The Robot Industry Podcast

Cooperative Robots with Energid's Neil Tardella


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My guest for episode #69 of The Robot Industry Podcast is Neil Tardella.
Neil Tardella is President of Energid Technologies, a division of Universal Robots (A Teradyne Company).  Energid focuses on developing software for cooperative robot motion planning and simulation.  Energid’s software platform, Actin, is used by government agencies and commercial companies to simplify development and speed deployment of multi-arm/high-axis systems in the medical, industrial, energy, and space robotics sectors. 
As a cofounder of Energid, Neil helped navigate the bootstrapped company through various phases—from having an initial focus on government R&D, developing software for NASA and the Department of Defense, to a commercial engineering services company, to a profitable software/licensing/services company that was ultimately purchased by Teradyne in 2018.
Neil holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford and a M.S. in Computer Science from NYU Tandon School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic Institute of New York University).
We talk about
Energid, products and services (high level)
What is happening in the robot / motion control industry right now?
What do you mean by cooperative robotics? 
How does having more axes help solve industrial automation problems?
Who are your typical customers?
What are some problems you solve for customers with examples?
How do you work with them?
Real time path planning? What is it and why is this so hard?
Specific to medical robots. How mature is the industry?
Where are medical robotics used?
What are some of the challenges?
How do you innovate and work with partners?
To find out more about Energid, check them out. If you would like to reach out Neil, here is his LinkedIn.
Enjoy the podcast.Regards,
Jim BerettaCustomer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast
Thanks to Neil, Nena and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot.
If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces.
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Keywords and terms for this podcast: Energid, Teradyne, Surgical Robots, Neil Tardella, Cooperative Robots, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast
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