It brings me great pleasure to welcome two experts in the industry to this edition of TRIP (The Robot Industry Podcast) #141. Steve Hoenig is a senior executive with expertise in marketing, sales, product design, business development, P/L Management, Strat planning, engineering, and leading complex teams. He is an astute, decisive, and energetic leader recognized for outstanding interpersonal relationships and bottom-line results. MSEE & MBA 35+ Years in Automation Focused on adding value an...
Jun 12, 2025•19 min•Season 4Ep. 141
Few things bring me as much excitement and gratitude as working with a dedicated, close-knit team, working towards a common goal. I graduated in 2015 holding my engineering physics degree with a passion to successfully design and build engineering solutions, learn new things, challenge myself, and meet amazing people along the way. Specifically, my passion covers mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering. My favorite projects, such as building an autonomous vehicle to compete in the NASA ...
May 30, 2025•32 min•Season 4Ep. 140
Francois Giguere CTO at Vention and Etienne Lacroix Founder & CEO join me for this version (#139) of The Robot Industry Podcast. We talk about automating at lower costs, the manufacturing industry ordering products directly, AI and NVIDIA and what the future holds for capital equipment automation We talk about: Palletizing Robot arms vs actuators Sensors vs. cameras Shift away from PLCs inside robot cell Robots and grasping Agility, simulation and software Cabinet door sanding for the kitche...
May 15, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 139
Hello everyone and welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast (edition #138). We are glad you are here, and thank you for subscribing. Today, I welcome Louis Lapierre to the podcast; he works for a company called Mecademic Robotics , and they build very precise industrial robots for medical devices, photonics, aerospace, consumer and electronics industries. Their robots are used in assembly, attachment, dispense, material handling and much more. How did you get in this industry? Tell us about the his...
Apr 30, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 138
Welcome to the podcast (#137) My guest today is Shaun Edwards the CTO of Plus One Robotics. We are going to be talking about Robotics Foundation Models, RFM for short. Welcome to the podcast Shawn. Shawn for those who don’t know about your background, can you tell us about what Plus One Robotics is and some of your experience at Southwest Research Institute / Willow Garage? Let me set this conversation up. Vayu Robotics recently announced its ditching LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technolo...
Apr 17, 2025•28 min
Welcome to the podcast (#136) My guest today is Ben Huigenbois , he is president of BOS Innovations in London, Ontario, my home town. From Ben's LinkedIn: Experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the industrial automation industry. Experienced and skilled in leadership, organizational development, ERP system development, skills development, project management, strategic planning, technology deployment, sales and marketing. Ben, welcome to the podcast, thanks for joining us...
Apr 02, 2025•25 min•Season 4Ep. 136
Welcome to the podcast (#135), Jennifer. I am glad to have you. Can you tell me about Jennifer Apicella? The Pittsburgh robo-ecosystem is a globally recognized powerhouse of more than 125 advanced technology companies, offering 7,300+ high-impact jobs across 18 industry verticals. How did you get involved in robotics? Pittsburgh, it seems both likely and unlikely to be a robotics hub. Tell us about the city. Is there a synergy between members and / or board members? How did the city turn into a ...
Mar 19, 2025•32 min•Ep. 135
Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #134. It is my pleasure to introduce Nipun Sharma from Appetronix to this edition of the podcast We have met before, you and I, on the Canadian Food Innovation project. We made a movie together Robotics in Action, Seeing is Believing . Nipun Sharma is a visionary entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of Appetronix, an innovative company revolutionizing the food service industry with fully autonomous robotic quick-service restaurants. By integrating advance...
Mar 05, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 134
Welcome to podcast #133 with my guests Armin Khatoonabadi and Yi Li from Maple Advanced Robotics Inc., located in Richmond Hill, ON. Some exciting news is that the company has been awarded the Hannover Messe Robotics Award for their AI-driven robotics platform for fast and code-free programming platform. Armin and Yi, welcome to the podcast. Yi Can you tell our audience a bit about you? Armin, your turn. Armin you have recently just joined Maple Advanced Robotics, from Apara.ai, correct? Yi, can...
Feb 21, 2025•27 min•Season 3Ep. 133
Ben, welcome to the podcast. You are a lawyer by trade, and you have worked in different roles, at the former Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation, which is now called Palladyne AI, and in fact recently came back from retirement to lead the company. Please tell us a bit about yourself and why you decided to come back to the company. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room…Palladyne AI is formerly Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation. The company was previously focused on commercial...
Jan 28, 2025•18 min•Season 3Ep. 132
Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, #131. For this edition of the podcast, I have two people from the same company: MIR, or Mobile Industrial Robots. I caught up with Jean-Pierre Hathout the CEO at MIR, at the Automate show, and later I had a conversation with Kevin March who is our local Area Sales Manager. I thought it would be interesting to join the two conversations - one at a trade event and one about sales and applications. Enjoy the podcast. https://mobile-industrial-robots.com Our sp...
Dec 17, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 131
Micah Estis Green is the Founder and CEO of TAILOS , an inventor of a robot vacuum named Rosie. His company is based in Austin, TX . He is top 30 under 30 and has been covered in lots of magazines including Forbes and other industry periodicals. First Micah, tell me about Shark Puncher - I have to ask. You have taken a break from Cornell, is that correct? How did you get involved in automation and robotics > and you have been building robots for a while? Tell our audience about your company a...
Nov 28, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 130
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 knows a lot about engineered steel and servicing his clients. Before we get to our episode today I wanted to let you know about a NEW podcast that I am ...
Nov 15, 2024•23 min•Ep. 129
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, but was great to connect up with them and to find out more about their solutions, approaches and robots. My questions to both Stephania and Alessandro: ...
Oct 23, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 132
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 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of robotics, automated manufacturing, and project management, delivering world...
Aug 21, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 127
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 manufacturers? What is going on in manufacturing ? What is your customer’s pain? What are some of the secondary motivations? Can you give me some examples of...
Jul 24, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 126
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 about the team. We talked in the warm up that you have been in stealth mode. Why stealth? how bad is the labor shortage in the food serving industry? Y...
Jul 11, 2024•58 min•Season 3Ep. 125
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 objects to and from homes and businesses. This episode is about unprecedented convenience and a really big idea. Its a mash up of instant super convenie...
Jun 28, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 124
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? What is most important? You have done work in building materials, food and bev, what other industries? What do you mean by end-of-line robotics syste...
Jun 04, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 123
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 testing in the automation industry. You have had a very interesting jobs and projects in your life. You have worked on the people mover in Detroit and ...
May 21, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 122
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 you about the company and the opportunity? Andrea There is a lot going on in Italy right now when it comes to automation? What’s happening out there f...
May 01, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 121
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 dispensers, plastic card material handling equipment, card affixers, conveyors, leaflet dispensers, custom automation, labelling systems, inkjet, collation s...
Apr 10, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 120
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. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening. Regards, Jim Jim Beretta Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast To find o...
Mar 22, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 119
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 got involved in the automation industry and tell me about Enginuity? What are some trends and technologies that you are seeing in your business? Wh...
Mar 06, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 118
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 manufacturing and build-to-print company with specialties around aluminum, electro-mechanical, and stainless steel fabrication. This is our title today: C...
Feb 14, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 117
