Jim Beretta Podcasts

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 …

For The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #95, I have a chat with Alan Taliaferro. Alan is a Partner leading the Smart Factory initiative in Canada. The Smart Factory consists of both Smart Warehouse and Smart Factory visit experiences. He also leads the Logistics and Distribution practice in Canada with over 20 years of experience in supply chain st…

Welcome to A3 | The Robot Industry Podcast # 94. Steven Green is well known in the industry of robotics and automation in North America thanks to his diverse career of 28 years. He is a graduate of mechanical engineering from Queen’s University and has had leadership roles in several well known contributors to our industry including Prodomax Automa…

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast. My guest for episode Drew Frohmann is a creator, writer and voice director at TA2 (pronounced: Tattoo) Sound + Music in Toronto. There, he writes and directs original podcasts, branded podcasts like Breadwinners, animated properties like Crack-Duck and Terrfficland, and countless award-winning advertisements, …

The human brain is critical to a child’s development. Within a few years of life, it enables us to sit, walk, talk and eventually make decisions. But for those suffering from neurological conditions, such as epilepsy, that journey can be complicated. I am Dr. Sandrine deRibaupierre, paediatric neurosurgeon at Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario,…

Our guest for this edition #92 is Evan Haley - Vice President of Global Sales, ATI Industrial Automation. After working independently for ATI Industrial Automation for several years, Evan Haley joined the organization permanently as Director of International Sales in 2012. He was promoted to Vice President of Global Sales in 2022. Evan employs a ba…

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #91. My guest is Edward Mehr. Edward Mehr is an entrepreneur and engineer with a background in smart manufacturing and artificial intelligence. He is the co-founder and CEO of Machina Labs, a company that is developing next generation of manufacturing plants through use of robotics and artificial intelligence. …

For podcast #90 I welcome Amit Moran. He is Co-Founder and CTO of Indoor Robotics, developing autonomous indoor drones for safety and security monitoring missions. Amit holds a bachelor's and master's degree in software engineering from INSA de Lyon, France. Prior to founding Indoor Robotics, he served as VP Technology Innovation at a start-up comp…

Warehouse automation: from no bots to robots For podcast #89, I am pleased to welcome Craig Malloy. Craig is the CEO of Vecna Robotics, the leader in flexible material handling automation. Craig has more than two decades of experience founding, scaling and leading global companies in venture capital, publicly traded and private equity environments,…

The easy Automation Solution is Hard “The right solution that works all the time for anybody” is HARD Scot Lindemann, CEO of Mission Design & Automation, has 30+ years of leadership in Automation and Robotics. Formerly of JR Automation where he served for many years in various leadership roles and was instrumental in helping them achieve record gro…

For podcast #87, I invited Alessia Alfieri to join me at their automation facility. Alessia is a Project Manager at Ethos Automation Inc. located in Brantford, Ontario. She has worked in Tier 1 Automotive industry where she met her now new boss, Peter Botros. Alessia, welcome to the podcast, thanks for joining us. Here are some of my interview ques…

I caught up with Joe Campbell from Universal Robots at The Assembly Show this fall 2022 in Rosemont, Illinois. We had a great conversation about what is happening in the world of collaborative robots, Universal Robots and assembly automation. I wanted to find out what was happening with UR from Joe's perspective. Full disclosure that I have worked …

Kristian Tazbazian is the Co-Founder/COO at Gastronomous Technologies, and we have a bit of history. Tell us a bit about Gastronomous, you have just moved locations, I understand. What is the market for automated robot chefs? Who are your bulls-eye clients? Partnerships are really important here. Tell us a bit about some of these? What are the moti…

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #84. Daniel  Theobald is my guest. He  is the Chief Innovation Officer and founder of Vecna Robotics, a flexible, intelligent material handling automation company.  Daniel has decades of experience leading research scientists and teams of engineers in developing cutting-edge technology. He has 67 issue…

I was thrilled to be able to catch up with Ethos Automation's Calvin Kimura recently, and I was able to record this podcast live at Ethos Automation's facility in Brantford, ON which is an easy drive from London. Calvin is an automation specialist and also co-founder of Ethos Automation. He is a graduate in the electromechanical engineering technol…

For podcast #82 I finally got to connect up with Sean Dotson. We talk about a lot of things from human capital, vacations, HMIs, flexibility, innovation and ease of use of automation systems. Sean Dotson, PE is President and founder of RND Automation. A Florida native he received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida. Sean…

For podcast #81, I welcome Brian Powell to The Robot Industry Podcast. With over 30 years of experience in factory automation, Brian is well versed in robotics, machine vision and product development. In his current role with Brooks Automation, he is responsible for sales of robotic and control automation to a diverse group of OEMs across laborator…

For podcast #80, I had the chance to speak with Patrice Roulet Fontani Vice President, Technology and Co-Founder of ImmerVision based out of Montreal. After completing his Master’s degree in image processing and computer graphics, Patrice joined the INRIA, contributing to research in the robotic surgery field. He also co-founded Immervision where h…

Armando Gonzalez joined Bosch Rexroth in 2021 and is the North American business leader for AMR/Robotics. He’s been in industrial automation for almost 20 years and working with robots since for over 16 of those years. Armando currently resides in Dallas, TX and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. In his time off he’s enjoying the o…

OhmniLabs | Thinking Outside The Bot | Podcast #78 OhmniLabs™ is changing the paradigm of robotics development. They thrive at creating flexible robotics modules and scalable additive manufacturing processes. Every engineer at Omnilabs including their software, electrical, mechanical professionals is cross trained on production engineering. This ti…

I am pleased to have Peter Keane from Qualifi join me for this edition of The Robot Industry Podcast. Peter works for Informa, and they have been a long time client of mine with the ATX Toronto and ATX Montreal show. Here are some of my questions for Peter: What is Qualifi, who is informa Markets? Qualifi – new digital marketing division that takes…

Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast #76. My guest for this podcast is Ted Larson. Ted Larson is CEO and Co-Founder of OLogic, Inc. an embedded systems research and development company with a focus on robotic applications and technologies. Ted has over 30 years of experience designing and building commercial software applications. His current inte…