Robotics for All Podcast by AV&R

In this new episode of Robotics for All Podcast by AV&R, Michael Muldoon host of our show, speaks with Jad Tawil, CTO, and co-founder of Nexus Robotics, which is a Quebec-based robotics company focused on the agriculture sector developing autonomous robotic solutions.

They created Nexus to address three major problems: labour, chemicals, and climate change. As their beachhead solution, Jad and his team use machine learning to tackle the jobs no one wants to do anymore, weeding vegetables.

In this conversation, Jad talks about how they started Nexus, why the agriculture industry needs robotics, and what are the big applications in the future he has ambitions to tackle as their solutions continue to mature.

To learn more about Jad Tawil & Nexus Robotics:

➡ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jad-tawil-b7b6ba180/

➡ https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexus-robotics/

In the 2nd episode of this new season of Robotics for All Podcast by AV&R, Michael Muldoon host of our show, speaks with Yehuda Elmaliah, Cogniteam’s Co-founder and CEO and Ari Yakir, VP of R&D, as they jump into Cogniteam’s pursuit to make it easy for robotic product builders to focus on their IP and avoid to reinventing the robotic wheel.

In this conversation, we learn more about Yehuda’s and Ari’s approach to democratizing robotics through their cloud platform Nimbus. They see such a wide variety of robotics and applications, it is fascinating to hear their opinion on some of the most exciting markets, which areas of the world are embracing innovation and what is to come for the Robotics industry.

To learn more about Yehuda Elmaliah, Ari Yakir and their amazing work:

➡ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yehuda-elmaliah-01037b12/

➡ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yakirari/

➡ https://www.cogniteam.com/

Link to RoboDeck, Congiteam’s client mentioned in this podcast episode:

➡ https://www.robo-deck.com/

In the 1st episode of this new season of Robotics for All Podcast by AV&R, Michael Muldoon host of our show, with Bern Grush, Executive Director of the Urban Robotics Foundation and Chief Innovation Officer at Harmonize Mobility, unpack Toronto City Council December 17th decision to ban robots on their streets and sidewalks.

In this conversation, we learn how Bern’s current work is critical to move this industry forward, as he has been drafting a technical standard, for ground-based automated mobility, specifically looking at Loading and Unloading at the curbside and on sidewalks. It is also fascinating to hear Bern’s perspective on this event.

To learn more about Bern Grush and the Urban Robotics Foundation:

➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/berngrush/

➡️ www.urbanroboticsfoundation.org

Links to the Tiny Mile mentioned in this podcast episode:

➡️ https://tinymile.ai/

And the Toronto City Council decision:

➡️ http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.IE26.12

In this 7th episode of Robotics for All Podcast by AV&R, Michael Muldoon host of our show, with Lee Glazier, Head of Service Integrity at Rolls-Royce, take a dive into how they are using Artificial Intelligence while applying their Aletheia Framework to answer the vital question: is the AI is in fact safe, ethical and trustworthy.

In this episode Lee paints an excellent picture of the potential impact of not understanding and examining AI as it is scaled into their business. The result is they have built a framework that helps them turn AI inside out and puts them in a leadership role in defining the level of ethical standards that will keep us all safe as we all get back to travelling.

To learn more about Lee Glazier and the Aletheia Framework:

➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-glazier-33a63816/

➡️ The Aletheia FrameworkTM

➡️ The Aletheia FrameworkTM A3 worksheet v1.0

➡️ The Aletheia FrameworkTM booklet

In this 5th episode of Robotics for All Podcast by AV&R, Michael Muldoon host of our show, is joined by two great #3mers, Nathan Herbst and Scott Barnett. 3M has taken a lead role in promoting the advancement of Robotic Finishing by building several labs around the world to test all types of finishing applications.

In this episode we compare notes on the best ways to solve finishing problems, the wide variety of language that is used to describe these processes and the detective work required to find the best path to success. It was a fun conversation; these guys have seen it all and hopefully there are some good pieces of advice for everyone looking to adopt robots.

To learn more about 3M & AV&R’s collaboration building a finishing lab in Montreal:

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbM4csUvJ9s

To learn more about Nathan Herbst and Scott Barnett and their amazing work:

➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-herbst-9b51597/

➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-barnett-13129711/

For more information about the primary seven abrasive applications, you can check out this IMTS talk by Scott and Nate:

➡️ https://directory.imts.com/8_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?scheduleid=638