Automation Advocates

This episode features Clifton Cooper from Smart Warehousing. We never really knew how much went into tracking, storing and moving all your stuff around. It was also interesting to get a little bit of the backstory on where Clifton cut his teeth and how he made to pivot into logistics. Enjoy! https://www.linkedin.com/in/clifton-c-78a66572/ https://www.smartwarehousing.com/

This episode Charlie and Justin got to spend an hour talking with Tom Ruth from Quuppa, a real time location system company focused on indoor tracking. Think of it as indoor GPS for all your stuff. From people, to tooling, to raw materials, they've got you covered. The technology is novel, and the dialog around applications and what you can do with it got really interesting. Enjoy! https://www.lin...

Sorry for the bit of an absence! That 2 weeks of summer hit us in MN and we took a little time off. In this episode we talk about the automation in training as well as some of the automation in personal health. We also added in some around how it helps you be safer! Enjoy!

The topic was originally slated to discuss over automation of things... Then, well... things pivoted hard out of the gate. But, the robot overlords are not coming yet, that much we can confirm.

Justin had a great time talking with his buddy Scott Oakely and his some Sam. Sam being new to the industry had some great perspective and the 3 talked about the industry, education, experience, and toolboxes. Also, this was the first live on site recording. Kind of a neat experiment!

Penalty kill is over, Sarah is back to make sure Justin and Charlie stay on track. As we look at the evolution of no-code and low-code tools, Justin questions how good they can actually be vs being difficult to make work the way he wants it. It might be something for some people, or maybe it solves world hunger. Listen in and find out how the team feels and where the future may go.

Once again, the boys are indeed unsupervised… Why aren’t we automating more? Why can’t we pick up roadside trash automatically?!? We also talk about automated spraying from  https://gussag.com , vertical farming from folks like  https://www.plenty.ag , and weed zapping from  https://carbonrobotics.com . We also delved into a brief little bit of some of the challenges facing producti...

Charlie and Justin are left unsupervised. They talk a little bit about the cost of making end products, the lack of visibility and some of the challenges with data collection. They also super spiraled out of control and covered topics like the power grid, AC vs DC, solar, power density, and snowboard binding of the future.  Yup, things got messy. We promise to be more on target in the future.

In this episode Justin sits down with Nate Peterson from Central Lakes College in Staples MN to talk robotics and education and a bit about how Nate found his way into the industry. Also, below are links to the college, the summer camp they put on, and Nate's LinkedIn profile. http://www.clcmn.edu/ http://www.clcmn.edu/events/seam-camp-summer-engineering-and-manufacturing-camp/ https://www.linkedi...

Do they wipe your bags at TSA for uranium? Do you have a Samsung Note device that ignites? We don’t know. But Charlie, Sarah and Justin have some dialog around data and what you can do with it. https://www.flightradar24.com/49.42,10.51/5 https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases-archive/yr-2012/121030-the-hour.aspx

Justin, Sarah and Charlie talk about automating everything from a parking ramp to kitchens. Other topics included machine as a service, pizza, welding, and augmented reality. https://www.l2finc.com/pizza-bot https://www.makrshakr.com

Justin, Sarah and Charlie talk about material handling. Covering many aspects of ease of use, how it fits into your day to day commerce, conveyance and give some opinions. https://www.stickermule.com https://logotournament.com https://www.autostoresystem.com https://www.redviking.com https://www.kuka.com/en-us/products/production-systems/standard-products-for-automation/plant-systems/ks-pulse

Back again with Justin, Charlie and Sarah talking about electric vehicles. We cover pros, cons, and a little bit of the elementary research we did and marry is up with decades of electrical knowledge.

Justin sits down with Justin Danielski again talking about manufacturing jobs, and how we wound up in this little corner of the world. Oh, and yup, we picked on education a bit too!

Who has 10 fingers and 10 toes still? Your show hosts. Justin, Sarah and Charlie are back talking about safety.

After Charlie heads out to beat the winter blues, Charlie, Sarah and Justin sit down to discuss automation and how it hits more of the "fun" side of life.

Justin, Sarah and Charlie are back discussing parts of the ongoing Great Resignation.

Today we spend a little time going through some of the tradeoffs and thoughts around making something vs buying it.

Our first special guest Justin Danielski joins me for a dialog on how he got into manufacturing and automation and we visit what it was like tinkering as kids.

Picking up where we left off, we go down farther the costing dialog and even touch things like automation in the home.

A very rough introduction of the hosts (Charlie, Sarah and Justin) along with a little dialog around the costing of automation.