Episodes

S2E1 – 3 Key Factors for Robotic Picking, with Right Hand Robotics CTO, Lael Odhner

Right Hand Robotics is one of the leading companies in autonomous robotics, specifically autonomous grasping. Their robots are able to see and pick a wide range of products for ecommerce automation, and their robots are completely autonomous. In this episode the CTO of Right Hand Robotics, Lael Odhner, shares his robotics experience and talks about …

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S1E10 – Craig Markovitz

Craig Markovitz might not be able to predict the future, but his history with startups makes him a great mentor for aspiring entrepreneurs. Markovitz shares with us his commercialization journey with Blue Belt Technologies, a hand held robot for orthopedic surgeons for hip and knee replacements. During his tenure with Blue Belt Technologies, Markovitz recognized …

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S1E9 – Saman Farid

A venture capitalist turned robotics entrepreneur, Saman Farid witnessed the low adoption rates for robotics and saw an opportunity to help make robotic solutions easier to deploy. It wasn’t easy going from a venture capitalist to an entrepreneur. However, Farid realized he didn’t want to be a cheerleader for robotics companies, he wanted to be …

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S1E8 – Çetin Meriçli

          Did you know trucks transport over 70% of the nation’s freight? Then, layer on the demands e-commerce puts on the transportation industry, plus the persistent driver shortages, and you have the perfect storm for creating capacity constraints. Are driverless trucks a reality? Self driving trucks will be a reality but this day is …

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S1E5 – Andra Keay

Robotics is reaching a turning point, with the potential to be beneficial to major organizations and be customizable for small operations and individuals. Robots will open doors to all the benefits of a large-scale operation, but in a small-scale size. Andra Keay dreams of this not-so-distant future each day, as a proponent for advancing robotics …

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S1E4 – Steve Crowe

There are thousands of problems in our human lives. We’re solving more and more of them with robots, but the much-hyped “robot apocalypse” is far in the distance. Robotics writer Steve Crowe is no stranger to the advances—and rumors—within the industry. He’s a leading authority at WTWH Media, the publisher behind The Robot Report, Robotics …

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S1E3 – Homan Yuen

A self-professed “accidental venture capitalist” and entrepreneur with a background in engineering and solar cells, Homan Yuen is helping to make dreams come true for founders in Silicon Valley and beyond. After several years in the engineering game, he dipped his toes into the investment game, and hasn’t looked back. Yuen now works with Fusion …

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S1E2 – Charlie Duncheon

One of the “original gangsters” of the robotics startup space, Charlie Duncheon has done it all, from pioneering robotics technology and hobnobbing with Steve Jobs at Adept in the ‘80s to launching Grabit, a leader in material handling automation. Now he’s CEO and co-founder of a drug discovery automation and robotic solutions provider. As an …

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