Plus One Robotics is a different kind of robot company. At Plus One they support the mission of ‘always-on’ logistics. They want robots, AI and deep learning to do the boring, difficult and monotonous work of picking and placing, with a focus on keeping robots busy especially during surge times at places like distribution centers.

 

Plus One has a novel approach to using people when robots and AI fail, and they call it Supervised Autonomy. When the automation needs help, they step in and you guessed it, use human intervention to help the robot make the right decision. Thankfully that doesn't happen very much, and one person can service many robots, right from their desktop, 24-7-365.

 

For their clients, this ensures their robots and automated sorting systems are scalable, flexible, consistent and fault tolerant.

 

Erik Nieves is my guest on #therobotindustrypodcast for this session. We have known each other for many years and I wanted to get him to explain what they are doing, who they are doing it for and to explain a bit more what Supervised Autonomy is and how it is implemented.

 

We discuss:

 

People are better than robots and Supervised Autonomy

 

Current industrial automation challenges in the warehouse

 

3D Vision in robotics

 

The big challenges of online shopping

 

Labor challenges in warehouses and leveraging the talent that warehouses have already

 

If you would like to find out more about Plus One Robotics, you can find them at https://www.linkedin.com/company/plusone-robotics/ and you can reach Erik at https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-nieves-6175986/ the company website is https://plusonerobotics.com/

 

Listen and find out why Erik says Plus One – Robots work. People rule

 

Enjoy the podcast, Jim