Collaborative With Spencer Krause

Join me as I speak with Chris Moehle about how we met at NREC, Starting a venture fund, the best (and only) restaurants on Butler street, why Pittsburgh is a good place to run a robotics business and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get notified every time a new episode releases and it'...

Join us as we speak with Sean Dotson.about his work as the President and CTO of RND Automation, problems business owners face, advantages and disadvantages of working with different industries, being honest with your customers, and more. If you're looking for awesome content and/or want to learn more about Sean Dotson, check out https://linktr.ee/seandotsonIf you enjoyed this episode and want...

Join us as we speak with Karel Ullner about four principles for artistic brand success, the economics of concerts, leverage in the music industry, and more. If you want professional support building your musical brand, please visit polarbullproductions.com. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get no...

Join me as I speak with Tekin Meriçli about his time with Locomation, starting a business, making difficult decisions, and how he got his start in robotics. We also discuss minimalist living, artificial intelligence, self driving trends, late nights in the robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University where we met, and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please...

Join us as we speak with Engineered Arts Director of US Operations Leo Chen about the work Engineered Arts is doing on humanoid robots. We also speak briefly with Amica, a humanoid robot, learn about how it works, and discuss Leo's work at Loon, Kiteboarding, Rock Climbing and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer K...

Join me as I speak with John Deere Robotics Veteran and Balanced Engineering Managing Partner Alex Foessel about his work at Deere, NREC, and Balanced Engineering. We also discuss functional safety, quality systems, international travel, and aviation. If you are in the market for consulting in engineering services to bring safety and security to off-road robotics, please consider hiring Balanced E...

Join us as we speak with Danfoss Sr. Autonomous Control System Engineer Pratheesh Prakash about the first robot he ever made, and many larger and more impressive robots he has built and worked on over the years. We also talk about using a low cost test platform to get autonomy software working, finding the best value vs stability in sensors, design and safety philosophies and more. If you enjoyed...

Join us as we speak with Zipline Platform 2 Systems Engineering Lead, Jaimeen Kapadia. In this episode, we discuss Jaimeen's experience at Zipline and Medtronic, compare the design constraints of surgical and aerospace systems, share a mutual love of systems engineering, and more. If you are a systems engineer seeking employment with a world class team solving interesting problems at Zipline,...

Join us as we speak with Entrepreneur, Engineer, and Ekso Bionics Co Founder and Former CTO, Russ Angold about his work in agriculture, with UC Berkeley, Founding Ekso Bionics, and more. In this episode we talk about Russ being a host on junkyard wars, building stills, working on cars, and farming. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative Wi...

Join us as we speak with ESTAT Actuation CEO, Stuart Diller, about his companies new line of ultra lightweight and efficient electrostatic clutches. We also talk briefly about what it's like at Carnegie Mellon University, exoskeletons, micromouse competitions, and battlebots. At under 30-minutes, this is our #shortestepisodeyet, so you have no excuse not to watch it. If you enjoyed this episod...

Join us as we speak with Senior Staff Systems Engineer John Seminatore about his work with the US Air Force, Virginia Tech, Carnegie Robotics, Argo AI and more. In this episode we talk about some of the challenges and tactics in managing an engineering organization at various levels of scale, and get into some great "war stories." If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more l...

Join us as we speak with Suzan Chin-Taylor, the Doo Doo Diva, about the Smells Like Money Podcast, working in wastewater treatment, opening an office in India, and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get notified every time a new episode releases and it's the best way to support the channe...

Join us as we speak with senior robotics engineer Lou Bojarski about his transition from studying architecture to working in robotics, building nuclear decontamination robots, WW2 history, and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get notified every time a new episode releases and it's the b...

Join us as we speak with Dubai Future Labs Robotic Systems Integration Engineer, Mishari Alarfaj. In this episode, Meshari and Spencer talk about going to CMU, trends in robotics, frustrations of implementing ROS2, and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get notified every time a new episode r...

Join us as we speak with Tronix3D CEO Mike Vindler about the nuts and bolts of starting his business, the latest additive manufacturing technology, going from a large corporation to a startup, and more. If you are in the market for industrial-quality 3D printed parts check out Tronix3D. If you enjoy souping up race cars, check out ibuildracecars.com If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / he...

Join us as we speak with Consulting Roboticist and Editor of Weekly Robotics, Mat Sadowski. In this episode Mat and Spencer talk about their approaches to contract engineering, some of the most difficult projects they've faced off on, finding time for content creation, and more. Mat also talks about ROS, drones, and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please s...

Join us as we speak with 412 Venture Fund Managing Partner Ilana Diamond about her founding of the the AlphaLab Gear manufacturing cycle program, building up the Pittsburgh community, approach to investing in companies and community building. If you have an early stage startup with product in the market and paying or pilot customers, that's looking to raise $500,000 to $1,000,000 please reach...

Join us as we speak with Miso Robotics Chief Technology Officer Chris Kruger. In this episode, we get into the weeds about some of Miso's products in the culinary robotics space, talk about ROS and open source, and discuss learning from data collected from robots and other products fielded at scale. We also talk a bit about generative AI, discuss Chris' professional journey from Motorola,...

Join us as we speak with repeat guest and Senior Mechanical Engineer Stephen Sywak. In this mini-episode we talk briefly about Steve's work at McLaren Engineering Group on a vertical pipe inspection droid in the late-90s and about his work at Easy Aerial with tethered and untethered flying drones. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative...

Join us as we speak with HDS Global Chief Robotics Officer Mitchell Weiss about his work in robotics from the 1970's to present. Mitchell has worked on the Canadarm, Unimation, Seegrid Robotics, Piaggio Group, and more. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get notified every time a new episode re...

Join us as we speak with Florian Pestoni. Florian is the Founder and CEO of InOrbit. In this episode we talk about robot operations, making robots that scale, design challenges on engineering robotic systems, markets for robots, building a retail space in Mountainview California, the evolution of various robotic ecosystems and more. If you want to see real life robots delivering swag and toys to b...

Join us as we speak with Nick Armstrong-Crews. Nick is the Radar Perception Lead at Waymo. In this episode we talk about Nick getting married by a robot, Burning Man culture, the basics electronically steered RADAR, self driving cars, and more. Spencer also adopts a cat. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You...

Join us as we speak with Phil Johnston about his work running missions as a commercial drone pilot. Phil and Spencer also discuss interesting sensors (including an extended discussion on infrared cameras), underground drone missions, and wireless technologies, and how the rise of advanced cell phones has contributed to robotics. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it pleas...

Join us as we speak with Motiv Space Systems CTO, Edward Tunstel about his work in the space exploration field from the late 80s to present, technologies utilized in space applications, challenges of lunar missions, satellite servicing, including the OSAM and ISAM domains. We also talk about Edward's work associated with the Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers, nanorovers, and...

Join us as we speak with Four Growers CEO, Brandon Contino about tactics for grabbing tomatoes robotically, projects we worked on growing up, tennis strategy, ethical sales, and more. If you're a hardware director or a robotics software engineer looking to feed the world, check out Four Growers' jobs page. Companies looking to outsource difficult engineering problems should consider SKA Cu...