The Robot Industry Podcast

• AI-Hybrid Automation with a Deployed Mobile Manipulation Robot | Diligent Robots' Vivian Chu

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

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• "What Manufacturing Needs" with Shaun Ghafari from Humber College

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

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• Konrad Konnerth and Konnexio Automation

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

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• TrueLight Machine Vision with Andrew Perkins

  Welcome to edition #143 of The Robot Industry Podcast. For this edition I am interviewing Andrew Perkins. He is a long time automation machine vision expert and is heading up TrueLight Machine Vision, a division of BOS Innovations. Andrew, how did you get into this industry? Who are your customers? Manufacturers or other integrators, robotics OEMs (or all three)? Do you have a typical customer or are they all custom? Who is TrueLight Machine Vision Integrations? Tell me a bit about what is going on in automated vision (in the industry)? Are you busy? Lighting?, lenses, AI, data, security and robot guidance? USE CASES What kind of vision “inquires” do you get from customers? How do you go about it, do you need a specification before you do a project? Engineering study? What does the future look like for vision, any predictions? Did we forget to talk about anything? If someone wants to find out how do they get a hold of you? https://truelightvision.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/perkinsandrew I would like to acknowledge A3: the Association for Advancing Automation. they are the leading automation trade association for robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motors and the industrial artificial intelligence technologies.  Visit Automate dot org to learn more. If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me jim beretta on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimberetta/ Today’s podcast was produced by Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing and I would like to thank my team Chris Gray for the music, Geoffy Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our new sponsor: Mecademic Industrial Robots ~ world leading manufacturers of compact and precise industrial robots. https://mecademic.com/ Warm Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

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• MPI Solutions Inc. machine controls and Beckhoff Platform

  MPI Solutions is a talented group of professionals helping industries across North America with AB, Siemens and Beckhoff machine control and system integration. Scott Pytel, P. Eng is Co-Owner and VP at MPI. MPI Solutions invited me to tour the facility and chat with the founders. Kevin van der Maarel is also a Co-Owner and a mechanical engineer. He enjoys the constant change brought about by automation. What is happening in the world of machine control? What is Industry 4.0 from your (or your customers') lens? What type of work do you do at MPI? Type of control systems do you work in? You are a Beckhoff Control Systems Integrator. Why is that? Is there a typical customer or customer project? What else do you do at MPI Solutions? Why PC controls? What industries do you operate in? Maintenance and support in controls and automation. MPI Solutions Inc. is located at 980 Adelaide St South Unit 112, London, ON N6E 1R3, Canada Telephone: 519-690-0494 Email: [email protected] If you would like to get in touch with us at THE robot industry podcast, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or you can use [email protected] Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing produced today’s podcast and I would like to thank my team: Chris Gray for the music, Geoffy Bremner for audio production, my business partner Janet and our sponsors Ehrhardt Automation Systems and our new sponsor Mecademic Industrial Robotics. Warm Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast London, ON

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