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In this episode, Kristian Kassow, co-founder of Universal Robots and managing director of Kassow Robots, discusses the evolution of collaborative robots. He shares insights on the development of seven-axis cobots, the advantages of built-in torque sensors, and the integration of cobots with mobile robots. Kristian also highlights the role of partnerships in expanding Kassow Robots' global reach and the future of collaborative robotics in various industries. Learn more about Kassow Robotics: https://www.kassowrobots.com/ ### Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman also cover the news of the week. Including Sunday Robotics new Memo humanoid: https://www.sunday.ai/ ### Keep up to date on the latest robotics news at The Robot Report and Automated Warehouse: https://www.therobotreport.com/ https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com
Internal documents suggest Amazon is planning to replace more than half a million workers with robots — and automate 75% of its operations. We speak to Karen Weise, the technology correspondent for The New York Times. Karen spells out what she learned about Amazon's plan — and how they're talking about selling that plan. Hint: A 'cobot' is a collaborative robot.
Natalie Walker talks about her career journey; the importance of mentors in creating space for women; the changing face of workplaces; & the future of robotics. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [04.06] Natalie's education journey, how a family friend inspired an interest in supply chain, and why international business is a crucial, but sometimes overlooked, component of the industry. “I had this abstract idea of getting into international deal-making, international negotiations… So she encouraged me to check out supply chain.” [07.47] Why supply chain is often misunderstood, and why it's a great career choice for women looking to drive meaningful change. “When people think about supply chain… especially in traditional manufacturing and operations, there's more of a connotation of heavy, manual labor… For me, it's about explaining what supply chain is and thinking about it more in a corporate sense – how to streamline and centralize operations.” [11.58] Natalie's career journey, how her intentional decision-making built a foundation for where she is now, and the biggest lessons she learned in her early years. “I started in federal utilities… And starting in the utilities space really piqued my interest in energy as this foundational thing we take for granted… And energy led me to robotics, because it's the next transformational technology that has huge energy requirements.” “Learning about myself, and how to apply my strengths to whatever position I was in, was core.” [19.14] Why collaboration is the future of technology, and the vision for how humans and machines collaborate at Cobot, Natalie's place of work. “We're not trying to design a product that looks like a human. It's designed with the intent of being safe, smart, and reliable…. And we're not saying we need to wait until a point in time, where AI is at a particular level, to make a difference. We're building a platform that can make a difference today, and improve as AI improves.” [22.55] Natalie's perspective on where supply chain is at, as an industry, with robotics. “We're talking a lot about reshoring and revitalizing manufacturing… Everyone is under a lot of pressure… Cost volatility coupled with labor shortages and the rising complexity of the environments we're working in are pushing companies to find automation solutions that are flexible, reliable and fast.” [25.09] Natalie's role as Head of Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations at Cobot. [30.04] Natalie's experience, as a woman, working across the utilities, oil and gas, clean tech, EV and robotics industries. “How is the way I represent myself going to be perceived, and how might that affect my eligibility for the job?” [35.00] The importance of mentors, and the role they've played in Natalie's career so far. “I can't overstate the value of mentorship.” [39.20] Natalie's experience of boards, and her advice for young people looking to pursue board opportunities. [42.18] How workplaces are changing, and why collaboration and communication is key. [48.12] The future for Natalie. RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED: You can connect with Natalie over on LinkedIn or Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more about robotics, check out 294: Optimize Warehouse Productivity, with Locus Robotics, 465: Your Fulfillment Transformation Starts Now, with TGW Logistics or 308: Stabilizing Safety in the Workplace, with Ideal Warehouse Innovations. Check out our other podcasts HERE.
What you'll discover… How to build trust with customers before you've even built a product Lessons on raising $150M and convincing top-tier VCs like Sequoia and General Catalyst The emotional story that sparked Cobot's mission inside a hospital hallway Why humanoid robots might not be the future and what should replace them Why swappable batteries, high-mounted sensors, and swerve drives make all the difference The founder's journey: anxiety, ambition, and the power of embracing the Odyssey Where to find it… (02:35) Why Brad left a high-flying career to start something from scratch (06:10) Timing the AI and robotics wave (08:45) From Scale AI to Cobot: building the product he truly believed in (11:45) Identifying Real-world problems to be solved by your new start-up (19:45) Why top investors believed in him before a prototype even existed (27:00) Selling the vision before building the robot (32:45) MVP success, user feedback, and building trust with early adopters (40:00) What “everyday work” means for Brad and how Cobot improves lives (44:00) The next 10 years of robotics and physical AI (52:00) Brad's proudest moment and how it ties back to a promise to his father More about the episode Before founding Cobot, Brad Porter held senior roles at Amazon, Scale AI, and even helped pioneer voice applications at Tellme and Netscape. But it was a walk with his father through the halls of Mayo Clinic that planted the seed for something radically new. In this heartfelt and insightful episode, Brad shares how a personal loss became a professional mission to build collaborative robots that enhance human work instead of replacing it. With over $150M raised in just three years and clients like the Mayo Clinic, Maersk, and the US Department of Defense, Brad has done what few in hard tech manage to do: build, fund, and deploy a real solution in record time. You'll hear how digital twin technology and fast iteration allowed Cobot to deliver results before having a fully built prototype, and why design decisions like swappable batteries and swerve drives matter more than buzzwords. If you're a founder, investor, or just fascinated by where robotics is headed, this episode delivers hard-won insights and inspiration in equal measure. Connect with us: Peng-Sang Cau LinkedIn Website Brad Porter LinkedIn
- VW and UAW Still Bargaining - Truck Makers Sue California - Global EV Growth Slows - Porsche Looks to Defense Sector for Growth - Chinese Automakers Still Dragging Out Supplier Payments - BMW Plans G-Wagon Competitor - Cadillac Launches Customization Program - Auto Industry Powers Robot Growth - Toyota Offers Childcare at Factories - Toyota's Mike Sweers to Retire
- VW and UAW Still Bargaining - Truck Makers Sue California - Global EV Growth Slows - Porsche Looks to Defense Sector for Growth - Chinese Automakers Still Dragging Out Supplier Payments - BMW Plans G-Wagon Competitor - Cadillac Launches Customization Program - Auto Industry Powers Robot Growth - Toyota Offers Childcare at Factories - Toyota's Mike Sweers to Retire
Zach and Shawn from Shaper Tools join Ben and Logan on the AWFS show floor in Vegas to talk about BenchPilot, all things Shaper Origin, and what they're seeing in the community that excites them. This episode is sponsored by Shaper Tools Folks Shawn and Zach talked about: Kim McIntyre - https://www.instagram.com/mcintyrefurniture/ Aspen Golann - https://www.instagram.com/aspen_golann/ Die Gute Form 2025 Award winners! - https://www.tischler-schreiner.de/die-gute-form-2025 --- For more information on BenchPilot and the Shaper Origin: https://www.shapertools.com/ To see if the Shaper folks will be in your neck of the woods: https://www.shapertools.com/findus For more information about our eLearning courses - http://www.finewoodworking.com/elearning For more information about our Woodworking Fundamentals journey - http://www.finewoodworking.com/fundamentals Join us on our new Discord server! - https://discord.gg/8hyuwqu4JH Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@finewoodworking.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page. Join us on our Discord server here.
Our guest on this week's episode is Jimmy Roussel, CEO of IDScan.net. Among the problems that supply chains have had to deal with lately is an increasing rise of identity fraud at warehouses and fulfillment centers nationwide. Counterfeit identification is often used by those committing the fraud to get inside the warehouse gate. Thefts of entire trucks often follow. Our guest discusses the scope of the problem, how it happens, and ways to counteract fraud and theft.Winners of the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award were announced this past week. The IFOY recognizes the most innovative technologies of 2025. This year's technology competition included 49 products on the initial application list, 21 of which made it final round. The entries were then subjected to strict engineering testing and evaluation to determine winners. We reveal who won and the innovative technologies that were honored.There have been conflicting reports lately about the health of the warehouse automation market, but there is good news for those making and selling collaborative robots—those are bots that work alongside humans, often referred to as “cobots.” The market for that technology is set to rebound this year following a trough in 2024, according to the latest market outlook report from research firm Interact Analysis.Supply Chain Xchange also offers a podcast series called Suppy Chain in the Fast Lane. It is co-produced with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. All episodes are available to stream now. Go to your favorite podcast platform to subscribe and to listen to past and future episodes. The podcast is also available at www.thescxchange.com.Articles and resources mentioned in this episode:The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)Teamsters ask Massachusetts lawmakers to require human drivers in AVsGlobal trade and AI top LTL industry concernsVisit Supply Chain XchangeListen to CSCMP and Supply Chain Xchange's Supply Chain in the Fast Lane podcastSend feedback about this podcast to podcast@agilebme.comPodcast is sponsored by: Zebra Robotics AutomationOther linksAbout DC VELOCITYSubscribe to DC VELOCITYSign up for our FREE newslettersAdvertise with DC VELOCITY
Peggy Smedley interviews Tim Lindner, warehouse automation consultant, Voxware, about the evolution and future of robotics in warehousing and distribution centers. Tim also explores the concept of 'cobots', where humans and robots collaborate to improve efficiency, and shares insights on the practical challenges and potential benefits of robotic deployment in various warehouse environments. They also discuss: The transition from manual labor to the integration of automation technologies such as barcodes, handheld scanners, and voice-directed picking systems. The historical context of labor in warehouses and the incremental advancements of robotics. The affordability and future potential of these technologies. voxware.com (6/24/25 - 926) What You Might Have Missed: The Evolution of the IoT A Look Ahead to 2023 Where's Your Robot? IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G, cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast, Tim Lindner, Voxware, cobot This episode is available on all major streaming platforms. If you enjoyed this segment, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.
Peggy Smedley interviews Tim Lindner, warehouse automation consultant, Voxware, about the evolution and future of robotics in warehousing and distribution centers. Tim also explores the concept of 'cobots', where humans and robots collaborate to improve efficiency, and shares insights on the practical challenges and potential benefits of robotic deployment in various warehouse environments. They also discuss: The transition from manual labor to the integration of automation technologies such as barcodes, handheld scanners, and voice-directed picking systems. The historical context of labor in warehouses and the incremental advancements of robotics. The affordability and future potential of these technologies. voxware.com (6/24/25 - 926) What You Might Have Missed: The Evolution of the IoT A Look Ahead to 2023 Where's Your Robot? IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G, cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast, Tim Lindner, Voxware, cobot This episode is available on all major streaming platforms. If you enjoyed this segment, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.
Cobots sind Industrieroboter in Leichtbauweise, die mit Menschen zusammenarbeiten können – ohne trennende Schutzeinrichtung. Teilen sich Mensch und Roboter einen Arbeitsraum ohne Schutzeinrichtung, dann wird das auch als Mensch-Roboter-Kollaboration – kurz MRK – bezeichnet. Diese Zusammenarbeit ist zunehmend gefragt. Der Erfolg von Cobots ist nachvollziehbar, denn sie ermöglichen insbesondere kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen einen schnellen Einstieg die Automatisierung bei vergleichsweise niedrigen Investitionskosten.In dieser Folge des neuen Podcast Wissen erklären wir anschaulich und ohne kompliziertes Fachchinesisch unter anderemWelche Vorteile der Einsatz von Cobots bietetWelche Komponenten für ihre Inbetriebnahme erforderlich sindWelche Sicherheitsnormen bei der MRK eine Rolle spielenBei der Umsetzung dieses Podcasts haben wir auf die Hilfe eines virtuellen Kollegen zurückgegriffen: Bei dem Sprecher handelt es sich um einen Avatar einer KI-gestützten Text-to-Speech-Anwendung, der einen auf unserem Onlineportal veröffentlichten Artikel vorliest. So können wir Ihnen spannende Grundlagenbeiträge auf neue Weise bereitstellen, in diesem Fall: hörbar machen – perfekt für den Arbeitsweg, die Mittagspause oder als kompakter Wissens-Booster zwischendurch. Alle technischen Hintergründe sind so aufbereitet, dass sie auch ohne Bildschirm leicht verständlich sind. Den zugrunde liegenden Artikel für diesen Podcast lesen Sie hier: https://voge.ly/vgls9S8/((Bild: Universal Robots))
Shawn Tierney meets up with Rylan Pyciak of Cleveland Automation Systems to discuss Trends in Automation, Inspiring a New Generation of Controls Engineers, and more in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Read the transcript on The Automation Blog: (automatically generated) Shawn Tierney (Host): Welcome back to the Automation Podcast. My name is Shawn Tierney from Insights and Automation. And in this episode, I sit down with Ryland Pychak from Cleveland Automation Systems, a system integrator house, to talk about all things industrial automation, including how do we get more people involved in controls engineering as well as, like, what are the latest products and technologies people are using. So with that said, let’s go ahead and jump right into my interview with Ryland Piechak from Cleveland Automation Systems. Ryland, it’s great to have you on the show. Now before we jump into our conversation, can you start by telling us a little bit about yourself? Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. Certainly. Well well, first and foremost, thanks for having me as well, Shawn. Definitely appreciate the opportunity. Yeah. To give a little bit of background, I’m Radom Pyshak, founder, president of, Clearwater Automation Systems, as well as a controls engineer. You know, we’ve we’ve essentially been in business for ten years now. And, ultimately, you know, my background has been controls engineering through and through. Actually started the manufacturing floor myself. You know, a lot of maintenance technician role, a lot of day to day kind of supporting troubleshooting equipment and whatnot. From there, obviously, went off to college, got a controls engineering background, did a little stint at Rockwell, also worked at an OEM as well as a system integrator. And then from there, kind of saw the entire picture of manufacturing and decided to go out and start cleaning automation systems myself. You know, so since then, like I said, we’ve been in business going on ten years so far. And, yeah, it’s been been great. You know, there’s a lot of unique things we’ve come across in the manufacturing industry, and, I’m definitely very passionate. And it’s, something that’s very interesting from my perspective. Shawn Tierney (Host): Well, I appreciate you coming on the show. And, really, that’s our audience, the controls engineers, the, really, the automation electricians, those electricians who just really get into automation and do that as kind of a specialty, as well as the, maintenance technicians and control technicians, you know, maybe have an electronics background, a mechatronics background, and then get into automation. And so, really great to have you on. And it’s you have a great pedigree. They have different companies you’ve worked with. You’ve kinda seen the industry from different angles, which, you know, a lot of people don’t get that get that chance to work for a vendor and a integrator and an OEM and on the plant floor. So what really, tell us about your company, Cleveland Automation Systems. What do you guys do? Like, what was the purpose and found doing it? And and, really, what’s your what’s your focus? Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. Yeah. Certainly. So click on automation system is probably the best, you know, term for us as a system integrator. Right? We typically have various clients that come to us to solve unique problems. That’s anywhere from simple, you know, field troubleshooting, simple service calls we get to complex equipment development, a lot of custom automation, as well as a lot of integration. You know? So, really, we work pretty much with every clientele across the board. I would say the main one, pretty much the only thing we don’t do is oil and gas. But we support clients across various manufacturing industries. And, really, you know, we essentially got into business to solve a lot of these complex problems. What I saw from my perspective was a lot of, you know, lack of support for various legacy systems, you know, other challenges that our our clients would have where, hey. How do we integrate various components together? So really going into business kinda to solve a lot of those problems, and that’s still what we do today. You know, anywhere from upgrading, you know, obsolete components and hardware, software control systems, all the way to developing custom unique, you know, different kinds of equipment and machinery. So very interesting industry, and our client base is pretty wide as well. Shawn Tierney (Host): Now I know with your background, right, there’s probably a focus on, like you were just saying, on helping people migrate to the latest generation or to a platform that’s gonna be stable for them. I know in the pre show we talked about some of your clients have, like, just a mishmash of controls. And so, and I know a lot of people in the audience, they have to deal with all different types of vendors. And so, just a, you know, a minute and not that not you know, we’re gonna be preaching to the choir here. But when you’re when you have a a one of your customers come to you and say, here’s what I got. What’s the best path forward? What’s some of the things you tell them about? Maybe not having every vendor on the planet every control system on the planet in your plan, well, that would be great for a museum, is not really great for your your people because it can be difficult. I mean, people struggle understanding an iPhone how to use an iPhone and an Android. Right? Because it’s so different. And if you take that times five or 10, it really just puts a lot of stress on the, the maintenance staff, the electricians, and and the engineers on-site. So what’s some of the advice you give when when you’re working with your your, vendors? Your I’m sorry. Your, customers. Rylan Pyciak: Certainly. I mean, I think you hit the nail right on the head there with the, you know, the iPhone to Android comparison. I use that as well. You know, the biggest thing is what we like to do. First and foremost, we usually do a site assessment for our clients, and that is coming in and understanding everything within the facility. Right? That is, you know, what control systems, hardware, software, motors, kind of everything that makes automation run. And really from there, it’s identifying and saying, hey. You have these, you know, five, six, 15 different vendor hardware, software platforms in your facility. You know, which route do you wanna go? Obviously, there’s some name brands that, you know, all of us understand are are primary here, you know, at least in The US that most people use. And and, really, it’s more of an educational thing than anything else with our customers of outlining and saying, hey. You know, to be able to hire somebody, you know, to fill a maintenance technician role, to fill a controls engineer role, you know, not only do they have to bring the skill sets of actually doing that work, they also need to bring along the skill sets of how to support these systems. You look at something such as DeviceNet versus Ethernet IP. Right? There are, you know, different I’m gonna call it generations, different demographics that grew up supporting that versus what is currently used in the market. So, you know, really, it’s sitting down, talking to our customers, kind of looking at that list we’ve developed with them and saying, hey. This is everything you have within your facility. Which route do you wanna go? What does your current maintenance staff look like? What can you support? As well as what does your infrastructure look like? Because end of the day, it’s you know, one, obviously, obsolescence is huge. I’m sure we’ve all been there. Right? You have a an obsolete hardware software device that goes down. Now you’re scrambling to go and find another one, right, typically on eBay, pulling it off the shelf, potentially opening up and soldering things. Nobody wants to go that route. So it’s more so understanding this is the route you should go and a lot of guidance education on, you know, one, why you should migrate as well as two, what that’s going to look like, you know, from your support and maintenance perspective where, hey. Now you only have one software license to manage. You only have one platform to manage, and it’s not, you know, five, six different platforms and somebody’s old Windows XP sitting on the shelf that you have to clean dust off of every time. So that’s, you know, I’d say in a nutshell, a lot of education, you know, goes into a lot of these conversations. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. You know, I think about over the years, all the peat times people upgraded and the reasons for upgrading and just the the cost of upgrading. There was a lot of people who upgraded in, for y two k when there was no reason to. And but they would there was a fear factor there. You know? Fear and certainty, doubt. Right, FUD? And so they would do upgrades, and they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. And I was just sitting there as a technical person being like, you’re wasting your money. You don’t need this. And, you know, I often see, like, an end user where they have a, you know, they have a a storeroom full of every IO module and every terminal block and every, processor and memory card, and it’s like, should we update the entire plan? I’m like, why? You not only is everything running smoothly and everybody’s trained on it, you have all the speeds you could ever use, and this stuff will last forever. Whereas when you’re sitting down with an OEM and they’re like, well, now I need to do six axes, and I have to do, you know, coordinated motion. You’re like, well, yeah, you’re not gonna wanna use that old stuff. Right? You we need to get you into the latest stuff where we have these new text test axes, commands and different things we can do that will just make your development so much easier. Plus, you’re gonna want tech support because if you go into the new generation, you’re probably gonna have some questions because you’ve been using the old generation. So it can really be case. And then I see, like, a lot of the the sensor vendors we have on, they come out with this new sensor that has features that no other sensor on the market has. And so I can see an end user saying, well, we usually use brand x, but brand y is really killing it. And this is the application brand x couldn’t solve, so we’re gonna go with brand y. And so it does make sense to I mean, you know, you can come at this from every different angle, but at the end of the day, I guess, like you were saying, you don’t wanna have a plan with 15 different things in there, 15 different software licenses. And, you know, it’s like, just because you’re good at Word doesn’t mean you’re an expert at Excel or PowerPoint. Right? And just because you’ve learned brand x does not mean you’re gonna be able to pick up brand y quickly. I know when I started working with Siemens, it was like a huge just, it was like going from, you know, Photoshop to PaintShop Pro or you know? It was just like a huge, huge change, and you really just you’re not as efficient when you first start off. So definitely definitely a lot of considerations there. You know, I think one of the things we’re talking about, in the preshow was the you know, how do you attract young people? Because so many people like us who are getting older. Right? And then the people who taught us who are retiring, you know, there’s a a lot of a lot of the younger, audience, you know, they they’ve been using a touch screen since they were. My grandkids have never known, devices without touch screens. Right? Rylan Pyciak: Mhmm. It’s Shawn Tierney (Host): so and so, you know, how do we what do what can we do to help get that younger generation in? Because we need to bring before everybody retires who has that that, you know, that knowledge. We’re gonna we’re gonna get that the younger folks to keep coming in and, you know, maybe we won’t have as many because, you know, systems are more mature and the you know, when I first started PLCs, we’re still relatively new. So programming PLCs with software was still relatively new, only a couple years, three, four years old. And so but today, we’ve been doing it for, you know, thirty five years, forty years. So, we may need less people as as as the knowledge is easier as a and and the products get easier, easier to use too. But how do we attract, younger engineers into this? I think we would both agree is a phenomenal, industry of, you know, automating manufacturing and other and other Rylan Pyciak: things? Yeah. Yeah. No. That that’s a great question. You know, honestly, I think some of it from my perspective, manufacturing is almost like a black sheep. Right? A lot of people haven’t heard of manufacturing. They typically look at it of, hey. It’s something either I see on TV or it’s how cars are made. But I feel like there are a lot of younger generations that may not just fully understand what we do day in and day out. You know, from the technical aspect, from problem solving, from engineering design, you know, all of the things that go into manufacturing a product, both on our side as integrators, programmers, things like that, but also from support, from production, you know, on the flip side. So, you know, I think there’s some of that of actually drawing an awareness to what our industry is and what it does. You know, if I’m being frank, a lot of my first introductory really was just talking to friends of friends, you know, and primarily, you know, older generations of, hey. You’re really hands on, really like to do things like this. You should look at this industry. And if it weren’t for those conversations, I probably would have never ended up in this industry either. You know, so, really, I think it’s it’s kind of opening up and saying, hey. You know, First Robotics, other, you know, kind of vocational or technical, you know, trades kind of situations when you’re in high school, even middle school of identifying people that are interested in these industries or interested in more, you know, hands on designing things, building things, and getting in front of those younger generations and showing them, hey. Manufacturing is something you can get into. And, right, you could pick up a teach pendant and move half of a car around with a robot. That’s really cool. So I think it’s a lot of kind of, you know, not only educational from a sense of educating people, but also just, you know, getting in front of younger generations, showing them what’s out there, you know, things that we like to do. There are a lot of career days at schools if we can go in and do things like that. Any kind of, you know, I guess, community involvement or outreach where you do have middle school, high schools, you know, even vocational schools of having introductories. Definitely love to do that. I mean, I sit on a couple advisory boards. Anytime we have professors that wanna invite us in, absolutely would jump on board and say, yes. I will sit down, show everything what we do, show Dawson pictures, kind of walk them through what you can do, you know, as controls engineers, as mechanical engineers, and really get a better sense of of this is what this industry looks like. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. You know, I think, when my kids were growing up they’re all grown up now, have kids of their own. When I was when I was when they were growing up, there was really no inexpensive way to to they nothing inexpensive I really could put in front of them to let them let them learn, you know, electronics and programming. We had, you know, we had PCs, but, beyond that, that’s not the way it is today. Today, we have, and we’ve covered them on the channel is, you know, I think one of the best places to start is with the Arduinos. And you can buy kits from kits with lots of electronics. It’s kinda like when I was a kid, they had a thousand and one experiments. Right? So you can buy buy, you know, kits that are, you know, $20 or $30. And we’ve reviewed a lot of the kits and and and the what comes in them, but they they come with all kinds of electronics and then the world, you know, the the world’s your oyster from there. You can do so many things. But even before you get to that point, I loved and I used to coach legal league. And for those younger middle school kids, right, legal league, you know, you can I was I had kids in there in fourth grade, right, learning to do the Lego League stuff, and they they do a great job of trying to make it fun? You you’re plugging the like, motors into into bricks, onto a a computer, and then you program it graphically, you know, with, you know, moves and, you know, if you’re into motion, everybody you know, you got a gut moves and how far you’re gonna go and sensors that tell you when to stop. And, I mean, it’s just I think it’s amazing. But the one thing I found, though, that that is difficult is that, you know, most most parents these days, they’re working, they’re both working, they don’t have a lot of time, they come home exhausted, and so they they have, an Xbox or a streaming surface that is their babysitter just so they can have some some alone time. And and I would just recommend, you know, limit that time. You know, the especially with video games these days, everything’s a season. You don’t wanna miss the next big thing that’s happening and and you would think from roadblocks to to, Destiny or, you know, Call of Duty or whatever. But don’t limit your kids’ time so when they’re bored, they have to they have to pull out that kit and stop playing with it. I was with my grandson recently, and he got grounded. And I said, well, I bet your mom well, you can’t play video games. I bet your mom will let you create your own video games. It’s like on her computer. He started, you know, designing his own levels and whatnot. It’s like, you know, if they if, you know, people are gonna go for easy. Right? But once easy is not there anymore, then they’ll they’ll look for something else. And, now talk to me about how how have you worked with the young have you done anything with the with the first robotics or with training? You said you’re on advisory councils. Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. Yeah. So we’ve, you know, we’ve sponsored a few high school competitions as well as some other local high schools that essentially, you know, they’re they’re just looking to do introductory into robotics design. You know, I think it almost goes back to the educational standpoint where, you know, your typical curriculum is is pretty standardized now. And a lot of, you know, shop classes, I feel like don’t exist at many high schools like they did, you know, ten, fifteen, thirty years ago. So some of it’s conversation. Some of it is honestly just where we’ve engaged with, you know, either prior high school, you know, where I went or other high schools that are interested in that and supporting it. Right? Like you mentioned, the biggest thing is is funding and finding opportunities. And to your point, yes, nowadays, it is hundreds of dollars. It’s not thousands or tens of thousands to do that. Exactly. But that that’s something I feel like us as, you know, us as companies in the integration world, and just speaking kind of at in general, being able to identify those things, you know, from anyone listening, if you are on the integration side or even if you’re on the manufacturing side of maybe having conversations with, you know, what your your current layout looks like, potentially your your children or high schools that you worked with, you know, and then going to higher ups and maybe asking for a little sponsorship. I mean, a couple $100 can get quite a few different pieces of hardware and software, and you could start building these things that, you know, allow for that aptitude and that intriguing, you know, design and and doing hands on design, you know, I think opens a lot of doors from that perspective. Yeah. I mean, definitely having good conversations with with, like I said, high school students, as well as trying to find other opportunities where you can work with these generations and allow them to have that curiosity. You You know, I think that’s the biggest thing. Once you get that spark and that curiosity, really just continuing to run from that and seeing what other options are out there in the world. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. And and if you’re gonna sponsor as a company or as a group or as a, you know, organization, I would definitely put a put a requirement in there and and maybe go and and see the final project. Because my wife’s a principal, she’s been teaching for twenty years, and, people have sponsored different different, you know, things that she’s tried to implement in her school. And I think the one thing they fall down on is, yeah, they they have you fill out a form. They give you the money. Then so you can go buy the kits, but and then they don’t get involved. And it’s like, you know, people get busy. And if there’s not, like, this requirement that, hey. They have to show you know, at the end of the at the end of the season or year or course, we’re gonna come in and see what they did. Just to try to hold their feet to the, not hold their feet to the fire, but just to give the teacher or the instructor some accountability, some some, reason to make sure that this stuff gets used and covered because there are so many mandates. Hopefully, this will change, but today, there’s so many mandates that it’s difficult. They really have to make an effort to teach, outside of what’s mandated, which is and and like you said, unfortunately, shop class shop class, and, you know, basic electricity, those type of things are not mandated anymore or not mandated today. But, you know, as we’re talking about this, let if you don’t mind, can we switch over and talk about smarter manufacturing? So we’ve talked a while about how we get youngsters involved, but as you go to work every day, right, and you work with your people and you work with your customers, I mean, what are some of the trends you’re seeing out there where people are doing things maybe smarter or adopting new newer technologies that, you know, we didn’t have maybe ten years ago that are really making a difference in their plants? Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. Yeah. Certainly. You know, there are quite a few different things that we’ve come across. You know, there there are some buzzwords definitely. You know, I think that you kind of have to sandbox exactly what they are, AI being one of them. Right? I think in the general sense, a lot of people may not understand. But there are some I’m gonna call them, you know, AI such as vision systems where essentially you’re teaching it, hey. Here are, you know, passable or passing products. Here are failing products. And it’s not necessarily how vision systems traditionally were, right, where it always has to be the same picture if it doesn’t line up. If it’s not good, it’s bad. Right? That that’s kinda more of the traditional sense where some of these newer AI, you know, learning systems that are out there are actually able to detect and say, hey. You know, I may be looking for something to be right side up, and it’s within that plus or minus 10 degree window. That’s gonna be a pass. If I see something flipped upside down, that’s certainly gonna be a fail. So we’re seeing some newer technologies like that definitely being implemented out there. IoT, smart sensors, IO Link are other ones that are huge. We’re seeing a lot of deployments, especially in food and beverage where you’re no longer having to run analog sensors everywhere, but rather, you know, you’re basically implementing IO Link and other similar platforms where now I’m actually getting that process data over Ethernet IP. I don’t know if they’re about scaling other things like that. They make field installation and setup time a breeze. We do a lot of that as well. So definitely some newer technologies. And then some other things I’d say are pretty unique too are more maybe around the robotics where we’re seeing a lot of your ROS and ROS two development where, you know, again, it’s kind of more of a open source platform that essentially allows you to run the control kind of independent of what we would traditionally look at from a controller where, hey. You may have a Fanuc or a KUKA robot that is essentially now running, you know, from a ROS perspective versus your traditional, you know, picking up the teach pendant and programming points. So it it it’s definitely interesting. I’d say, you know, we’re working on a quite a few different applications that are kind of bridging that gap between traditional and newer technologies, you know, where there’s a lot more dynamic going on. You know, for instance, an application we’re currently doing, essentially, we have, you know, a product coming into an area, a couple scanners doing a three d point cloud, and then robots that are actually going over top of that. That product that’s coming in is never the same from one product to the next. So there’s a lot of kind of, you know, ongoing smart technology that’s feeding in there, vision systems, three d systems, and that’s actually using one of the the ROS, you know, approach as well. So, yeah, it’s definitely something that I think as our our industry grows, there’s a lot more, interest in it, and there’s a lot more funding coming in, private equity, venture capitalists, that are are starting to try and solve some of these more complex problems. And I think from that, it it does allow us to now look at this. Hey. Traditionally, you would program with a PLC ladder logic. And the teach pendant. Well, that way you might be able to use more software based controls and engineering versus, you know, ladder logic programming and things like that. So, yeah. I mean, it’s interesting. Again, from our standpoint as a system integrator, we get to see so many of these different things going on, that you walk in and you’re like, this it’s pretty neat to see what other people are trying to do out there. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. You know, we talked about AI quite a bit last year in in robotics. AI, you know, we and and I asked the audience to help me. Look. We gotta spread the the the knowledge about AI as far as what it really is. Couple years ago, I was on vacation, and we were on a tour, and we had these dinners every night. And this older man, he’s he’s like, AIs self aware, and they’re programming itself, and we don’t need people anymore. And I’m like, that’s a great science fiction book you just read, but, I mean, I think if you know? You know, you try to explain to them. It’s like, look. It’s like they published this. IEEE does a great job covering this. They’ve literally spent millions every year, like, 10 of the millions every year programming these AIs. They’re not self aware. They’re not then that people still are needed. That’s why they’re paying people, you know, millions of dollars to program them. And, you know, it’s it’s it’s basically you know, as we look at the I always go back to, like, voice activation, and I should mute my, my device here so I don’t accidentally trigger it. But, you know, if we think back, like, I bought Dragon Natural Speaking back in the day because I wanted I my old job for twenty five years, I spent half or more of every day driving. So four hours driving, seven hours working, or eight hours driving, four hours. It was just it was just a for somebody who likes to do for a doer, it’s just demoralizing to be on the road that much. For a driver, that’s great. I mean, they love that. But in any case, long story short, it’s 90% and, again, I have an accent. But 90%, you think that sounds great until you go to edit what you said. It’s not good. Right? It’s, like, too much work. I could just type this from scratch. And we we also see that with a lot of transcripts. Like, if you’re on a video streaming site, the transcripts, the, automatic English captions, right, closed captions, A lot of times, they’re not that good either. But we’ve seen that grow. I know when I first got my, my iPhone and it had Siri, and I would be like I would talk to it and be like, I can’t answer that. Today, I can talk to it, and it does a great job. It’s it’s the the database that has backing it up is so much better. And so I take that and I go into, like, the vision system example you gave. Right? Now in the past, like you were saying, we had to have the lighting perfect. We had the gauges and the tools, and the the product had to be in the spot all the time, and there was no way to for it to float around and find the product and and most early on. And today, you can shoot it, like, a 100 products and say these are all good, and it can the algorithm can figure out, hey. What are the minor variances of these so I can understand what falls into the good bucket? And then you can shoot at a 100 bad products and say, okay. These are bad. And they can actually build some, some, tables or or value sets to know, to really know really well, you know, much faster than any person could, what’s good and what’s bad. And it’s amazing. Even one vendor said, hey. If you need to give it train it do even more training, we you can upload it to our website. We’ll do it offline and send it back to you, which I just think is amazing. And I know it’s revolutionizing, you know, cancer treatment or or detection and all kinds of other things. But, yeah, no. This is not data from Star Trek. Rylan Pyciak: Right? Yeah. Shawn Tierney (Host): This is not Al from 02/2001. And, and, yeah. And so so go ahead. Go ahead. Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. No. I was I mean, you’re you’re spot on, Shauna. It it it’s a good balance. Right? I mean, you know, I even look at it. We’ve all been there, right, especially from the controls perspective where something isn’t running and you walk out and it’s that slight little turn of the photo eye. Right? So as much as I think a lot of people may look at it of, hey. It’s taking over the world and it’s taking over what we’re doing, It still requires people, you know, in in at least in our world, technicians to implement it, to program it, to set it up. And, again, a lot of our equipment too doesn’t even have that smart that technology. So, you know, it’s something that as we move forward educationally, I think, you know, generations that that still have a pretty good length of career left, it it’s making sure you’re educating yourself on it, understanding what it is, how to deploy it, utilizing it as it becomes more commonplace, but definitely not you know, I wouldn’t be intimidated by it because it it’s something that it it’s like anything else. It’s a tool that’s going to be used. You know, and I think it’s making yourself aware of it, understanding how you can actually deploy it in the future. And and something else, I guess, you know, a thought that they brought up from my standpoint is actually investment in this new technology. It’s something else that we have a lot of these conversations with customers. You know, I know automate just happened. Right? You go out and you see the latest and greatest of everything. Lot of cool technology, new technology. You know, we always caution our customers to be, you know, cautiously optimistic and consider what you’re investing in, because one of the things you have to look at you know, there are all these these crazy new technologies that are out there. I’m gonna use collaborative robots as an example. Right? When when they first came out, it was universal robots. Now you watch the show, you know, there are probably 50, a 100, I don’t know, 500 collaborative robots. The thing you have to really consider is not only are you purchasing this technology, you’re investing in education, you know, from an internal standpoint to to bring your teams up to speed. But you also have to make sure that technology still exists in five, ten, twenty years. A great use case, you know, we actually did case study on it. You know, Ready Robotics, I thought was a great platform, works really well, you know, kind of made robot programming agnostic. And and they had a really, really valuable, you know, use case, I thought. And, you know, they went bankrupt. They went out of business. So you have to look at that too of, hey. I’m gonna go and spend this money as a decision maker for my plant, for my company, for my process. You have to also make sure that that hardware, that software, that firmware, that company that developed that is also there in the long term. So you kinda have to do a pros and cons and make sure, really, our our biggest things, you know, how long have those companies been in business, what does their technology look like, what does their tech support look like, Right? Do they have a team? Is it one individual? Are they writing firmware on the back end as these bugs come up? But it really is a holistic picture. And and, again, I really recommend having conversations with your personnel that are on the floor supporting this. Reach out to integrators, reach out to individuals within the market. You know, ask a lot of questions before you make those decisions. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. But, you know, it’s does it work with your existing architecture? So there are so many great cobot and robot manufacturers. And, quite honestly, some of them work better with brand a and some work better with brand b. And if you have brand b, you probably want one that works really well with it. You know, if you have brand a, then, you know, that’s gonna be and I know they all try to work with all they try to be vendor agnostic as far as the control systems, but some do a better job with you know? A lot of times it’s geographical or it’s just, you know, the the mission of the company internally. But, and then there are there are companies out there who do just just do a phenomenal job or try to with all vendors. But, you know, I think Cobot’s, that’s one place we talk about the younger generation. I mean, you think about it. Right? And and I worked in a machine shop one summer when I was, in high school, and it’s it’s a job that young people do not want. Right? If you’re if you’re if you’re machining products, right, it it’s similar to, like, if an injection molding facility. People don’t wanna work there either. Right? Younger generation, a lot of them don’t because they want something more, you know, twenty twenty five ish. Right? And so, if you can have a COBOS sit at that machine and put the pieces in and out instead of a human being, and I could tell you that was very boring work. And I and and and most of the people there were not college graduates. Right? They were there because they were you know, it was the best paying job they could find without having any experience. And so as those people retire, if if you don’t have enough people to fill those roles, that’s where the Cobots, I think, could do a great job. And this people even have innovative uses for them. Like, this one company was it was a three d printing company, and so they like to work eight to five like most people do. They have families. They wanna enjoy their evenings. And, the problem was, though, the printers would finish the print. You know, they would take custom print jobs. They’d finish, like, in the evening. Right? And nobody wanted to drive back to work and switch out the trays so they could print something else. Right? Expensive machines printing expensive products. And so they bought a Kobo. Now all that Kobo does is it goes around and replaces the trays on the three d printers when they finish their job so that you can print something else. And it gives them another, you know, theoretically, another sixteen hours worth of printing they can get out of their machines while everybody’s at home, you know, spending time with the family and and and sleeping. And so there’s a lot of innovative ways to use cobots. Now have you guys done any work recently with cobots? Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. Yeah. That’s it it’s definitely something, you know, we’ve deployed quite a few collaborative applications. Yep. You know, really, when when it comes to I’m gonna say collaborative versus noncollaborative. More so, we’re we’re kinda back to, I guess, what you just touched on is identifying, you know, what are the problems that you could potentially solve? Or, honestly even just walking in and saying, hey. There is a potential solution here that maybe somebody’s never thought of. You know, that’s identifying, like you said, that, right, the three d is dirty, dull, dangerous where people just it’s a boring job. People hate it. It’s high turnover. You know, really kind of finding those applications where it’s something simple. You know, it it it’s low cost. It’s something you could implement very easily. And then being able to walk in and replace that with a robot with a collaborative robot, you know, with an automated solution that actually solves those problems. Right? And then it takes those individuals from doing that that high turnover, boring, or dangerous, or, you know, mind numbing kind of position into something that that opens up a lot more doors, and now they can be technicians. They can, you know, kinda move into a higher position where they’re doing more from the company perspective. But, yeah, I mean, in terms of collaborative applications, definitely a lot of opportunity that’s out there. You know, I think the biggest things are, you know, obviously identifying what you’re trying to do, making sure you do proper risk assessments to make sure that application is actually collaborative, as well as, you know, really finding what are you trying to solve at the end of the day. Right? Is it a labor problem? Is it, you know, just just an ergonomic problem is definitely a big one we see a lot of. Time saving problems. We deployed one two years ago, actually, that essentially just mixing the solution. Right? In every fifteen minutes, operator would have to stop, open up the door, go in there and mix this this solution, essentially, to keep it mixed, shut the door, and hit go. That essentially removed that where now that operator is no longer there and actually doing the other pieces of their job. You know, it was a slam dunk for everyone involved. So definitely a lot of opportunities out there. You know, I think, really, it’s it’s identifying what you’re trying to solve. But you can definitely utilize them in quite a few different locations. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. You know? And I that kinda brings another thought to mind is, you know, we hear a lot of people say, well, automation is bad because it takes away jobs. And I usually, it’s a boomer when I see somebody saying this on TV and not to pick on boomers. Okay? But, typically, it’s a boomer. Right? Mhmm. And, they’re holding a, like, an $800 smartphone, and they’re standing next to a a, you know, a $5,500 big screen TV. And I’m just like I’m I’m like or with those products you love to use, the car you like to drive, that smartphone you love, you know, None of those can be made without automation. Impossible. Literally impossible to make your modern devices without automation. Technology, and I like to just say technology technology gets rid of the lowest level jobs. Right? So from the day we learned to tie an ox to that wheel to turn it so we could either pump water or grind, you know, grain or whatever, right, or harness it harness the wind with the wind with the winter a wind wheel, a windmill. You know, that where people are always trying to find smarter ways to doing thing. And, you know, not that mixing a container by hand is extremely difficult or but I don’t know how many times I’ve gone to the local, home supply store, and they’ve mixed my paint wrong, literally. Or I’ll say this too. Same place. Have my keys made wrong. I’ve I have, like, half a dozen keys I’ve paid them I had made, and they mess them up. Right? And so I’m not picking on people. They’re they’re stressed out. They got lots doing. But if If if if I need a key now, because I know there’s one, department store nearby that has the automated. You just put your key in. It does everything automated. I will only go there because I know it is done correctly every time. And quite honestly, I don’t have to listen to the to the the sales guy go, oh, I don’t like making keys. I can’t believe I gotta do this. You know? It’s just so funny. Yes. I wish you didn’t have to do this either because you keep doing it wrong. So Uh-huh. I mean, do do you agree with me? Or I mean, the technology I find is elevating. It’s giving people better jobs. It’s not it’s really eliminating the jobs that most people don’t want. Am I right about that? What what are your thoughts about that? Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. I you know, honestly, Shawn, I think I think you’re spot on with that. You know, really, automation and and I would say this. You know, the last couple years, a lot of our customers, they’re asking for automation because they simply cannot find enough people to fill their roles. It’s not that, hey. We wanna, you know, necessarily improve a process or, you know, replace people. Nobody’s actually filling those roles where they don’t have enough resources to do that manually. So it’s a, you know, it’s a labor shortage issue, honestly, of what we’re dealing with. But by no means is it actually taking over, replacing jobs, anything like that. I mean, exactly what you said. Right? You look at at jobs that are very labor intensive, that are, you know, very stressing, ergonomic issues that, you know, it it’s honestly it’s backbreaking work. And I definitely understand that I wouldn’t wanna do that kind of labor myself day in and day out, five days a week. And that’s where automation is key. Right? So you now walk in and a robot, a control system, you know, whatever it is is replacing those things that are, you know, beating up your body or, you know, other things, you know, very toxic locations, locations that you don’t wanna deal with chemicals, things like that. Now those same persons that had to go in and do that are now actually supporting it. And kind of back to what we were talking about before, right, now those individuals are learning how to operate the HMIs. They learn how to recover the robots. They’re learning how to do basic troubleshooting on PLCs, you know, robotic systems, things like that. So, you know, from from an employment perspective, from a technology and educational perspective, I think it’s taking them from doing a repetitive, laborious job, and now it’s opening up more avenues where you could walk in and say, hey. You know, I have background, you know, programming, doing basic troubleshooting on this system that has, you know, phanic robot, Allen Bradley PLC. I made edits. You know, we may be maybe that system, you’ve put in five new part variants since you purchased it. You know, so now you you have more applicable skills that I think, in general, our industry needs to head that rate. Right? As you mentioned, one, to be able to be competitive with the prices of what we pay for the cost of goods sold in general. But two, just from a standpoint of, you know, if corporations and companies are going to try and remain competitive, they certainly are going to have to automate. You’re not going to be able to replace and do everything with manual, you know, human labor, and you need to start implementing automation, you know, in the right locations, but also making sure you’re implementing it so you can, like I said, obviously, fill those labor gaps, fill the labor shortages that you have, you know, high turnover positions or dangerous positions, replace that with industrial automation. And, yeah, I mean, end of the day, It it is definitely not taking people’s jobs. I can’t say I’ve seen any project where we walked in and said, hey. Here’s a machine that runs x rate. These five people are now gone. Usually, they’re moving into higher level positions, technician positions, and and, honestly, getting more education. So, I mean, I’m absolutely on board that automations automation is nothing but a good investment from a company perspective. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. And, you know, I think back to, BeachNet, they make baby food. And, I was, working with them when they were building a new plant, and, the old plant looked ugly. It was like an old brick building, multistory. Yeah. It I like, I walked through it, and I’m like, I don’t know that I could ever buy this baby food again. But their new plant was just beautiful. Beautiful. When you walk into the lobby, it’s huge and beautiful. You walk in the lobby, they have a mural on the wall. It’s like endless mostly ladies in hair nets, endless table of ladies cutting potatoes and carrots, and and, they’re all happy. They’re like, yeah. This is great. The kids are in school. I can make some extra money. Maybe we’ll buy a new car. You know? They were all pretty happy. It was like they can sit there. They can chat. They can cut the carrots and potatoes, and they’re making healthy baby food for the community. And so it was great. Today, I don’t think my granddaughter would wanted that job for a a, you know, million dollars. You know? She’s never known a time when it hasn’t been, you know, high screen high resolution touch screens in her hand or in her mother’s hand or, you know, in her house, and it’s like, why would we do this manually again? Rylan Pyciak: Mhmm. Shawn Tierney (Host): Why would I spend all day repetitively getting carpal tunnel tunnel syndrome or whatever? You know? You know? And and so that’s just where we are. I think most of us see most people most people who who are paying attention to what they’re doing, they wanna do it better. They wanna improve. You know? It’s that continuous improvement, CAN ban, all that stuff that talks about, you know, let’s let’s keep making changes to make the process better. And, you know, you’re not always not every change is is for the positive. But, you know, I think this kinda this brings us full circle too because, you know, I there was a technologist recently who was saying, we can import a lot of engineers because we don’t have enough engineers. And it’s like, I replied to him, like, we have tons of engineers. What you’re really seeing is the schools are not teaching what you want them to learn. Partner with the schools so like, my youngest son and all these other software engineers out there are not unemployed because the schools didn’t teach them what you wanted. You need a you need a thousand engineers. Go to the local go to the local school. Tell them this is why I need your people to learn. Trust me. They’ll start teaching it. Because the last thing that, you know, a competent school wants to do or college or university is, you know, put people out there who can’t actually get a job. They they love being able to brag about people getting jobs. They love to be able to brag about hey. I’m working with company Y, and, we send them a thousand engineers over the last four years. So we kinda come full circle. I think we all need to think about that. How can we encourage our local educational institutions? Maybe it’s our kids where our kids are going. Maybe it’s where our grandkids are going. Maybe it’s where nieces and nephews or siblings are going. How can we get involved and help those local you know, everything from grade school through high school through through, junior college, technical, you know, community colleges, and so on. We we gotta help them understand what we’re doing and what’s valuable so they can stay away from, you know, maybe saying, hey. The Raspberry PIs gonna take over the world, so that’s all you need to learn. No. Sorry. Yeah. No. I hate to bring it to you, but there’s a reason why we have major vendors, and they’ve been in business for over a hundred years because they make the what the customers want. But, yeah, that kinda brings a full circle to what we were talking about at the beginning of the show. Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, It it definitely it it’s an entire ecosystem. Right? I think from from that perspective, right, from the large corporations that are manufacturing, it is having those conversations and saying, hey. These are the kind of technicians, the controls engineers, the, you know, whatever roles you’re trying to fill. This is what we do day in and day out. And those individuals and corporations need to have conversations with, again, the the local vocational schools, the community colleges, the technical colleges, even, like I said, even high school and middle school and outline Yeah. This is what our career path looks like. This is what you know? Right? This is what our process looks like. Honestly, you know, doing site tours, facility tours, understanding how things are made, looking at equipment and working with equipments where, hey. We may have, you know, humongous boilers or, you know, I grew up in Southern Ohio where steel at one point was was very large before it went overseas. You know, understanding what that looks like, how electric arc furnaces work and function, and actually working with local community colleges of, hey. This is this is the kind of technical resources of what we need. Right? That’s low rates. It it’s electricians. It’s hands on labor, whatever that is. And then, you know, aligning both what you’re trying to fill from a technical perspective with what is actually being taught in those vocational technical community colleges even back again to high schools where, you know, hey. Yeah. PLC programming is great. We actually utilize, like you said, we utilize Siemens or Allen Bradley. We don’t do Arduino for, you know, a a $100,000,000 production facility. So I think a lot of it is honestly, it’s more community involvement. Quite honestly, it’s conversations like you and I are having, but on a on a bigger scale of understanding, hey. These are the skill gaps. This is where we’re currently at, and these are the roles we’re trying to fill. Because a lot of it, like you said, it’s it’s I feel like a lot of people in our industry more often than not, kind of stumble upon it or at least have some in. But if it weren’t for that, people really wouldn’t know what manufacturing does. So I mean, I would definitely encourage that. Again, kind of back to the advisory boards that I’ve talked about, we have a lot of those conversations with the local community colleges of this is what we do. This is what’s good. Your training systems, this is awesome. We don’t use any of this. And just having those those two way conversations and making sure you’re staying involved. I mean, end of the day, communication’s key, and I think that’s what we all need to do more of. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. Rylan, I really appreciate coming on the show. I’m just looking at my list of bullets of things I wanted to talk about. Was there anything that you wanted to talk about that we hadn’t gotten through yet? Rylan Pyciak: I don’t think so. I mean, I think we touched on a lot of great topics. You know, in general, Shawn, I’d say, you know, really, one of my passions is definitely bringing in younger generations’ education into this industry. You know, end of the day, we’re all engineers. I think by default, we like to collaborate and have conversations. And, really, I’m just trying to encourage more of that, right, of of all of us being able to have open, honest conversations. I know you get onto the forums and you get onto Reddit and all these other, you know, areas of the Internet, and it’s great because there’s a lot of collaborative energy. And I and, honestly, I think it’s something we just need to do that more, be more supportive of other individuals, of others in the industry, and keep having these conversations. Right? Because the more collective minds we bring together, I think it’s gonna open up more doors, and it’s gonna allow us to have, you know, more exciting conversations like this. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yep. Yeah. Absolutely. Well, Rylan, I really appreciate you coming on. Now if people wanna learn more about Cleveland Automation Systems, where would they go to find out more? Rylan Pyciak: Yeah. Definitely. You can find us on our website since clevelandautomationsystems.com. I know it’s a mouthful. You could also look look up myself on LinkedIn, Rylan Pyshak, Cleveland Automation Systems as well as on LinkedIn. But definitely feel free to reach out. I’m always open. I love having conversations like this. So definitely you can find us, like I said, website LinkedIn. Send me a direct message if you wanna talk about something. I’ll definitely share my contact info, and, you know, we can connect any which way you want. Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah. And we’ll include all those links in the description so you guys, wherever you’re listening or watching, you’ll be able to have access to that so you don’t have to type it all in. But in any case, Ryland, thank you so much coming on. I really enjoyed our conversation today, and, just thanks again for coming on. Rylan Pyciak: Definitely. And thank you for having me, Shawn. I definitely appreciate the opportunity. Shawn Tierney (Host): I hope you enjoyed that episode. I wanna thank Rylan for coming on the show and talking about all things industrial automation. I really enjoyed our chat. I hope you did too. And I will put his link to his LinkedIn profile and to his company in the description. I also wanna thank Cleveland Automation Systems for sponsoring this episode so we could bring it to you completely ad free. So if you’re talking to Ryland or anybody over there, please, tell them thank you for us. And, with that said, I just wanna wish you all good health and happiness. And until next time, my friends, peace. The Automation Podcast, Episode 238 Show Notes: Special thanks to Rylan for coming on the show, and to Cleveland Automation Systems for sponsoring this episode so we could release this episode Ad Free! Below you’ll find links to Rylan’s LinkedIn profile, and to Cleveland Automation Systems: Rylan Pyciak’s LinkedIn Cleveland Automation Systems Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content
Viele Unternehmen zögern aus Sicherheitsgründen, ihre Produktion mit Hilfe von Cobots zu automatisieren. Welche Sicherheitskonzepte beim Einsatz von Cobots gefragt sind, klärt die neue Folge des Podcast Maschinensicherheit der konstruktionspraxis.Angesichts des globalen Wettbewerbs stehen heute viele Unternehmen vor der Herausforderung, unter anderem die Effizienz ihrer Prozesse zu steigern und Kosten zu reduzieren. Um diesen Herausforderungen zu begegnen, setzen viele Unternehmen auf eine Automatisierung ihrer Prozesse, unter anderem durch den Einsatz von Cobots. Welche Sicherheitskonzepte bei einem Cobot-Einsatz in der Praxis eine Rolle spielen, bespricht konstruktionspraxis-Redakteur Jan Vollmuth mit Michael Mayer-Rosa, Senior Director Industrial Automation Group EMEA und Global Head of Intelligent Robotics System bei Delta Electronics.In dieser Podcast-Folge erfahren Sie unter anderem:Worin sich Cobots und Industrieroboter unter Sicherheitsaspekten unterscheidenWann bei einem Cobot-Einsatz Safety eine Rolle spieltWann ein Sicherheitskonzept für Cobots erforderlich istWer ein solches Sicherheitskonzept umsetzt
KUKA war mit Reinhold Gross zum ersten Mal Gast bei uns im Podcast. Und wir waren erstaunt: Reinhold Gross blickt optimistischer als viele andere Branchenbeobachter in die Zukunft. Warum? Hört rein.
Gastgeber Filip Miermans diskutiert mit Markus Schatz, CEO von KEBA Industrial Automation, und Michael Garstenauer, Produktmanager bei KEBA, welche Robotik-Trends der letzten 20 Jahre den Durchbruch geschafft haben und was noch zu meistern ist. Unsere Gesprächspartner: [Markus Schatz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-schatz-7a916545/?originalSubdomain=at) [Michael Garstenauer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgarstenauer/?originalSubdomain=at) [Unser heutiger Host, Filip Miermans](https://www.linkedin.com/in/filip-miermans/) [Mehr zu Keba](www.keba.com/industrial-automation)
The restaurant industry is experiencing significant changes, with major chains like Chipotle investing in innovative technologies such as collaborative robots and autonomous delivery vehicles. However, challenges persist, exemplified by BurgerFi's bankruptcy filing, signaling potential market consolidation in the fast casual segment. The blurring lines between QSRs and fast casual concepts are intensifying competition, while economic pressures may impact consumer spending habits. Franchising and refranchising strategies are being explored as ways to generate cash and reduce costs. As the industry looks towards 2025, success will likely depend on a brand's ability to innovate, clearly communicate its value proposition, and adapt to evolving consumer preferences.RestaurantInnovation #FastCasualChallenges #FoodTechTrends
Hello, And Welcome to the 122nd Tech@Lunch Full Episode. This week's lunch topic is Full Automation Vs. semi-automation and What is Right for Your Organization. We look at the differences between fully automated and semi-automated processes, how each can fit into businesses of different sizes, and their hypothetical use cases. So join us as we investigate Full Automation vs. semi-automation for your organization. Join us on the Vulcanara Technology Solutions YouTube channel for new videos. Stay tuned for the Details regarding the Giveaway we are going to do. Take a look at Tech@Lunch Merch by going to www.apparel.vulcanara3d.com. Take a look at our Lithophnes or other products at www.PrintedHeritage.com. #Cobot, #Robotics, #TECH, #STEM, #3d, #UniversalRobotics, #ABB, #Kuka, #FANUC
Im BMW-Werk Spartanburg wird Science Fiction zur Realität: Im US-Standort des bayerischen Autobauers übernehmen menschengleiche Roboter testweise zahlreiche Aufgaben der Werker und bieten einen Blick in die Autofabrik der Zukunft. Doch schon heute sind clevere Cobots und autonome Transportvehikel längst Alltag in der Fertigung, die nächsten Level an Automatisierung und Produktivität werden freigeschaltet. Pascal und Yannick stellen sich in der aktuellen Folge die Frage: Beschleunigt das neueste Kapitel der Robotik-Revolution die Entwicklung zur vollautonomen Fabrik? Und was bedeutet das für die Mitarbeiter und deren Arbeitskraft? Alles zu Cobots und FTS in der Automobilproduktion: https://www.automobil-produktion.de/produktion/smart-factory/wie-verschiedene-cobots-die-automobilproduktion-unterstuetzen-928.html Die Cobot-Kolumne von Prof. Andreas Syska bei produktion.de: https://www.produktion.de/wirtschaft/paradigmenwechsel-vom-mit-arbeiter-zum-mit-unternehmer-369.html Alle Infos zu unserem Episodenpartner Omron: https://industrial.omron.de/de/home Mehr zu Pascal und Yannick finden Sie auf LinkedIn: Pascal Nagel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-nagel/ Yannick Tiedemann: www.linkedin.com/in/yannick-tiedemann Automatisierung, Robotik und die Smart Factory stehen auch bei einigen unserer Fachevents im Fokus: https://www.automotiveit-kongress.eu/ https://www.automation-next-conference.com/ Hinweis: Die im Podcast getätigten Aussagen spiegeln die Privatmeinung der Gesprächspartner wider und entsprechen nicht zwingend den Darstellungen des jeweiligen Arbeitgebers
Hello, And Welcome to the 121st Tech@Lunch Full Episode. This week's lunch topic is 3D Printing support for Robotics. We look at how 3D Printing Supports robotics and Robotics education and the hypothetical use cases of each type of system. We also investigate how 3d Printing can support the maintenance of robots and other portions of the robot ecosystem. So join us as we investigate 3D Printing support for Robotics. Join us on the Vulcanara Technology Solutions YouTube channel for new videos. Stay tuned for the Details regarding the Giveaway we are going to do. Please take a look at Tech@Lunch Merch by going to www.apparel.vulcanara3d.com. Please take a look at our Lithophnes or other products at www.PrintedHeritage.com. #Cobot, #Robotics, #TECH, #STEM, #3d, #AdditiveManufacturing, #VisionSystems, #3DPrinting, #CnC
Hello, And Welcome to the 120th Tech@Lunch Full Episode. This week's lunch topic is Robot Test Cell & Training Cell Design. We look at how to design a robot test cell and training cell design and the hypothetical use cases of each type of system. We also investigate how test cells and training cells can be used in STEM education. So join us as we investigate Robot Test Cell & Training Cell Design. Join us on the Vulcanara Technology Solutions YouTube channel for new videos. Stay tuned for the Details regarding the Giveaway we are going to do. Please take a look at Tech@Lunch Merch by going to www.apparel.vulcanara3d.com. Please take a look at our Lithophnes or other products at www.PrintedHeritage.com. #Cobot, #Robotics, #TECH, #STEM, #3d
Hello, And Welcome to the 119th Tech@Lunch Full Episode. This week's lunch topic is Residential or home-based cobots. We look at residential or home-based cobots from a hypothetical and current state view to see how they impact individuals and how you can best use them. We also investigate STEM education robots and how they can be viewed or played with at home to teach the younger generation about robotics. We also investigated how they can support the elderly and home-based healthcare sector. So join us as we investigate Residential or home-based cobots. Join us on the Vulcanara Technology Solutions YouTube channel for new videos. Stay tuned for the Details regarding the Giveaway we are going to do. Please take a look at Tech@Lunch Merch by going to www.apparel.vulcanara3d.com. Please take a look at our Lithophnes or other products at www.PrintedHeritage.com. #Cobot, #Robotics, #Healthcare, #TECH, #STEM, #3d, #IRobot, #Rumba
Hello, And Welcome to the 117th Tech@Lunch Full Episode. This week's lunch topic is Robot & Cobot's impact on small business use. We look at how Robot and Cobots can support and are currently used in small businesses. We investigate how they are used and maintained in Small Business applications. We also investigate the possible future of using robots and cobots in the small business environment. So join us as we discuss Robot & Cobot's impact on small business use. Join us on the Vulcanara Technology Solutions YouTube channel for new videos. Stay tuned for the Details regarding the Giveaway we are going to do. Please take a look at Tech@Lunch Merch by going to www.apparel.vulcanara3d.com. Please take a look at our Lithophnes or other products at www.PrintedHeritage.com. #Robots, #Robotics, #Cobots, #STEM #smallbusiness
Hello, And Welcome to the 116th Tech@Lunch Full Episode. This week's lunch topic is Robot & Cobot in Healthcare. We look at how Robot and Cobots can support and are currently used in the healthcare industry. We investigate how the global pandemic supported the advancements in the use of robots and humanoid-based healthcare due to the need to keep their distance from each other. We also investigated the history of these robots in healthcare and looked at how they influenced the current industry. So join us as we discuss Robot & Cobot in Healthcare. Join us on the Vulcanara Technology Solutions YouTube channel for new videos. Stay tuned for the Details regarding the Giveaway we are going to do. Please take a look at Tech@Lunch Merch by going to www.apparel.vulcanara3d.com. Please take a look at our Lithophnes or other products at www.PrintedHeritage.com. #Robots, #Robotics, #Cobots, #STEM #Healthcare
Brad Porter is the founder and CEO of Collaborative Robotics, where they are building robots that will seamlessly blend into our surroundings. They've raised funding from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and Lux Capital. He was previously the CTO of Scale AI. Prior to that, he was the VP of Robotics at Amazon. He has a bachelors and masters degree from MIT. Brad's favorite book: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Author: Virginia Lee Burton)(00:00) Introduction(02:11) Collaborative Robots Explained(05:17) Building Blocks in Robotics(11:01) Architecture of a Cobot(14:12) Safety in Industrial Settings(18:08) Sensors in Cobots(20:20) Power Consumption and Optimization(23:31) Zonal Compute Architecture(26:34) AI Models for Task Planning(30:32) Reasoning and Human Interaction(35:00) Simulation to Real-World Deployment(38:49) Multi-Robot Coordination(41:57) Technological Breakthroughs in Robotics(45:29) Rapid Fire Round--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
The world's first “cobot hub” has opened in Denmark's third-largest city, Odense. The new $45 million headquarters for Teradyne-owned Universal Robots and MiR (Mobile Industrial Robots) is hoping to capitalize on a growing demand for collaborative robots in industries, such as logistics, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, and more. The new 20,000-square-meter facility is intended to foster innovation between the two companies. Both Universal Robots and MiR build “cobots,” collaborative robots designed to work safely alongside humans. Universal Robots president Kim Povlsen says cobots first found their place in the automotive industry, but now they're popping up everywhere—from logistics and pharmaceutical to food, beverage, and more. “We're seeing the need for automation in pretty much every industry out there,” he says. Now, artificial intelligence is entering the scene, a “breakthrough within robotics,” says Universal Robots' vice president of strategy and innovation, Anders Billesoe Beck. “What we've seen in so many other industries is AI is the tool to bring the human reasoning into something that's more automated, and that's really some of the barriers for robotics today,” he says. “AI is really becoming a superpower, both to make the robot easier to program, but also to give them that sort of problem-solving capabilities and flexibilities that is sort of associated with human intelligence.” Universal Robots is collaborating with industry giants Siemens and Nvidia to bring AI into its cobots, such as this AI-generated quality inspection robot. “The robot moves around to a number of electronics components, quality-assuring that all the components are there. But all the motions in between is fully generated by AI,” explains Billesoe Beck. “It calculates where to go. It calculates to avoid any obstacles in the workspace. So, everything is run fully automatically." Odense is now considered one of Europe's main robotics hubs, with more than 160 companies. Soeren Elmer Kristensen, CEO of Odense Robotics, Denmark's national robot cluster, says the new cobot hub shows they are capable of keeping “big industries within the country.” “It's a big milestone, I would say, for cobots, in general. A big milestone for Danish robotics,” he says. This article was provided by The Associated Press.
Unser Gast in dieser Folge Jakob Altmannsberger von 4am Robotics. Jakob ist Hörer unseres Podcasts und wollte auch mal selber Gast sein. Er erklärt uns Use Cases für die Kombination aus Cobot und mobiler Plattform. Anwendungen gibt es in der Automobilindustrie, aber auch in der Maschinenbeladung. Wie das geht, erklärt uns Jakob. Wir haben einen neuen Podcast Partner: Unser Dank geht an die [Hannover Messe ](https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/) Bewerbungsformular für den Robotics Award gibt es [hier](https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/awards/robotics-award) Kommet alle zu unserem Event -> [Anmelden](https://forms.office.com/e/i2dVG207g1) Fragen oder Ideen zur Robotik in der Industrie? helmut@robotikpodcast.de oder robert@robotikpodcast.de #Robotik #ROS #4am #Automation #Industrie #Roboter #Cobot #HannoverMesse #Robots #Automatisierung
Before he started running his own business, Stu worked for FANUC, KUKA, Güdel, and Universal Robots in the Americas. In today's episode, he gives an overview of the robotics market, the use cases, the providers and how the North American companies are viewing Europe. We thank our new partner Hannover Messe! https://www.hannovermesse.de/ Our event in October https://forms.office.com/e/KuMAQ6V6mn?origin=lprLink
In this week's episode, Beau sits down to chat with Stan Sherwin who we recently visited at DeAngelo Marine Exhaust where he raced against a Cobot to see who could weld a 32” flange the fastest. Stan shares his beginnings in the trade under his father's guidance, overcoming challenges and embracing the opportunities that led him to specialize in various welding techniques, particularly TIG welding different metals. He emphasizes the importance of practice, patience, and never shying away from challenging tasks to master the craft. Stan's stories shed light on his philosophy of striving to be the best, his adaptive learning through trial and error, and his advice to upcoming welders on pursuing excellence. We dive in after a quick word from our trusted partners Connect With Stan Instagram @ss_custom_welding Learn more about DeAngelo Marine Exhaust https://deangelomarine.com/ Thank You To Our Trusted Partners Learn more about the X-Fume Pro from Abicor Binzel - https://foxly.link/lUVEtV Learn more about the Thermacut EXTRA-FIRE - https://foxly.link/KnrZrx Learn more about the Everlast Welders Lightning MTS 225 - https://foxly.link/BKQPDW Learn more about the Lincoln Electric Power MIG 215 - https://foxly.link/hMWuTN Connect with Beau Weld App @beaudidit Instagram @beaudiditwelding Email - Beauw@weld.com Download the weld app today - linktr.ee/WeldDotCom --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welddotcom/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welddotcom/support
非常久违的两位主播的研究对谈来了！在 ChatGPT 诞生近一年半的时间里，生成式 AI 领域几乎每天都在发生激动人心的变化。从大模型到应用，从软件到机器人，从文字到图片、视频、声音，从全新的商业模式到对现有业务的赋能。比起很久之前那一期对谈，不只是 AI，两位主播也都分别开始了新的征程，过去一年有了很多机会在中美一线市场频繁穿梭，终于有机会分享一些我们沉淀下来的观察与思考。 Hello world, who is OnBoard!? Monica 去年加入了另一家美元 VC，更聚焦地关注海外的早期投资机会。GN从美元机构离开，创立了 SaaS/AI 社区 Linkloud（公众号同名），帮助越来越多中国软件和科技公司走向全球。AI 无疑是这个时代里边最大的变量之一，近两个小时，过去一年在中美频繁奔波的我们，探讨了你关心的各种问题： AI应用落地真的不及预期吗？ 从应用到infra有哪些有意思的落地案例？ 如何看待国内AI的进展和弯道超车的机会？ 中美差异背后的原因是什么？ AI公司出海有什么最佳实践与建议？ 一些拙见，抛砖引玉，希望对大家有一些些启发~！Enjoy! 我们都聊了什么 03:11 两位主播的自我介绍，以及最近半年日常使用的AI产品。 15:54 一年以来，哪些AI产品或落地超预期或不及预期？ 20:24 为什么还在成长期的SaaS公司最容易将AI落地？ 23:11 AI在全球其他地区的渗透有什么不一样的地方？ 26:00 为什么在美国大模型和Infra层的进展会超预期？ 30:16 对苹果Siri的预期，以及可能面临的限制在那里？ 35:31 Soundhound是如何结合Voice AI来落地点餐场景，并完成商业化的？ 40:42 EvolutionIQ是如何在保险领域结合AI并促进业务增长的？ 49:08 Monica错过的一家初创公司是如何将AI融入销售人员工作流的？ 55:47 为什么AI代码生成领域在今年会百花齐放？ 65:38 国内AI的进展与美国有什么不同，为什么在C端会出现更多产品？ 76:07 中美资本市场的差异在哪里，以及创业者该如何在市场下行时树立长期愿景？ 81:58 为什么中美差异最大的是AI在B端的发展，以及机器人是否是个变量？ 92:55 为什么“单点极致”可能是中国AI公司出海最重要的方式？ 97:33 为什么出海第一步要走出国门，感受并融入开放的生态？ 100:55 作为投资人，如何看待面对大模型公司下创业公司的壁垒和竞争力？ 106:41 两位主播对今年AI的“大胆”预测和期待有哪些？ 119:02 最后，奉上我们这一年新种草的播客和Newsletter，希望对听众有帮助！ 提到的公司 Devin (by Cognition Lab): cognitionlab.com SWE-agent: swe-agent.com DBRX by Databricks: github.com Jamba: A Hybrid Transformer-Mamba Language Model Hume AI: www.hume.ai Monica.im: www.youtube.com Gemini Advanced: www.cnn.com Perplexity: www.perplexity.ai Kimi Chat: asianwiki.com Six助手（目前还在灰度测试，微信不接受新用户啦） Workstream: www.workstream.us Klarna: www.klarna.com Speak: https://www.speak.com/ Lepton.ai: www.lepton.ai Soundhound: www.soundhound.com EvolutionIQ: evolutioniq.com Siro: siro.ai Magic.dev: magic.dev Codium: www.roboleary.net Cursor: www.cursor.app Augment: www.augment.co Sweep: www.sweep.io Typeface: www.typeface.ai Sierra AI: www.siera.ai Physical intelligence: www.bloomberg.com Skild: www.skild.ai Covariant: covariant.ai Figure: www.figure.ai Cobot: www.tm-robot.com Deepmind RT-X: deepmind.google 推荐的播客和newsletter Latent Space | swyx & Alessio | Substack Bg2 Pod Interconnected | Where Tech, Investing, Geopolitics Come ... Elad Gil First Round Review What's
How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.
Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Brad Porter of Collaborative Robotics (https://www.co.bot/), a startup using the power of robotics to move the world. In this episode, we discuss Brad's amazing 30 year journey in Silicon Valley and how he got to where he is today, the process and steps he uses to engage with investors, the column schema he set up in Foundersuite to keep track of every investor in his pipeline, why market timing matters, how to find investors with conviction, how to balance the right amounts of conviction and humility when fundraising, and much more. Cobot most recently raised a a $100 million Series B round led by General Catalyst along with Bison Ventures, Industry Ventures, and Lux Capital. Existing investors include Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Neo, 1984 Ventures, MVP Ventures, and Calibrate Ventures, bringing the total funding raised to over $140 million in less than two years. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $17 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com. If you are a VC or investment banker, check out our new platform, www.fundingstack.com
In preparation for Engineers Week, ASSEMBLY Audible host, Jennifer Pierce asked her LinkedIn network to recommend engineers who have solved an assembly problem, improved an assembly process, automated an assembly process, or designed a part or product for better assembly. Beau Wileman was nominated for his work as Applied Cobotics Program Manager with PBC Linear. Beau contributed to the research and development of a cobot feeder that was so effective, it was launched as a product. He has also contributed to solving workforce issues, utilizing AR to document and preserve traditional manufacturing skills to train future generations of manufacturing professionals.Sponsored By:
In this episode, we explore the idea that holding on to unhealthy weight gain can be a symptom of something deeper. While many people may think of weight gain as simply a matter of eating too much and not exercising enough, our guest expert explains that this is often not the case. According to our expert, weight gain can be a symptom of emotional issues, such as stress, anxiety, or depression. When we experience these emotions, our bodies may respond by holding on to weight as a way of protecting ourselves. Additionally, our guest explains that certain medications or medical conditions can also contribute to weight gain, further complicating the issue. But what can we do if we suspect that our weight gain is related to something deeper? Our expert advises that the first step is to seek professional help. This may include consulting with a therapist or doctor who can help us identify and address the underlying issues that may be contributing to our weight gain. Additionally, our guest suggests that incorporating healthy habits into our daily routines, such as exercise and healthy eating, can also help us manage our weight and improve our overall well-being. Contact Patty Website - https://www.pattycabot.com/not-that-girl-anymore Don't forget to follow us on socials Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tamika.thomas143 Restored Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/restoredcommunitytamikathomas/?ref=share Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tamika_thomas_/?hl=en Shop with Tamika --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuesdaywithtamika/support
By Ken Cheng Abby and Shawna go to meet Rani Chandra at Bannerman Road, but they aren't expecting the house to be booby-trapped. Meanwhile Cleo is taken hostage by Honour Bray. She learns the truth of her twisted plan and meets the giant metal ‘Cobot' tasked with carrying it out. Cleo Proctor - Charlie Craggs Abby McPhail - Lois Chimimba Shawna Thompson - Holly Quin-Ankrah Apex Costa - Freddy Carter Honour Bray - Dervla Kirwan Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong Drone - Wilf Scolding Directed by Bethany Weimers Producer: James Goss Executive Producer: James Robinson Sound design by Thea Cochrane Original Composition by David Devereux A BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds #DoctorWhoRedacted New episodes released Mondays. If you're in the UK, listen to the full series of Doctor Who: Redacted first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/42Ge0T0
Andrew Smith, CEO and co-founder of Outrider, takes us inside the company's efforts to commercialize yard automation. Outrider turns electric yard trucks into autonomous vehicles that couple tractor to trailer using its patented robotic arm and precisely maneuver between dock doors and parking spots. We also recap the tops stories of the week, including new GPT-based cobot arms, declining robot sales in North America and more. https://www.robobusiness.com/ https://www.outrider.ai/ https://www.therobotreport.com/doosan-microsoft-plan-to-build-gpt-based-robots/ https://www.therobotreport.com/a3-north-american-robot-orders-drop-for-2nd-quarter-in-a-row/ https://mobilerobotguide.com/2023/08/30/pudu-robotics-launches-open-platform-for-remote-management-of-amrs/
In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit David Reger, CEO und Founder von Neura Robotics, über die erfolgreich abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 50 Millionen Euro.Neura Robotics kombiniert KI und Robotik und hat den nach eigenen Angaben weltweit ersten marktreifen kognitiven Cobot entwickelt. Der Roboter mit dem Namen MAiRA ist in der Lage, seine Umgebung und Menschen sehend, hörend und mit einem Tastsinn wahrzunehmen, autonom zu handeln sowie aus Erfahrungen zu lernen. Durch die Kombination aller relevanten Sensoren und Komponenten mit künstlicher Intelligenz bietet das Robotic-Startup seinen Partnern eine Plattform für die gemeinsame Entwicklung von Anwendungen für verschiedenste Bereiche von der Industrie über den Service bis zum Haushalt. Das daraus resultierende sogenannte Neuraverse bietet Flexibilität und Kosteneffizienz in der Automatisierung. So möchte das Unternehmen wichtige Innovationslücken in der Robotik schließen und das Zeitalter der kognitiven Roboter begründen. Neura Robotics wurde im Jahr 2019 von David Reger in Metzingen gegründet. Mittlerweile zählen bereits viele internationale Unternehmen auf die Lösung des Startups. So hat beispielsweise Kawasaki eine Produktpalette "powered by Neura" vorgestellt. Alle für diesen Ansatz erforderlichen neuen technologischen Komponenten und die KI werden von Neura Robotics selbst entwickelt. Neura Robotics hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den ersten humanoiden Allzweckroboter auf den Markt zu bringen.Nun hat das Metzinger Robotik-Startup in einer Finanzierungsrunde 50 Millionen Euro eingesammelt. Die Runde wurde von Lingotto, Vsquared Ventures, Primepulse und HV Capital angeführt. Das frische Kapital soll dafür eingesetzt werden, das Tempo bei der Umsetzung der visionären Versprechen zu erhöhen.
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In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms Automation, Robot, Robotics, Collaborative Robot (Cobot), explain how these terms relate to AI and why it's important to know about them. Show Notes: FREE Intro to CPMAI mini course CPMAI Training and Certification AI Glossary AI Glossary Series – DevOps, Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops) AI Glossary Series – Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) AI Today Podcast: Roadmap Series: Getting Started on the Automation to Intelligence Journey AI Today Podcast Roadmap Series: From Automation to Intelligence – What should we automate and why AI Today Podcast: Automation to Intelligence Roadmap Series – What is a Business Process? Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Automation, Robot, Robotics, Collaborative Robot (Cobot) at Cognilytica.
In this week's episode, Beau got to talk with Dan Colvin the Vice President of Robotics and Digital Solutions of North America over at ESAB. Automation is becoming more and more prevalent and the idea is a little scary to some people. From the fear of being replaced or having to spend time learning complicated programming. Dan talks a little bit about the progression of technology in the robotic sector. Through his years in the industry, he has gotten a front-row seat to watch it evolve. We talk a lot about how ESAB's new cobot is putting the fear of over-complicated programming to rest with the implementation of their app-based controls, making it easy to get parts set up, and even copy and paste if you have a lot of parts you are working on. He also explains the benefits of using a cobot from big companies all the way down to a father-son operation. ESAB To request a virtual demo - Virtual Demo Check out all the amazing products ESAB has to offer at www.ESAB.com Want to be on the show or have a topic you would like to hear about? Connect with Beau on the Weld App @beaudidit or beauw@weld.com Download the weld app today linktr.ee/WeldDotCom --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welddotcom/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welddotcom/support
It's been 2 years since Callum Plant's debut EP on Liberta and it's overdue for him to return to the label with a new release. 'Autonomous' is a mechanical, futuristic-inspired 3-track EP with complex sound design and the excellent groove that Callum's productions are known for.
May 22, 2023 ~ Mike Cicco, President & CEO of Fanuc America Corporation tells Paul, Fanuc is the largest automation company in the world and he explains how the Cobot works.
On Industrial Talk we're onsite at FABTECH in Atlanta, GA and speaking with Rob Goldiez, Co-Founder and CEO at Hirebotics about "Welding solutions from the perspective of the welding professional". Get the answers to your "Cobot welding" questions along with Rob's incredible insight on the “How” on this Industrial Talk interview! Finally, get your exclusive free access to the Industrial Academy and a series on “Why You Need To Podcast” for Greater Success in 2023. All links designed for keeping you current in this rapidly changing Industrial Market. Learn! Grow! Enjoy! ROB GOLDIEZ'S CONTACT INFORMATION: Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robgoldiez/ Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hirebotics-llc/ Company Website: https://www.hirebotics.com/ PODCAST VIDEO: https://youtu.be/pChXto_z9lA THE STRATEGIC REASON "WHY YOU NEED TO PODCAST": OTHER GREAT INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES: NEOM: https://www.neom.com/en-us AI Dash: https://www.aidash.com/ Hitachi Vantara: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/home.html Industrial Marketing Solutions: https://industrialtalk.com/industrial-marketing/ Industrial Academy: https://industrialtalk.com/industrial-academy/ Industrial Dojo: https://industrialtalk.com/industrial_dojo/ We the 15: https://www.wethe15.org/ YOUR INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TOOLBOX: LifterLMS: Get One Month Free for $1 – https://lifterlms.com/ Active Campaign: Active Campaign Link Social Jukebox: https://www.socialjukebox.com/ Industrial Academy (One Month Free Access And One Free License For Future Industrial Leader): Business Beatitude the Book Do you desire a more joy-filled, deeply-enduring sense of accomplishment and success? Live your business the way you want to live with the BUSINESS BEATITUDES...The Bridge connecting sacrifice to success. YOU NEED THE BUSINESS BEATITUDES! TAP INTO YOUR INDUSTRIAL SOUL, RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW! BE BOLD. BE BRAVE. DARE GREATLY AND...
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Gil Mayron, the CEO and Founder of Cobot Nation. We discussed: Universal robot Finding the right team and the importance of training Letting go and passing on duties Stay intensely ORGANIZED for awareness within your business Thanks for Listening. Be sure to join our monthly email. One life-changing email to help you with your mindset, your methods, and your mission each month. https://zeroto5000.com/botw
As cobot welding applications become more mainstream, manufacturers are finding the technology pays dividends in terms of efficiency, safety and their bottom lines. In this podcast, Joe Campbell, senior manager-strategic marketing & applications development for Universal Robots shares his insights on the future of automation and other recent trends with SME Senior Editor Steve Plumb.
FANUC's High-Payload CR-35iB Cobot is The ASSEMBLY Show's New Product Award Winner in the Robotics category. Bryan J d'Ouville joins us at the ASSEMBLY Audible booth from the show floor after receiving the award to give us a rundown of what makes this lightweight, high-payload (eye-catching bright green) cobot an award winner and standout amongst FANUC's customers. For more information about The CR-35iB, visit www.fanucamerica.com.
FANUC's High-Payload CR-35iB Cobot is The ASSEMBLY Show's New Product Award Winner in the Robotics category. Bryan J d'Ouville joins us at the ASSEMBLY Audible booth from the show floor after receiving the award to give us a rundown of what makes this lightweight, high-payload (eye-catching bright green) cobot an award winner and standout amongst FANUC's customers. For more information about The CR-35iB, visit www.fanucamerica.com.
Amorphous metals are strong, elastic, and don't need lubrication. But they have another property that makes them attractive for Earth robots.
“I want to make sure that I'm getting a lot of thought leadership out there in the industry, with the hope that more and more people will get more accustomed to automation.” Gil Mayron Automation is here with us, and has been taking place at a global level for a while now. For businesses that have embraced automation, the results speak for themselves. Yet still, other businesses see automation as a futuristic development that is yet to change the way we do business. Being at the center of the revolution, Gil Mayron notes that automation is here to stay, and that the businesses that don't embrace it will most likely decline in the coming future. Gil Mayron is the Founder and CEO of Cobot Nation, Architects of Automation. Gil is a pioneer of the consumer 3D Printing industry aas the founder and CEO of Botmill 3D, which manufactured and sold the first fully assembled consumer 3D printers. Botmill was acquired by 3D Systems Corp (NYSE:DDD). Mr. Mayron continued to lead corporate development strategies for the consumer division at 3D Systems. He composed the first ever licensing deals involving 3D printing with Sony, Viacom, NBA, Dreamworks and many others. Over the past decade plus, Mr. Mayron has molded much of the 3D printing industry as it relates to manufacturing and innovation. His expertise in the creative application of such technologies, not only led him to be a leader in capital equipment sales, but an integral influencer and driver of strategic development solutions for his customers. This includes time spent as Chief Marketing Officer for Graphene 3D Labs, in which he created their first collaborative conductive material agreements with Lego, Bosch, and LocalMotors, and as Director of 3D at AIS As a recognized leader in the early adoption of hardware manufacturing technologies, Mr. Mayron currently sits on the Board of Directors for the UNLV School of Engineering. He's previously held a Board position with Mosaic Manufacturing, a 3D Printer Hardware Co. He is a current contributor and retired faculty member at the Adelson Educational Campus in Las Vegas, NV, where he facilitated their state-of-the-art technology incubator, helping students ideate and execute startups. Gil Mayron currently resides in Las Vegas, NV with his wife and two children. In today's episode, Gil talks about his journey that led him into venture in to cobots. He also explains why automation is inevitable, especially where businesses efficiency and consistency is is crucial for success. Listen in! Media Links; https://cobotnation.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilmayron/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/cobot-nation/ https://twitter.com/cobotnation https://www.instagram.com/cobotnation/ I got into 3D printing in 2008, and our company rapidly grew which led us to sell the company, but handled all the corporate development for the consumer division. I later started to look into all the automation stuff and found that it was very similar to 3d printing and started Cobot Nation. At Cobot Nation we do Cobots which are collaborative robotics that can work with or without a human. All the solutions we make work with humans, and we are the only US manufacturer of automation solutions that goes direct to the customer. 3d printing is inherently slow, and we are always trying to find a way to speed it up and so automation is one of the areas that saves time. Commercial Break I want to make sure that I'm getting a lot of thought leadership out there in the industry with the hope that more and more people will get more accustomed to automation. Automation allows for consistency and increased margins, and after COVID, we're seeing a massive increase in automation; Right now I'm on a mission to get automation out there and define Cobots, as well as scale very, fast. 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In this episode, we discuss the process for designing custom automation systems for sophisticated requirements. We also explore the strengths and weaknesses of Cobot's relative to traditional robots. Our guest today is Gil Mayron, CEO of Cobot Nation. Cobot Nation delivers full service automation solutions from engineering, to installation, to trading and support. IoT ONE is an IoT focused research and advisory firm. We provide research to enable you to grow in the digital age. Our services include market research, competitor information, customer research, market entry, partner scouting, and innovation programs. For more information, please visit iotone.com
Gil Mayron is the Founder and CEO of Cobot Nation, Architects of Automation™ which takes us into incredibly exciting discussion about what he and his team at Cobot Nation are doing to change the way robots and automation advance organizations. We cover industrial robotics, 3D printing, getting off the planet, making this planet better, and exploring the exponential opportunity we all have if we put our attention towards what matters. Check out Cobot Nation here: https://www.cobotnation.com/ This episode is brought to you by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee plus the great folks over at Fiverr! Want to ensure real privacy online? Check out ExpressVPN and keep your online life protected.
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