transformation 2025 event in Windsor, and I was lucky to be able to catch up with him. From DIN rails to terminal blocks to power supplies, Garrett Renders has seen many automation products from a young age. He is currently the Business Development Manager at Phoenix Contact Canada for Ontario. His role is to help clients solve problems using our PC's automation portfolio (which includes controllers, networking, interfaces, and safety). While Phoenix Contact is well known from a product standpoint, his goal is to demonstrate how their value-added centre and solution partners apply technology to empower an all-electric society! OT Cybersecurity has become a big issue for SME manufacturers. Automotive industry has been soft with EV. M Guard Router concentrator. PLC Next product. OEE, uptime - customer machines and systems Unexpected downtime. The data conundrum: the cost and the efficacy of collecting the right data. Phoenix Contact and measuring power data from Milton HQ building realtime and online. Thanks Wendy and Garrett! If you are from Ontario and users want to reach out and find out more about Phoenix Contact? You can reach out to Garrett here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrett-renders/ I would like to mention A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffrey Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our new sponsor: Mecademic Industrial Robots ~ world leading manufacturers of compact and precise industrial robots.  Warm Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Welcome to podcast # 150! My guest for this edition is Dr. Yun Yao. Yun Yao, holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, is a dynamic professional known for her creativity and ambition. In 2010, she co-founded Tactile Labs, a non-profit organization that advances haptics research, where her leadership has fostered innovation and collaboration. After completing her PhD, Yun became a senior engineer, designing wireless communication systems, excelling both technically and in leading innovation initiatives. In 2021, she co-founded Soralink to integrate AI and IoT into the food manufacturing and processing industry, aiming to apply cutting-edge technologies to real-world challenges. Yun's career reflects her commitment to pushing technological boundaries, fostering collaboration and driving transformational change across industries. Designed and made in Canada (Montreal), Soralink offers a complete solution for industrial machine condition monitoring, failure prediction, predictive maintenance, as well as productivity tracking. Their solution includes smart AI sensors, LTE connectivity, and AI prediction engine. Yun thanks for joining me for the podcast. Why did you start the company? Montreal is kind of a hotspot in North America for AI, Why is that? What is AI? What is Model Drift? What is an algorithm? Tell us about Soralink (are you an integrator)? People that think AI is Chat GPT? How are companies ready for AI? Fit bit for the machines What are some of the challenges that you face in collecting information Tell us about AI in Canada manufacturing What is keeping mfgs awake at nights? Who are you having the conversations with ? CEO CTO How do you get started in the conversation; AI in manufacturing Do you have some Use cases that you can tell us about When is AI not a good fit? Is it good to work on a simple project or a big, complex project? How long does a project take? Are there ongoing costs to an AI project? What are the outcomes? What are the deliverables? Did we forget to talk about something? How do people find out more about you and how do they contact you? What is your booth number at ADM show Some information about ADM Toronto 2025: The Advanced Manufacturing show happens in Toronto at the Toronto Congress Center, TCC which is right by the airport, which is actually located in Etobicoke on 650 Dixon Road. Tuesday, October 21, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. I know that ADM is one big show, but how is the show divided up? Yes there are 6 co-located shows Packaging | Automation | Design and manufacturing | Plastics and Processing | EV technology Here is the show URL: https://www.admtoronto.com/en/lp-general.html You can use the code ROBOT to register. If that doesn't work try: SHIFT. Some info on Soralink: https://soralink.co/en/ And to get in touch with Yun: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsinyun/ See you at the show! Thanks, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON jim@customerattraction.com 519-716-2262 Mobile

Hello Everyone, Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #149 This episode too is a little different for The Robot Industry Podcast. This episode is about sponsorships and their efficacy. Informa is a client for over 15 years (aka UBM, and Canon Communications). I have been involved in the ADM (Advanced Design & Manufacturing) Toronto and ADM Montreal shows for many years. If you know me, you may have fielded a phone call or read an email about the show and the efficacy of being involved in trade events. I have invited Gayle Hutchens, who directs sponsorships at shows. Some information about ADM Toronto 2025: The Advanced Manufacturing show happens in Toronto at the Toronto Congress Center, TCC which is right by the airport, which is actually located in Etobicoke on 650 Dixon Road. Tuesday, October 21, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. I know that ADM is one big show, but how is the show divided up? Yes there are 6 co-located shows Packaging | Automation | Design and manufacturing | Plastics and Processing | EV technology Here is the show URL: https://www.admtoronto.com/en/lp-general.html You can use the code ROBOT to register. If that doesn't work try: SHIFT. See you there. Thanks, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON jim@customerattraction.com 519-716-2262 Mobile

Hello Everyone, This episode is a little different for The Robot Industry Podcast. I have invited some of my friends from the ADM Toronto 2025 show to join me to talk about the upcoming show. Informa is a client for over 15 years (aka UBM, and Canon Communications). I have been involved in the ADM Toronto and ADM Montreal shows for many years. If you know me, you may have fielded a phone call or read an email about the show and the efficacy of being involved in trade events. I have invited Kayle Kvinge, who is the show director, Annie Helfgott our mentoring expert and Gayle Hutchens, who directs sponsorships at shows ( we moved Gayle, and she is up on the next podcast #149) as we ran out of time. Some information about ADM Toronto 2025: Happens at Toronto Congress Center on Oct. 21-23, 2025 The Advanced Manufacturing show happens in Toronto at the Toronto Congress Center, TCC which is right by the airport, which is actually located in Etobicoke on 650 Dixon Road. Tuesday, October 21, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2025 • 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. I know that ADM is one big show, but how is the show divided up? Yes there are 6 co-located shows Packaging | Automation | Design and manufacturing | Plastics and Processing | EV technology Who are some of the partners in the event? PAC Global the packaging association, Global Leader in Sustainable, Inclusive, and Accessible Solutions Invest Quebec Cosmetic Alliance Canada Canadian Chamber of Commerce Charged EV Volta Foundation Accelerate and Engineering Societies of Canada including Professional Engineers in Ontario and Society of woman engineers There are lots of exhibitors: Fanuc Canada, Kuka Robotics, SEW, Beckhoff Automation Reiser Canada, NuMove, Plexpack, Capmatic and Shawpack, Premier Tech Proto3000, IKO Thompson, Stratasys Absolute Haitian, Kubota Brabender, Piovan and Tiger Vac Unitrack Corporation, Meridian Manufacturing, Soralink and Vooban Here is the show URL: https://www.admtoronto.com/en/lp-general.html You can use the code ROBOT to register. See you there. Thanks, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON jim@customerattraction.com 519-716-2262 Mobile

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #147. My guest for this segment is Bruce Polson whom I have known for decades. He is a very smart guy. Bruce has over 30 years of experience in automation and engineering.  He began as a process engineer and consumer of automation, establishing a background in processes such as forming, welding, material handling, joining, and discrete assembly.  In automation, he began as an application engineer and eventually migrated into business development, where he has been for the last 15 years. Who is Ehrhardt Automation? How do you buy and automation system? So Bruce, how do you prepare as a manufacturer? How do they, the prospective customer, set up a budget? What if you don't have a spec document? What are the key elements of the type of automation company that you might want to engage in? How about 3rd party suppliers, like robot companies, can they help? Questions that a prospective customer should ask the supplier? What if you are a new user of automation? Did we miss anything? If someone wants to find out more about how they can put automation into their facility, how do they get a hold of you? Email and phones are still the best ways. bpolson@ehrhardtautomation.com / 952-290-3384 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-polson-aa43b213 When you are not helping people get the automation that they need, what do you like to do? I would like to acknowledge A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me jim beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team Chris Gray for the music, Geoffy Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our new sponsor: Mecademic Industrial Robots ~ world leading manufacturers of compact and precise industrial robots. https://mecademic.com/ Warm Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast

Hello Robot Friends. Welcome to edition #146 of The Robot Industry Podcast. My guest today is Vivian Chu. Vivian Chu is a roboticist with over a decade of experience in human-robot interaction. She created Moxi and Poli, and applied her HRI and machine learning expertise to platforms like PR2, Meka, and Kinova Jaco2. She has worked at Google[X], Honda Research Institute, and IBM Research. Vivian holds a Ph.D. in Robotics from Georgia Tech and an M.S.E. from the University of Pennsylvania. She's been recognized by MIT Technology Review (35 Innovators Under 35), Fortune (40 Under 40), named a Google Anita Borg Scholar and Stanford EECS Rising Star, awarded Best Cognitive Robotics Paper at ICRA, and featured on Robohub's 25 Women in Robotics list. Questions: Vivian, Tell us about Diligent, who are you and what do you make? Where are you located? How did you get interested in robotics and automation? What is Moxi? Why did you decide on hospitals as your first use case? Who are the economic drivers and decision makers in hospital and what are their pain points? What are some of the surprises that you learned from hospitals, about robotics? Why Diligent chose to go AI-hybrid, vs all-in on AI? The importance of execution > demos and what deployment taught Diligent that the lab couldn't Building robots with a “human-first approach,” designing robots to serve as coworkers instead of replacements. The key design elements that make Moxi ultra- adaptable, dexterous, and safe? Let's talk about data? Is this something that hospitals are interested in? You just brought in some new executives to your team. What is next for Diligent — now that you have proven yourselves in hospitals, do you have plans to expand into offices, factories? What makes your stack capable of doing so? Future of robotics working with people? Did we forget to talk about anything? You are a busy, new mom. When you are not automating, innovating, building robots, or working with companies and AI, what do you enjoy doing for hobbies? How can people get a hold of you and find out more about Diligent? I would like to mention A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me jim beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffy Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our new sponsor: Mecademic Industrial Robots ~ world-leading manufacturers of compact and precise industrial robots. https://mecademic.com/ Thanks, too, to our regular sponsor, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, located in Granite City, Illinois. Warm Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Welcome to episode #145 with Shaun Ghafari. Shaun holds a Ph.D., P.Eng. Dean, Engineering at the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology (FAST) at Humber College in Toronto. Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology (FAST) is growing to meet the needs of industry in engineering, mechatronics, robotics, information technology, data analytics, cybersecurity, sustainable design, and the skilled trades.  Shaun, Tell me a bit about yourself. Who is Humber College? What are the most interesting courses? You talk to Manufacturers….what are the Challenges for manufacturers? What are they asking for? Where do your grads go? Engagement > Does everyone want AI and machine vision? How are students prepare for industry? Are they doing anything else? Support from the college AI &  robotics?  Cybersecurity? Did we forget to talk about anything? How can people get in touch and find out more? I would like to mention A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me jim beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffy Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our new sponsor: Mecademic Industrial Robots ~ world-leading manufacturers of compact and precise industrial robots. https://mecademic.com/ Thanks, too, to our regular sponsor, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, located in Granite City, Illinois. Warm Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

Welcome to podcast edition #144. I welcome my friend Konrad Konnerth to the pod Good day, everyone, and welcome to the robot industry podcast . Thanks for joining us and for subscribing. Konrad, welcome to the podcast. Can you take a few minutes and introduce yourself to our audience? Tell me about your automation background here in southwestern Ontario (SWO). What is happening from a high level in automation? You have a strong background in precision indexing automation from Germany, correct? Can you tell our audience about your Adapto Solution? Who are your customers? Success stories and use cases for Adapto? Greenhouse automation? You are involved in the innovation community here in London. Tell me about that. Did we forget to talk about anything? When you are not innovating, robotics and automation, what kind of hobbies do you have? How can people find you if they want to reach out and find out more about Konnexio. https://www.linkedin.com/in/konradkonnerth I would like to mention A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me jim beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today's podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team Chris Gray for the music, Geoffy Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our new sponsor: Mecademic Industrial Robots ~ world leading manufacturers of compact and precise industrial robots. https://mecademic.com/ Warm Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

The easy Automation Solution is Hard “The right solution that works all the time for anybody”  is HARD Scot Lindemann, CEO of Mission Design & Automation, has 30+ years of leadership in Automation and Robotics. Formerly of JR Automation where he served for many years in various leadership roles and was instrumental in helping them achieve record growth until he left in 2016 as its co-CEO. Scot then took the role of President of BACA Systems, a stone robotics fabrication equipment provider in southeast Michigan, from 2017-2020. Scot has a passion for intelligent automation and robotics, leadership development and customer service. A Lake Superior State University (LSSU) graduate in Robotic Systems Engineering, Scot Lindemann has served the automation and robotics industry for over three decades. Beyond his time working on the industrial automation integrator front, he has also been active in FIRST Robotics and has been a member of and served as a Director for the Association for Advancing Automation. Scot is also one of a limited number of recipients of FANUC's President's Circle award. Scot has also served on the LSSU board of Directors as well as served as a Board Member and as Chairman of the Board for Lakeshore Advantage, a West Michigan nonprofit economic development organization. Scot, joins me for podcast #88 and we have a conversation about ease of use in the robotics and automation industry. Scot, welcome to the podcast, Let's talk about automation and especially what is getting easier? But Scot, as easy as it is, we know that it really is getting more complex… Do you feel that the industry or the media is talking too much about simplicity and maybe not enough about preparation, training, talent, timelines? Scot, what other things are making it harder? Are parts and part families, part feeding, getting harder? Is Budgeting (for automation, maintenance) is getting more complex? Do you find the conversation between OT and IT becoming simpler or harder, or is it even happening? Are you dealing with clients around Cybersecurity, or is this one more complexity? Thanks for coming onto the podcast, What do you like to do when you are not building automation? How can people get a hold of you? To find out more about Mission Design & Automation If you would like to reach out Scot Lindemann, here is his LinkedIn profile can also reach out at him and his team at 616.239.1258 Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated man

For podcast #87, I invited Alessia Alfieri to join me at their automation facility. Alessia is a Project Manager at Ethos Automation Inc. located in Brantford, Ontario. She has worked in Tier 1 Automotive industry where she met her now new boss, Peter Botros. Alessia, welcome to the podcast, thanks for joining us. Here are some of my interview questions: Was there an influence in your life that led you to engineering? Were you just good at all the STEM subjects? Did your co-op experiences help you define your interests more clearly or help you figure out what you DIDN'T want to do? So how does being a Project Manager differ from other engineering jobs you've held in past? As a woman in male-dominated profession and workplace, can you talk about some of the challenges you may have had? What advice would you have for young women considering entering engineering? Manufacturing? What about ETHOS made you want to work there? When you are not saving the world what do you like to do? How can people get a hold of you? If you would like to find out more information on Ethos Automation, you can reach out to Alessia on her LinkedIn profile. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Ethos Automation, Automation Systems Integrators, Alessia Alfieri, #therobotindustrypodcast

I caught up with Joe Campbell from Universal Robots at The Assembly Show this fall 2022 in Rosemont, Illinois. We had a great conversation about what is happening in the world of collaborative robots, Universal Robots and assembly automation. I wanted to find out what was happening with UR from Joe's perspective. Full disclosure that I have worked with UR for several years, but it was nice to meet with Joe face to face. To find out more about Universal Robots If you would like to reach out Joe Campbell, here is his LinkedIn profile can also reach out at him and his team at www.universal-robots.com by email at ur.na@universal-robots.com and by phone: 844-462-6268 Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Universal Robots, Cobots, collaborative robots Joe Campbell #therobotindustrypodcast

Kristian Tazbazian is the Co-Founder/COO at Gastronomous Technologies, and we have a bit of history. Tell us a bit about Gastronomous, you have just moved locations, I understand. What is the market for automated robot chefs? Who are your bulls-eye clients? Partnerships are really important here. Tell us a bit about some of these? What are the motivators for your prospect customers? Is there any AI in your application?Where do you think we will see the robot, or will we even see it?You are doing the really hard work, innovating kitchens with a modular perspective, why this modular approach?You have had a lot of interest from around the world, what gets you most excited for this technology? To find out more about Gastronomous If you would like to reach out Kristian, here is his LinkedIn profile can also reach out at him and his team at info@gastronomous.ca Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast BTW you can check out our history here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ELIu0vpAg Thanks to our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Gastronomous, Robot chefs, Robots that cook, #therobotindustrypodcast

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #84. Daniel  Theobald is my guest. He  is the Chief Innovation Officer and founder of Vecna Robotics, a flexible, intelligent material handling automation company.  Daniel has decades of experience leading research scientists and teams of engineers in developing cutting-edge technology. He has 67 issued patents and more than 30 patents pending.    Daniel  has been on the forefront of robotics for more than 20 years, working closely with DARPA, DOD, NASA, NIH, USDA and many others to advance the use of robots and AI software to improve supply chain automation. In addition to founding Vecna Robotics, Daniel  also co-founded MassRobotics, a non-profit dedicated to the global advancement of the robotics industry. Daniel is dedicated to the idea that technology can be used to empower people worldwide to live more fulfilling lives. Here are some of the questions that we talk about on the pod: Let's talk about what is going on in the industry from a high level at Vecna (trends, etc) Interoperability, how did we get here? How do we fix it? What are company motivations? Cultural motivations in the robotics industry. How does Mass Robotics fit into this? How do you actually do this – invent a standard? When you are not writing standards what do you like to do? How can people get a hold of you? To find out more about Vecna, Mass Robotics or you would like to reach out Daniel, here is his LinkedIn profile. We mentioned the incorrect email address for MassRobotics during the podcast, so the correct email is theo@massrobotics.org Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Vecna Robotics, Robot Interoperability, Mass Robotics, Robert Theobald, Jim Beretta, #therobotindustrypodcast, "how to take your warehouse from no bot to

I was thrilled to be able to catch up with Ethos Automation's Calvin Kimura recently, and I was able to record this podcast live at Ethos Automation's facility in Brantford, ON which is an easy drive from London. Calvin is an automation specialist and also co-founder of Ethos Automation. He is a graduate in the electromechanical engineering technology program from Humber College. Calvin also worked in Tier 1 Automotive for Magna Corporation. There is a lot going on at Ethos, for such a young automation company. For example both Calvin Kimura and his business partner, Peter Botros were named winners in Manufacturing Automation's Top 10 Under 40 program and are setting the bar for young professionals across the industry in automated manufacturing. Calvin was also recently on a webinar with Manufacturing Automation magazine's editor Sukanya Ray Ghosh on the Future of Automation Virtual Event 2022, and I was involved as well. Here are some of the questions that we talked about for podcast #83: Can you describe the types of automation that you are building? Are there any specific tools or technologies that you are seeing now, that maybe you weren't a few years ago? Machine vision? What kind of trends are you seeing in automation for welding? Are parts getting bigger or smaller? Are projects getting simpler or more complex? What about industry 4.0 and maybe iiot in the machines that you are building? A question about robots, etc. Bigger, more of them, etc. Do customers need more help, more training? To find out more about Ethos Automation or you would like to reach out Calvin, here is his LinkedIn profile can also reach out at him and his team via their contact form. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Ethos Automation, Calvin Kimura, #ethosautomation #robotwelding #therobotindustrypodcast

For podcast #82 I finally got to connect up with Sean Dotson. We talk about a lot of things from human capital, vacations, HMIs, flexibility, innovation and ease of use of automation systems. Sean Dotson, PE is President and founder of RND Automation. A Florida native he received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida. Sean has been in the industrial automation and robotics industry his entire career, founding RND in 2005. In 2020 he sold RND Automation to a private equity firm and now serves as both RND's president and CAS Holding's CTO HE manages the 3 divisions: RND, iAutomation & PanelTek. Now retired from racing, Sean used to compete in triathlons ranging from Olympic to full Ironman distance. But he's considering a comeback soon... :) TODAY we are going to talk about culture in hiring in the automation industry. We all talk about culture. What elements make up a culture in a company? How can you tell if a company has poor culture? What is your process to make sure that you have a good cultural fit. How important is culture in your company and in the industry? Very! Do you have a code or written document?Do you hire for culture? What are the downsides to this?What do you do to drive (the) culture in the business?I would like to talk around innovation – What about innovation. In your business innovation is everything or not?Can you reward innovation? Do you think that your customers recognize the company culture at RND and do you think that customers reward innovative companies? When you are not building automation, what do you like to do? Are you in hiring mode right now? How can people get a hold of you? To find out more about RND Automation If you would like to reach out Sean, here is his LinkedIn profile can also reach out at him and his team at sales@RNDautomation.com Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomat

For podcast #81, I welcome Brian Powell to The Robot Industry Podcast. With over 30 years of experience in factory automation, Brian is well versed in robotics, machine vision and product development. In his current role with Brooks Automation, he is responsible for sales of robotic and control automation to a diverse group of OEMs across laboratory automation, medical device and electronics industries. Prior to Brooks, Brian held sales and program management positions with Precise Automation, Xyratex International, Adept Technology and RVSI, now part of Siemen's Simatic Sensors. He earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from California State University and an MBA from Saint Mary's College of California. Brian, welcome to the podcast. Can you tell our audience a bit about where Precise Automation has come from and the early business focus? What types of cobots do you design and build? Precise Automation has become part of Brooks, and that is your big news. You must feel like a kid in a candy store, what does this mean for Precise? Who is Brooks Automation? Has this acquisition expanded your market focus? What is in your bulls-eye? What sectors are you delivering robots into, have you got any robot stories? Let's talk about safety. Tell me about Dynamic Feed Forward? What trends are you seeing in robots and automation? What is PreciseFlex brand? When you are not educating the world about collaborative bots what do you like to do? How can people get a hold of you? Contact Info Brian Powell Director, Sales & Marketing Brooks Automation brian.powell@brooks.com 925-437-4119 www.brooks.com If you would like to know more about Brooks Automation you can cliand click on the link to find out more about to connect with Brian on LinkedIn, click here. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Kim van Kirk, and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to the robotindustrypodcast at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Cobots, PreciseFlex, Collaborative Robots, Brooks Automation, Precise Automation, Brian P

For podcast #80, I had the chance to speak with Patrice Roulet Fontani Vice President, Technology and Co-Founder of ImmerVision based out of Montreal. After completing his Master's degree in image processing and computer graphics, Patrice joined the INRIA, contributing to research in the robotic surgery field. He also co-founded Immervision where he leads the engineering team. In addition, Patrice contributes to IP growth and the adoption of Immervision's technology by global corporations. He has overseen the integration of wide-angle imaging technology in numerous industry verticals and is also an IEEE Senior Member, invited speaker at various conferences, and co-author of multiple publications and patents. Questions: Tell us about Immervision, and what you do with regard to vision systems for robotics? What unique research/work are you doing in the field of Robotics, and in particular for vision systems? What are you seeing as the biggest challenge for vision systems in robotics? What makes your approach different? Explain, why robot vision must integrate with human vision. Provide a solution to overcome this challenge. Can you elaborate on the problem of dual computer and human vision, and what you are seeing as the most viable solution? With over 20 years of innovation, Immervision creates solutions that see beyond human vision. Its Deep Seeing technology and renowned experts in wide-angle optical design and image processing enable smart devices with superhuman eyes to capture high quality visual and contextual data. The company invents, customizes, and licenses wide-angle lenses and imaging software technology for AI, machine vision and user applications, from capture to display, in the mobile, automotive, robotics, security, and other industrial and consumer product industries. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Patrice Roulet Fontani, a very professional Paige McEachren, and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Immervision, #therobotindustrypodcast, Patrice Roulet Fontani For more information: www.immervision.com. 

Armando Gonzalez joined Bosch Rexroth in 2021 and is the North American business leader for AMR/Robotics. He's been in industrial automation for almost 20 years and working with robots since for over 16 of those years. Armando currently resides in Dallas, TX and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. In his time off he's enjoying the outdoors with his (2) boys or teaching them about NFT's. Armando, I am sure everyone knows who Bosch Rexroth is, but remind us who you are? What is an AMR? What are some of the misconceptions of Robotic Automation from your perspective? What's the best advice you can give someone who is looking to bring in Robotics totheir facility? What are some of the typical low-hanging fruit use cases, esp for AMRs? Tell us some stories? This is fairly new technology…What are some of the big challenges (interoperability?) that industry faces? What about small manufacturers and AMR's is there a perception that you have to be big to execute? Let's talk about mixed fleets, indeed mixed fork lifts, AMRs in the same warehouse. Who's in charge? How do companies have to change: Do we need a traffic cop in our factories? Do we have to have flow experts? Who is GeekPlus? QR Bots? ASRS systems? What do you predict the future will look like? Armando, what do you like to do when you are not selling bots? Thanks for coming onto the podcast, how can people reach you? If you would like to know more about Bosch Rexroth you can click here, and click on the link to find out more about Armando. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Armando Gonzalez, Gina Mudie and Sarah Poliski from Godfrey, and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Armando Gonzalez Bosch-Rexroth #AMRs #therobotindustrypodcast

OhmniLabs | Thinking Outside The Bot | Podcast #78 OhmniLabs™ is changing the paradigm of robotics development. They thrive at creating flexible robotics modules and scalable additive manufacturing processes. Every engineer at Omnilabs including their software, electrical, mechanical professionals is cross trained on production engineering. This tight vertical integration ensures that they solve problems at the most efficient level. Dr. Thuc Vu is the CEO and co-founder of OhmniLabs. He previously founded Katango and Tappy which were acquired by Google and Weeby.co, respectively. Thuc has deep expertise in game theory, machine learning, tournament design and multi-agent systems. He earned his PhD from Stanford and a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon, both in computer science. In 2017, Thuc was named as one of the “40 Under 40” of Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal for his tireless efforts to bring about a significantly positive impact in the business world. Our conversation and Questions. Benefits of the robots Social impacts of Telepresence Robot What are the big challenges?Values vs. CostsTell us a bit about some challenges in use cases How has pandemic changed the business?How do you sell costs 3d printing?UV disinfection robotData?Future trendsHave we forgotten anything?How can people get a hold of you? To find out more about Ohmnilabs, check them out. If you would like to reach out Thuc, here is his LinkedIn proflie. Thanks to Laura Guy for her help in putting this conversation together. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our friends: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Ohmnilabs, Telepresence Robots, disinfectant robots, #therobotindustrypodcast

I am pleased to have Peter Keane from Qualifi join me for this edition of The Robot Industry Podcast. Peter works for Informa, and they have been a long time client of mine with the ATX Toronto and ATX Montreal show. Here are some of my questions for Peter: What is Qualifi, who is informa Markets?  Qualifi – new digital marketing division that takes 1) 1st party data mixes this with 2) Audience Intelligence and activates via 3) programmatic media to reach the exact audience a marketer wants to reach. What is first party data? Why is 1st Party Data Important? What does Qualifi do with this 1st Party Data? What is a lookalike audience and how does it relate to 1st Party Data?Talk about Audience Intelligence? How does Audience Intelligence work? Let's talk about the funnel, everyone is after leads? Activation – programmatic media can you explain programmatic? What kind of media to you deliver? How effective is programmatic advertising? This sounds a bit too good to be true, is it legal? Who is this program good for? How would you use this? Companies that want advanced targeting, more accuracy, less waste Easy, didn't have to hire an ad agency – will address the turn key nature of the program, just like hiring a digital agency without the cost, big advantage One more tool in their toolbox? A big tool in the toolbox Typical length of a program? How do customers consider the ROI? Project management / client success? What do I need to do to get started? What do you like to do when you are not connecting sellers and buyers? How do people get a hold of you? Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Peter, the team at Qualifi and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Qualifi, Peter Keane, The Robot Industry Podcast, audience intelligence, programmic advertising, media buying.

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #76. My guest for this podcast is Ted Larson. Ted Larson is CEO and Co-Founder of OLogic, Inc. an embedded systems research and development company with a focus on robotic applications and technologies. Ted has over 30 years of experience designing and building commercial software applications. His current interest areas are robotics, artificial intelligence, and embedded systems in consumer and professional electronic devices. Ted graduated from California Polytechnic State University with BS and MS degrees in Computer Science.  He has worked on numerous robotics projects with leading corporations including Google, Hasbro, Savioke and Panasonic. Ted has spoken at several of the past ROBOBusiness Expos, the annual Silicon Valley conference that has helped business leaders understand where the market is going, and which has assisted in implementing their robotics vision within their organizations.  Ted Welcome. I am excited for the conversation today. What do you do at OLogic?Who are your typical customers? You have been involved in many robot projects, how do you get involved usually? Prototype?Do you get involved when people have problems? What products might our listeners recognize?What has been the most challenging?What has been the most fun?You have built some toys? What famous projects have you been involved with (that you can talk about)?You have about 27 people working with you. What are their backgrounds?What tools are in your toolbox?What robot technology is high up on your radar (AI, GPS, Safety, Raas)Can you give us some use cases?How long does a project take? When you are not building robots, or fixing them, what do you like to do in the off time?Have we forgotten anything? How can people get in touch with you? To find out more about OLogic check them out. If you would like to reach out Ted, here is his LinkedIn profile can also reach out at ted @ ologicinc .com Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Ted Larson, Juliana Orr, and Simon Wright from Qrius Minds and the team from OLogic and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of thei

For this 75th edition of The Robot Industry Podcast, I welcome Jared Evans from MAJiK Systems Inc in Waterloo, ON to the pod. Jared is Co-Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and manufacturing industry. He is skilled in sales, corporate management, technical writing, and engineering. Jared has a strong operations background. He has earned his Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) focused in Engineering/Industrial Management from University of Waterloo. Jared, welcome to the podcast. Can you tell our audience about MAJiK Systems and how you got started?What is happening in your industry?What trends are you seeing? Industries?You are doing complex work what are some of these challenges?Can you share some of the projects that you have worked on recently? Use cases?How important is the manufacturing culture and getting operators onboard?How do you work with clients?How do customers get ready to engage you?Do you sell through distributors?What does success look like for your end customer?How are you working to set customers up for success with Visual Factory Production Monitoring Practices. You can follow MAJiK Systems on LinkedIn and you can reach out to Jared on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-evans-69056771/ Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Jared Evans and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Jared Evans, MAJiK Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast

Podcast #74 of The Robot Industry Podcast and I am happy to have Pablo Molina, Chairman, CTO, VP of Product & Co-Founder of Avidbots Inc. join me. Avidbots is an automomous robot company located in Kitchener, Ontario. I disclose that Avidbots is a past client when, they were just getting started in their commercialization. A bit about Pablo: Pablo's vision is to live in a world where robots and humans work together in everyday life. He has been building robots since the early days of his undergraduate program at the University of Waterloo. After graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechatronics Engineering, Pablo received his Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Carleton University in Space Robotics. He quickly applied his space robotics know-how working as an autonomous navigation designer at NepTec Design Group before co-founding Avidbots with Faizan Sheikh in 2014. When Pablo isn't working with robots or thinking about tasks to automate, he enjoys playing keyboards in music bands, working out, and playing soccer. Pablo, welcome to the podcast. It's good to talk with you again. Can you tell our listeners about Neo, your floor-scrubbing autonomous robot?We know that cleaning floors is a perfect match for robotics and automation. Have you seen more interest in Neo, especially post-pandemic?You are on the 8th edition of the robot that you built from scratch, correct? Can you tell us some of the recent advancements for Neo?Your focus has been on clean warehouses, airports, retail malls and universities, and larger retail spaces. Is this still the case or has your customer target changed?You are building robots in Kitchener, Ontario, correct? Can you talk about your Canadian and global reach?What are the big motivators for your customer base? What is their ROI? Cleanliness, staffing?There are a lot of sensors in Neo. What is most important and what other sensors are you thinking about? Do customers provide any specific sensor requests?How important is data to your customer base? How is Neo leading the way in leveraging data for an efficient and effective clean?Can you talk about the purchasing journey for a floor-scrubbing robot?Can you talk about the rise of multi-functional robots?What is the future of cleaning robotics? How must the commercial AMR market evolve and challenge the status quo to make robots more accessible?Personal question, what do you like to do when you are not thinking about floor-scrubbing robots? (you can opt out if you are not comfortable)How can people get a hold of you or learn more about Avidbots? To find out more about Avidbots, check them out. If you would like to reach out Pablo, here is his LinkedIn and you can also reach out to Avidbots on their website https://www.avidbots.com/ Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Pablo Molina and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with

Augmented and mixed reality expert, Duncan McSporran joins me for podcast #73 of The Robot Industry Podcast. I have known about Kognitiv Spark for a while from a friend in Cambridge, but I met up with the Kognitiv Spark team at a trade event in Toronto recently, and thought it would be interesting to have Duncan on an episode of TRIP. What got you into this industry?Let's talk about AR and VR right now, where is the industry?Why is it important?How does your product work?One of your big competitors is the Iphone?What industries are in your bullseye?How do you sell your product, through integrators?Do you have any use cases that you can discuss, I heard of a very Northern Canadian city that is using your product?Are you venturing into healthcare sector?What is the future of your industry?Have I forgotten to ask you anything? What do you like to do when you are not selling VR? How can people get in touch with you? To find out more about Kognitiv Spark, check them out. If you would like to reach out Duncan, here is his LinkedIn profile, you can also reach out at duncan @ cognitivspark.com Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Duncan McSporran, Kim Holland and the team from Kognitiv Spark and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions robotic turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Kognitive Spark, Duncan McSporran, AR, VR, Mixed Reality, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, Robotics advanced manufacturing, Custom software, #therobotindustrypodcast

For this 72nd edition of The Robot Industry Podcast, I welcome Hugues Foltz from Quebec City, Quebec Hugues Foltz has been supporting companies in the development and execution of their digital transformation for more than 20 years. In 2018, he became co-owner and executive vice-president of Vooban, a firm recognized for its expertise in artificial intelligence and the development of custom software solutions. Hugues, welcome to the podcast, I am glad that you are here. Tell our audience a bit about Vooban, and how you got started. You are based in Quebec, why is that?There is a certain confusion on AI and ML, how do you explain the difference?What is happening in Artificial Intelligence especially in advanced manufacturing and robotics? Trends? Is there a fear in AI?Who is buying AI – is it C Suite, the president, IT or OT?What is the typical project look like?How long does AI take?Use Cases of robotics and manufacturingDo people your prospects do prototype projects, like small projects?ROI of AI? Is the time period a few months or a few years?On the hardware side, for projects that you are building, are they new builds or retrofits?How much are people spending, maybe as a percentage of machinery?How can people get a hold of you? To find out more about Vooban, check them out. If you would like to reach out Hugh, here is his profile. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Hugh and Annie O'farrell from Vooban and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Vooban, Hugues Foltz, Digital Transformation, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, Robotics and manufacturing, Custom software, AI for manufacturing #therobotindustrypodcast SbTTaUj5oTNhItNQHVV7

For The Robot Industry Podcast #71, I welcome Yehuda Elmaliah, CEO of Cogniteam and Ari Yakir, VP of Research and Development. Yehuda is formerly Dean of Computer Science at COMAS near Tel Aviv, Israel. He is a leading expert on algorithms for robot autonomy. Ari Yakir has over 15 years' experience developing and managing cutting -edge algorithms and products for autonomous robots. Cogniteam, the company has been developing artificial intelligence technologies for robots for over ten years, working with blue chip companies on mapping, navigation and autonomous decision-making. They have packaged their unique suite of algorithms together as a single product, bringing cloud-based robotic artificial intelligence solutions in one easy-to-use place that allows robot startup companies to get to market faster, develop, prove and scale. Here are some of the questions that I ask Yehuda and Ari: How did you get started? What are the industry's biggest challenges from your perspective?Who are your bulls eye customers?Tell us a bit about some challenges in use cases getting involved in? Can you name some of your partners or integrators? How do you sell to your perspective clients? How has pandemic changed the new normal? Your growth plans?How can people get a hold of you?What do you like to do when you are not programming robots To find out more about Cogniteam in Israel, check them out. If you would like to reach out Ari or Yehuda, here are their LinkedIn profiles. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing. Regards, Jim Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Dor Livny from Cogniteam and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Cogniteam, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, Nimbus Software, Autonomous Robots #therobotindustrypodcast

Humanizing robots to make them more human, so they can be easily introduced into manufacturing plants, regardless of their field. Michael's bio: Michael has a strategic spirit, focused on the Robotics industry's evolution, and motivated to enable innovative products focused on market issues. His goal? Maximize the potential of all, to conquer the world as a team! Michael is the Director Of Product Development at AV&R located in Montreal Let's talk about AV&R can you give our listeners a brief about what you do AV&R started in precision inspection and grinding, polishing of aerospace components When did you start using the things that you learned in aerospace and apply them to medical device and which devices are we talking about There is an difference between accuracy and repeatability in robotics, can you explain the difference? Any how did you overcome this issue with respect to vision inspection and polishing You have a big partnership with FANUC, it is a bit unusual to be tied to one robot brand? Let's talk about data, is this something that is important to your customers? ROI - has that discussion changed Has pandemic affected business? How do you attract personnel to AV&R? Where do you see the industry going from here Personal question - optional, what do you like to do when you are not selling robot solutions Michael, thanks for coming onto the podcast, how can people get a hold of you? To find out more about AV&R in Montreal, check them out. If you would like to reach out Michael here is his LinkedIn. Also, please have a listen to AV&R's podcast: Robotics for all https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robotics-for-all-podcast-by-av-r/id1543217034 Mentioned on the podcast: Rolls Royce Aletheia AI Framework https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2020/14-12-2020-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence-rolls-royce-publishes-pioneering-bias-control.aspx AV&R episode on the AI Aletheia Framework: https://www.rolls-royce.com/sustainability/ethics-and-compliance/the-aletheia-framework.aspx Enjoy the podcast. Regards, Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Michael and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast for episode #59. For this edition, I welcome Victor Darolfi from Robotire. Victor and his team are attempting to change the retail automotive service department by adding, you guessed it: robots and automation. The first area and low hanging fruit of the retail car store service department is changing automotive car tires. It is a perfect example of dull, dirty and monotonous work - a great target for robots and automation. Here are some of my questions: How did you get started?How important was Y combinator?Value propositionHow does the system work?What is the vision and what is the ROI for a system?Who are Robotire's Bulls Eye Customers?What are your big challengesWhat is next for Robotire?How can people get a hold of you? Enjoy the podcast! Regards, Jim Customer Attraction | The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to our Victor and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to find out more about Robotire, here is the link to their LinkedIn profile you can find Victor on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-darolfi-92b17311/ If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Robotire, Victor Darolfi, automotive service, robots, robotics, car tires, car tyres, Y Combinator #therobotindustrypodcast.

For this edition of The Robot Industry Podcast, I have invited AJ Meyer from Pickle Robots to talk about the why and the how of the problem that they are going to solve: to unload trucks automatically with robot arms. This is really hard, difficult work: hot, cold, repetitive work and there is lots of it. We talk about the market size, market segments, the complexities, the bullseye customer and the human side of unloading trucks. To find out more about Pickle Robot, check them out. If you would like to reach out AJ, here is his LinkedIn. Enjoy the podcast. Regards, JimCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to AJ Meyer and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: unload trailers, unloading trucks, Pickle Robot, Robots as a service, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast

My guest for episode #69 of The Robot Industry Podcast is Neil Tardella. Neil Tardella is President of Energid Technologies, a division of Universal Robots (A Teradyne Company). Energid focuses on developing software for cooperative robot motion planning and simulation. Energid's software platform, Actin, is used by government agencies and commercial companies to simplify development and speed deployment of multi-arm/high-axis systems in the medical, industrial, energy, and space robotics sectors. As a cofounder of Energid, Neil helped navigate the bootstrapped company through various phases—from having an initial focus on government R&D, developing software for NASA and the Department of Defense, to a commercial engineering services company, to a profitable software/licensing/services company that was ultimately purchased by Teradyne in 2018. Neil holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford and a M.S. in Computer Science from NYU Tandon School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic Institute of New York University). We talk about Energid, products and services (high level) What is happening in the robot / motion control industry right now? What do you mean by cooperative robotics? How does having more axes help solve industrial automation problems? Who are your typical customers? What are some problems you solve for customers with examples? How do you work with them? Real time path planning? What is it and why is this so hard? Specific to medical robots. How mature is the industry? Where are medical robotics used? What are some of the challenges? How do you innovate and work with partners? To find out more about Energid, check them out. If you would like to reach out Neil, here is his LinkedIn. Enjoy the podcast.Regards, Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Neil, Nena and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Energid, Teradyne, Surgical Robots, Neil Tardella, Cooperative Robots, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast

Eigen Innovations is a Fredericton-based technology company that provides software solutions for the Industrial Internet. Eigen has a patented multi-dimensional non-linear software algorithm that leverages "big data" information from industrial equipment and, based on the algorithm's optimization capability, provides control input into the key devices that operate the manufacturing process. The end result is a more efficient manufacturing operation. Scott Everett is the co-founder and CEO of Eigen Innovations Inc., an independent software vendor based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada that delivers advanced AI-enabled machine vision solutions and software for industrial manufacturers. Scott is a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick where he graduated with a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. Driven by a passion for bringing technology to the factory floor to solve complex and unseen process and quality problems for manufacturers, Scott and his team have designed a machine vision platform that's been successfully adopted by tier 1 automotive suppliers across the globe and that's scaling rapidly with partners like Intel and Amazon Web Services helping to kick open the right doors. How did you get involved/started with Eigen Innovations? Machine vision is a hot space right now, can you define the difference between AI and ML? Vision has suffered thorough robustness and certainly, and you are out to solve this challenge? What makes your approach different? What is OpenVINO toolkit? Let's talk about the data. Where is it? How does quality access it? Who calls you? Industry 4.0 person? Plant Mgr, Quality Professional, CEO? What are the benefits and savings? IS ROI gone? How do you sell your product, through systems integrators? What is the future hold for AI in manufacturing? One of my favorite quotes from our conversation: "If you don't want to make bad parts, just don't make bad parts" To find out more about Eigen Innovations, check them out. If you would like to reach out Scott, here is his LinkedIn. Enjoy the podcast. Regards, Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Scott and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: EIgen Innovations, Scott Everett, FLIR, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast

Welcome to A3 The Robot Industry Podcast, Edition #67Herbert ten Have is an innovative business leader with more than three decades of experience in building high-tech products and services. In his career, he has held leadership positions, from Product and Marketing Manager to International Sales and Marketing Director. As a serial entrepreneur, Herbert has successfully founded and run multiple high-tech companies. He effortlessly rides the wave of inherent challenges that come with technology and loves sharing his expertise. Today, as CEO of Fizyr, Herbert is committed to building the best vision software product to enable Fizyr’s partners to provide cutting-edge robotic picking solutions for the logistics industry. • Tell me a bit about Fizyr.• How did you get started?• What are the big challenges?• Won the big Amazon pick challenge• Partnership with AWL?• Tell us a bit about some challenges in use cases getting involved in? • Truck unloading, depalletizing, and truck unloading what is most popular?• What are the industry challenges? • How do you charge - how does a company subscribe to your service? How do you work with integrators?• Can you name some of your partners or integrators? • How has pandemic changed the new normal, esp in Europe?• People used to online shopping? End user structure changing• Tell our audience about the Fizyr Team • Team activities• How do you engage with your people?• Where is Delft and why Delft?• What do you like to do when you are not selling AI software? Enjoy the podcast. Jim Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Herbert ten Have and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot.To get in touch with Herbert, you can find him on LinkedIn or contact the company on their website.If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Fizyr, Deep Learning Vision Software, Herbert ten Have #Netherlands #Delft #therobotindustrypodcast

Brain Corp is the global leader helping to create the largest fleet of autonomous robots - over 16,000 units. Brain has products organized around Clean, Move, Sense and Flow categories. My guest is Jeff Heller. Jeff has been with Brain Corp for more than two years, leading the Product Management Team and overseeing all robotic applications within the Clean, Move, Sense and Flow categories. Jeff's first exposure to Robotics was in High School where he participated in the F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) program, founded by Dean Kamen, who's possibly best known for the Segway. This program involved partnering with local engineering firms to build task-oriented robots and competing against other high schools on a national level. Prior to joining Brain Corp Jeff worked at Wag Labs, Inc. and LifeLock. Here are some of the questions that I pose to Jeff: Tell us a bit about Brain and what your job is at Brain Your products are around CLEAN MOVE SENSE and FLOW. Why is that? What is happening in the industry around autonomous floor cleaning? Challenges and opportunities? You are taking a partner approach to manufacturing products, explain Who is making the buying decision when it comes to cleaning? Let's talk about data - something your customer never had before. How valuable is cleaning data? What does the ROI discussion look like? Who makes the purchase decision? This is kind of a show-me industry, how does the customer buy? Should we talk about other autonomous vehicles that you are building? Retail? What do you see as the future? Enjoy the podcast. Regards, JimCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Jeff and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. You can get in touch with Jeff on LinkedIn or through the Brain Corp site. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: BRAIN CORP, Brain OS, Cleaning Robots, Floor scrubbing robots, Retail robots, shelf scanning robots, self driving robots, Robots as a service, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast

Welcome to podcast #64. Dave Johnson is the CEO at Dexai Robotics. He often talks about our current labor shortage, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robots, consistency and the messy environment of an industrial kitchen. Some of the questions that I ask Dave: How did you get involved in robotics?Tell me and our audience about Dexai and about AlfredWhy would I want a robot in my kitchen as a restaurant owner?Robots as a serviceWhat are the main markets that you are pursuingThe tech, control systems, vision inspection, the botWhy is this only possible today?Low hanging fruit for a robot chef? Salads, burgers, pizza, ice cream, coffee?What are and what were some of your big challenges?Safety, food allergies?Let's talk about data. How important is it?Where could this go? Robots in homes? Enjoy the podcast.Regards, JimCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast Thanks to Dave and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot. If you would like to find out more about check them out on their website, on LinkedIn and to get a hold of Dave, here is his LinkedIn profile. If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Keywords and terms for this podcast: Dexai Robotics, Robot Chefs, Cooking Robots, Robots as a service, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast