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…

For this episode of #TheRobotIndustryPodcast, #104, I welcome Scott Barnett, from 3M. Scott currently leads the 3M global abrasives application engineering team that is focused on engineering of robotic abrasive processes in collaboration with system integrators and end using customers. Welcome to the podcast, I am glad you are here. The last time …

Ed Goffin is Senior Marketing Manager with Pleora Technologies, a leading supplier of AI solutions and video connectivity products for quality inspection and factory automation applications. Over his 25-year career, he has been widely published and is a featured speaker on topics ranging from packet switching and network timing to real-time video s…

Yassir Rizwan is an Entrepreneur and technology enthusiast. His expertise is in robotics, computer vision, and AI, with over 10 years of experience. At Labforge, he focuses on product roadmap, business development, and strategic relationships, as well as hardware and software design. Yassir has engineering degrees in Mechatronics from the Universit…

Charles Deguire is the passionate visionary behind Kinova, a leader of the modern robotics revolution. The organization is experiencing systematic growth by driving robotic adoption in multiple end markets, such as medical, industrial, and academics while making sure to keep a human-first approach. His mission is clear: empower individuals and orga…

Hello Everyone, this is a bit of a milestone. #therobotindustrypodcast number 100th episode! I got to say, I am happy to publish this episode with my good friends, and brothers in the robotics industry: Scott Marsic and Chris Round. Chris Round is the East Central Regional Manager for Epson Robotics . He has over 25 years marketing and selling glob…

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #98. Sina Afrooze is the CEO of Apera. He leads an elite team of visionaries helping manufacturers make their factories more flexible and productive. Robots enhanced with Apera’s software have 4D vision—the ability to see and handle objects with human-like capability. Challenging applications such as b…

Anubis 3D Industrial Solutions Inc #97 Founder and President of Anubis Corporation and Anubis 3D, Tharwat draws upon years of solid experience in Engineering Management with Procter & Gamble, Apotex Pharmaceutical Company, and Anubis Corporation, where he managed a variety of functions including Project Management, Engineering and Operations. He es…

Welcome to A3 | The Robot Industry Podcast # 96. This is part of our Automate 2023 series of podcasts. Sebastien Schmitt is the Robotics Director, North America but before that he worked as an application engineer, technical support manager and user interface software. Welcome to the podcast! My questions for Sebastien: Can you tell our audience a …