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 issued patents and more than 30 patents pending.

Daniel  has been on the forefront of robotics for more than 20 years, working closely with DARPA, DOD, NASA, NIH, USDA and many others to advance the use of robots and AI software to improve supply chain automation. In addition to founding Vecna Robotics, Daniel  also co-founded MassRobotics, a non-profit dedicated to the global advancement of the robotics industry. Daniel is dedicated to the idea that technology can be used to empower people worldwide to live more fulfilling lives.

Here are some of the questions that we talk about on the pod:

Let’s talk about what is going on in the industry from a high level at Vecna (trends, etc)

Interoperability, how did we get here?

How do we fix it?

What are company motivations?

Cultural motivations in the robotics industry. 

How does Mass Robotics fit into this?

How do you actually do this – invent a standard?

When you are not writing standards what do you like to do?

How can people get a hold of you?

To find out more about Vecna, Mass Robotics or you would like to reach out Daniel, here is his LinkedIn profile.

We mentioned the incorrect email address for MassRobotics during the podcast, so the correct email is [email protected]

Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening.

Regards,

Jim

Jim Beretta

Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast

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