Happy Friday, everyone. I am in Montreal today finishing up the ADM Montreal 2024 for my client Informa. I am excited to release the latest episode (#129) of The Robot Industry podcast with my friend, Ray Osborne from Anchor Danly. Ray is based in Nashville and services parts of the southern USA on behalf of Anchor Danly. AD is a client and Ray kno…

Welcome to episode #128 of The Robot Industry Podcast. It was my pleasure to interview Stefania Ferrero and Alessandro Piscioneri from Comau Group at Automate show in Detroit recently. I really did not know much about Comau so I really appreciated the opportunity to chat with both of them at the show. I knew about the solutions in Body in White, bu…

Hello Everyone, Welcome to episode #127 of The Robot Industry Podcast. For this edition, I caught up with Dale Walsh, VP Strategy and Innovation at Roboworx. Here are my questions: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into robotics? What does Robotworx do? What problem are you solving? We are not going to mention customers, today bu…

Hello Everyone, For this episode of The Robot Industry Podcast, I have picked one of my favourite podcast recordings. The robot industry needs more "Dave Goodenough's". Enough said, enjoy the podcast. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt builds and commissions turnkey solutions for their worldwide clients. With over…

For episode #126 of #TheRobotIndustryPodcast, I have invited Saman Farid from Formic. I have been watching Formic for a long time and am excited for them and their approach and thrilled to have Saman join me for this edition. Saman welcome to the podcast. How did you get involved in automation and building a very cool, disruptive model for manufact…

For this edition of #TheRobotIndustryPodcast (#125) I have invited Rajat Bhageria from CHEF Robotics for a conversation. We met recently at Automate show in Chicago and got reintroduced through Vention. Chef Robotics: Empowering Humans to do what they do Best Tell us about Chef Robotics and how you had this idea.Where are you located and tell us ab…

Hello Gentle Readers and welcome to edition #124 of #therobotindustry podcast. Forgive my reference to Bridgerton, my partner is addicted. I also need to correct the title of this podcast edition, Canon Reeves company is actually called Pipedream Labs. Pipedream is an autonomous underground rail system that offers near-instantaneous delivery of obj…

Welcome to edition #123 of The Robot Industry Podcast. I had the opportunity recently to travel to Fremont, Ohio and get a tour of the Motion Controls Robotics facility and meet with Scott Lang, president and CEO. Scott, Tell me a bit about Motion Controls Robotics. What is on your customer’s minds when they are looking for an automation solution? …

Today for The Robot Industry Podcast (#122) I welcome Drew Wilson. Drew has been a leader in all things electrical and mechanical test and he is a friend. Drew is a brilliant engineer and is not afraid to speak his mind especially about all things automation and testing. He has helped educate hundreds of engineers and customers about common sense t…

I welcome Andrea Mazzini and Chris Round to this edition (#121) of The Robot Industry Podcast. If you know me, you might have also met Chris, one of the best marketers and salesperson in our industry. We had this call while Chris was at HQ in Arezzo, Tuscany in Italy. Some of my questions to Chris and Andrea: Chris you have just ARS, can I excited …

For this edition of #Therobotindustrypodcast (#120) I caught up with an old friend, David McCharles from Pineberry Manufacturing during Informa's ATX and PackEx Toronto show. David is an entrepreneur business owner and golfer. David manufactures very specific machinery to the automation and packaging market: Friction feeders, pick and place dispens…

Hello Automation Fans! I recorded this podcast at the ADM Toronto show in November. The team from Pilz Canada joined me to talk about something that we don't talk about very much on the podcast, and that is factory safety. I am joined by Andreas Sobotta and Guillame Lavoie with background help from my friend Catherine Tran. Enjoy the podcast. Thank…

Ben Garvey, P.Eng. is the Founder & President of Enginuity Inc. in Halifax NS and he is my guest for podcast #118. I was onsite at his automation facility and we were able to record this podcast session. There is something that I really like about being face to face in an interview, and bonus - I get a tour of the automation facility. Ben how you g…

The Automation Road Map Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #117. I am thrilled to introduce you to Ben Whitney from ARMO Tool and Abuma Manufacturing, both located in London, ON. Armo Tool is a long-time machine builder, robot integrator, and tool manufacturer with a specialty in dies and progressive dies. Abuma Manufacturing is a contract manuf…

Hello Listeners. Welcome The Robot Industry Podcast #116. Meet Frederic Vachon, the founder and visionary behind RBOT9, a company at the forefront of changing the rules for the long-range robotics landscape. Rbot9 is a manufacturer of suspended cable robots, operating with a unique and patented formula, able to operate efficiently in oversized envi…

Welcome everyone to The Robot Industry Podcast # 115. We recorded this podcast at Beckhoff Canada's HQ in Cambridge, Ontario. It is a wonderful facility. Calvin Wallace is the President at Beckhoff in Canada with over 17 years of dedicated service where his expertise and leadership have been instrumental in the company's sustained success. His over…

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #114. We recorded this podcast at the ADM Advanced Design Manufacturing Toronto 2023 show. My guest is my friend and industry expert, Feisal Hurzook, Chief Technical Officer at Archronix Corp. ARCX connects people to processes by making tools more intelligent for Poke Yoke (error-proofing) especially i…

Hello Everyone and welcome to this edition of The Robot Industry Podcast #113 with Matt Jones from Micropsi Industries. Matt Jones is the VP of US Sales and Operations at Micropsi Industries USA, Inc. He works out of San Francisco, California with offices and the HQ is in Berlin, Germany with an office in Brooklyn, New York. I caught up with Matt o…

Hello Everyone and welcome to this edition of The Robot Industry Podcast #112 with Johnson and Johnson's Martin Buehler. Martin Buehler is Global Head of Robotics R&D for Johnson & Johnson MedTech. He is responsible for leading the end-to-end development for the MONARCH and OTTAVA robotics platforms, as well as strategy and innovation cadence acros…

Welcome to edition #111 of A3 The Robot Industry Podcast. HELLO everyone and welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast. We are glad you are here and thank you for subscribing and joining us today. My guest for this episode is Konrad Kurylo SEW Maxolution System Solutions My questions for Konrad: Tell the audience a bit about SEW Eurodrive, the company.…

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #110. Ray Minato is an accomplished engineer, leader, and entrepreneur on a mission to build world-class product design, and manufacturing teams who deliver outstanding products and customer experiences. With a professional career now spanning over 30 years, Ray is constantly learning and adjusting cou…

Pittsburgh-based Gather AI is the world leading autonomous inventory management company. Their solution uses autonomous, commodity drones and AI software to automate inventory monitoring for warehouse operators to decrease inventory costs, improve productivity, and boost revenue. Hello everyone and welcome to A3 | The Robot Industry Podcast. We are…

Driving the Artificial Perception Revolution in Mobile Robotics RGo Robotics’ AI-powered Perception Engine™ provides mobile machines with human-level visual perception, enabling them to see, understand and navigate autonomously in complex environments. For episode #108 of the podcast, I welcome Amir Bousani. Amir is the co-founder and CEO of RGo Ro…

For edition #107 of #therobotindustrypodcast I invited Etienne Lacroix, the Founder and CEO at Vention. If you don't know the company, Vention is part Ikea and part Amazon for the automation industry and is aimed at the "Do it Yourself" or DIY part of the industry. But Vention is much more, the company has is a mix of CAD software, PLM software, mo…

My guest for this episode is Jeff Werner from Ethos Automation based in Brantford, ON. Today we are going to talk about safety: robot safety and safety on complex machines. Jeff is no stranger to the automation industry and machine building for capital equipment industry. Jeff has worked with many large systems integrators as team lead in project m…