In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dan Mantz, who is the CEO of the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation. The REC Foundation is a nonprofit that works with VEX Robotics to build interest in STEM related career opportunities. Dan speaks about the different competitions REC facilitates, why REC is a nonprofit, how REC works with VEX Robotics, on the importance of soft skills, on workforce gaps, and on the future of education.EPISODE LINKS:– REC Foundation’s website: https://www.roboticseducation.org/– Dan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danmantz/– Dan’s email: mailto:dan_mantz@roboticseducation.orgPODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:34) Introductions– (0:06:01) Funding with the museum model– (0:12:17) What REC does day–to–day– (0:15:19) On being a Nonprofit– (0:16:33) Nonprofit versus for profit– (0:21:03) Different programs for different ages– (0:25:12) Mission and vision– (0:26:08) Game design– (0:29:42) Hardware– (0:35:32) Software– (0:37:33) Working with VEX– (0:40:35) Preparing competitions in advance– (0:43:26) Drone competitions– (0:46:04) STEM workforce gaps + Industry 4.0– (0:50:40) Soft skills and communication– (0:57:24) COVID and simulation– (1:00:20) Why hands on?– (1:03:17) Open source?– (1:08:28) Dan’s background– (1:14:49) REC and existing education programs– (1:19:28) Adding REC into main curriculum– (1:25:08) Future of education– (1:27:06) Resources and linksSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dan Mantz, who is the CEO of the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation. The REC Foundation is a nonprofit that works with VEX Robotics to build interest in STEM related career opportunities. Dan speaks about the different competitions REC facilitates, why REC is a nonprofit, how REC works with VEX Robotics, on the importance of soft skills, on workforce gaps, and on the future of education. EPISODE LINKS: – REC Foundation’s website: <a href="https://www.roboticseducation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.roboticseducation.org/</a> – Dan’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danmantz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/danmantz/</a> – Dan’s email: <a href="mailto:dan_mantz@roboticseducation.org">mailto:dan_mantz@roboticseducation.org</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:34) Introductions – (0:06:01) Funding with the museum model – (0:12:17) What REC does day–to–day – (0:15:19) On being a Nonprofit – (0:16:33) Nonprofit versus for profit – (0:21:03) Different programs for different ages – (0:25:12) Mission and vision – (0:26:08) Game design – (0:29:42) Hardware – (0:35:32) Software – (0:37:33) Working with VEX – (0:40:35) Preparing competitions in advance – (0:43:26) Drone competitions – (0:46:04) STEM workforce gaps + Industry 4.0 – (0:50:40) Soft skills and communication – (0:57:24) COVID and simulation – (1:00:20) Why hands on? – (1:03:17) Open source? – (1:08:28) Dan’s background – (1:14:49) REC and existing education programs – (1:19:28) Adding REC into main curriculum – (1:25:08) Future of education – (1:27:06) Resources and links SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Growing Interest in STEM, Soft Skills, and Labor Shortages

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Maria Telleria, who is a co–founder and the CTO of Canvas. Canvas makes a drywall finishing robot and is based in the Bay Area. In this interview, Maria talks about Canvas’s drywall finishing robot, how Canvas works with unions, Canvas’s business model, and about her career path.EPISODE LINKS:– Canvas’s website: https://www.canvas.build/– Maria’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariatelleria/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:57) Introducing Maria and Canvas– (0:08:00) How the robot works with tapers– (0:12:57) Becoming drywall experts– (0:20:24) Challenges of spraying– (0:27:52) Labor shortages– (0:33:15) Challenges of sanding– (0:39:07) Mapping the construction site– (0:41:08) Picking your hard challenge– (0:43:12) How Canvas is funded– (0:52:55) Building for IPO– (0:58:15) Working with Unions– (1:07:25) Addressing misconceptions about robotics– (1:09:19) Future of Canvas– (1:11:34) Getting the robot to the construction site– (1:14:42) Reporting the work done– (1:17:38) Maria’s career path– (1:23:21) Challenges coming from academia to starting a startup– (1:29:04) Leadership experience– (1:31:22) Advice to a 20 year old– (1:33:21) Future of robotics– (1:35:18) Links and contact infoSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Maria Telleria, who is a co–founder and the CTO of Canvas. Canvas makes a drywall finishing robot and is based in the Bay Area. In this interview, Maria talks about Canvas’s drywall finishing robot, how Canvas works with unions, Canvas’s business model, and about her career path. EPISODE LINKS: – Canvas’s website: <a href="https://www.canvas.build/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.canvas.build/</a> – Maria’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariatelleria/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariatelleria/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:57) Introducing Maria and Canvas – (0:08:00) How the robot works with tapers – (0:12:57) Becoming drywall experts – (0:20:24) Challenges of spraying – (0:27:52) Labor shortages – (0:33:15) Challenges of sanding – (0:39:07) Mapping the construction site – (0:41:08) Picking your hard challenge – (0:43:12) How Canvas is funded – (0:52:55) Building for IPO – (0:58:15) Working with Unions – (1:07:25) Addressing misconceptions about robotics – (1:09:19) Future of Canvas – (1:11:34) Getting the robot to the construction site – (1:14:42) Reporting the work done – (1:17:38) Maria’s career path – (1:23:21) Challenges coming from academia to starting a startup – (1:29:04) Leadership experience – (1:31:22) Advice to a 20 year old – (1:33:21) Future of robotics – (1:35:18) Links and contact info SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Construction Robots and Working with Unions

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dan O’Mara, who is the founder and COO of Circuit Launch and Mechlabs. Circuit Launch is a space for hardware entrepreneurs to work in Oakland, California, and Mechlabs is a project–based course to learn robotics. This interview is mostly about Mechlabs, but talks about the origins of Circuit Launch, including how it is not a maker or coworking space and its business model. For Mechlabs, we talk about several of its aspects that make it different than a university education in robotics, including how there are mentors not instructors, how projects are scoped, and how people are invited to work on what is most interesting to them. We also talk about the future of Mechlabs and how it fits with current universities.EPISODE LINKS:– Mechlabs’ website: https://mechlabs.ai/– Circuit Launch’s website: https://circuitlaunch.com/– Dan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omaradan/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:27) Introducing Dan and Circuit Launch– (0:06:59) Not coworking or a makerspace– (0:15:10) Coming to current business model– (0:20:44) Mentors not instructors– (0:28:28) Introducing Reachy– (0:36:00) Scoping projects– (0:44:48) Scaling their education program– (0:59:27) If companies paid people to learn– (1:06:14) Marker 30– (1:10:14) Importance of having students write documentation– (1:13:16) Requirements– (1:21:27) Comparing to today’s universities– (1:25:35) Role of education– (1:29:30) Expansion plans– (1:30:41) Getting in touchSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dan O’Mara, who is the founder and COO of Circuit Launch and Mechlabs. Circuit Launch is a space for hardware entrepreneurs to work in Oakland, California, and Mechlabs is a project–based course to learn robotics. This interview is mostly about Mechlabs, but talks about the origins of Circuit Launch, including how it is not a maker or coworking space and its business model. For Mechlabs, we talk about several of its aspects that make it different than a university education in robotics, including how there are mentors not instructors, how projects are scoped, and how people are invited to work on what is most interesting to them. We also talk about the future of Mechlabs and how it fits with current universities. EPISODE LINKS: – Mechlabs’ website: <a href="https://mechlabs.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mechlabs.ai/</a> – Circuit Launch’s website: <a href="https://circuitlaunch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://circuitlaunch.com/</a> – Dan’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/omaradan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/omaradan/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:27) Introducing Dan and Circuit Launch – (0:06:59) Not coworking or a makerspace – (0:15:10) Coming to current business model – (0:20:44) Mentors not instructors – (0:28:28) Introducing Reachy – (0:36:00) Scoping projects – (0:44:48) Scaling their education program – (0:59:27) If companies paid people to learn – (1:06:14) Marker 30 – (1:10:14) Importance of having students write documentation – (1:13:16) Requirements – (1:21:27) Comparing to today’s universities – (1:25:35) Role of education – (1:29:30) Expansion plans – (1:30:41) Getting in touch SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Turning Robotics Education on its Head

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Afreez Gan, who is the founder and CEO of MangDang; MangDang is a Chinese startup that makes Minipupper, an open source robot dog that uses the Robot Operating System (ROS). Minipupper was inspired by and built with lessons learned from the Stanford Pupper, an open source robot dog. In this interview, Afreez speaks about Minipupper’s hardware, software, and documentation, about manufacturing Minipupper, and about his eventual goal of building a home robot dog.EPISODE LINKS:– Afreez’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afreez–gan–b606615/– MangDang’s website: https://www.mangdang.net/– Minipupper’s Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/336477435/mini–pupper–open–sourceros–robot–dog–kit– MangDang’s Github: https://github.com/mangdangroboticsclubPODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:07) Introduction– (0:04:21) Origin of Mini Pupper– (0:11:27) Mini Pupper’s hardware– (0:22:59) Minipupper’s software– (0:29:08) Minipupper for education– (0:35:19) Making high quality documentation– (0:39:03) Using ROS 1– (0:41:57) Assembling Minipupper– (0:44:17) The challenges of scaling up manufacturing– (0:54:24) Kickstarter campaign– (1:05:22) Future of Minipupper– (1:10:41) Consumer robot dog– (1:16:17) Manufacturing in China– (1:20:18) Funding– (1:24:38) Future of robotics– (1:26:23) LinksSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Afreez Gan, who is the founder and CEO of MangDang; MangDang is a Chinese startup that makes Minipupper, an open source robot dog that uses the Robot Operating System (ROS). Minipupper was inspired by and built with lessons learned from the Stanford Pupper, an open source robot dog. In this interview, Afreez speaks about Minipupper’s hardware, software, and documentation, about manufacturing Minipupper, and about his eventual goal of building a home robot dog. EPISODE LINKS: – Afreez’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/afreez–gan–b606615/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/afreez–gan–b606615/</a> – MangDang’s website: <a href="https://www.mangdang.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mangdang.net/</a> – Minipupper’s Kickstarter: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/336477435/mini–pupper–open–sourceros–robot–dog–kit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/336477435/mini–pupper–open–sourceros–robot–dog–kit</a> – MangDang’s Github: <a href="https://github.com/mangdangroboticsclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/mangdangroboticsclub</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:07) Introduction – (0:04:21) Origin of Mini Pupper – (0:11:27) Mini Pupper’s hardware – (0:22:59) Minipupper’s software – (0:29:08) Minipupper for education – (0:35:19) Making high quality documentation – (0:39:03) Using ROS 1 – (0:41:57) Assembling Minipupper – (0:44:17) The challenges of scaling up manufacturing – (0:54:24) Kickstarter campaign – (1:05:22) Future of Minipupper – (1:10:41) Consumer robot dog – (1:16:17) Manufacturing in China – (1:20:18) Funding – (1:24:38) Future of robotics – (1:26:23) Links SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Open Source Robot Dog, Kickstarter, and Home Robots

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dayo McIntosh, who is the founder of Yateou; Yateou is an early–stage startup that makes wellness products and has a customer facing robot, ADE, that personalizes customer orders. Dayo speaks about what motivated her to start Yateou, how she uses the robot arm, ADE, and about her plans for Yateou’s future.EPISODE LINKS:– Dayo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayomcintosh/– Yateou’s website: https://www.yateou.com/– More information on Yateou’s ADE robot: https://www.yateou.com/pages/meet–adePODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:24) Introducing Dayo, Yateou, and the ADE robot– (0:04:35) How does ADE work– (0:10:09) Putting ADE in a truck– (0:14:08) Keeping it simple– (0:17:02) Having ADE stolen!– (0:19:34) Customer experiences so far– (0:21:53) ADE and the novelty effect– (0:24:04) Deciding to use a Kuka arm– (0:26:40) Dayo’s background– (0:28:18) Getting into beauty products– (0:32:07) Finding a place for ADE– (0:34:26) Focusing on the customer experience– (0:36:11) The value of self–care products– (0:44:41) Yateou team– (0:51:39) Yateou’s direction– (0:56:54) First hires– (0:58:05) Yateou’s funding so far– (1:04:11) Lessons learned– (1:10:54) Contact infoSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dayo McIntosh, who is the founder of Yateou; Yateou is an early–stage startup that makes wellness products and has a customer facing robot, ADE, that personalizes customer orders. Dayo speaks about what motivated her to start Yateou, how she uses the robot arm, ADE, and about her plans for Yateou’s future. EPISODE LINKS: – Dayo’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayomcintosh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayomcintosh/</a> – Yateou’s website: <a href="https://www.yateou.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yateou.com/</a> – More information on Yateou’s ADE robot: <a href="https://www.yateou.com/pages/meet–ade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yateou.com/pages/meet–ade</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:24) Introducing Dayo, Yateou, and the ADE robot – (0:04:35) How does ADE work – (0:10:09) Putting ADE in a truck – (0:14:08) Keeping it simple – (0:17:02) Having ADE stolen! – (0:19:34) Customer experiences so far – (0:21:53) ADE and the novelty effect – (0:24:04) Deciding to use a Kuka arm – (0:26:40) Dayo’s background – (0:28:18) Getting into beauty products – (0:32:07) Finding a place for ADE – (0:34:26) Focusing on the customer experience – (0:36:11) The value of self–care products – (0:44:41) Yateou team – (0:51:39) Yateou’s direction – (0:56:54) First hires – (0:58:05) Yateou’s funding so far – (1:04:11) Lessons learned – (1:10:54) Contact info SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

A Robot Mixologist to Spark Wellness Talks

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Helen Greiner, who is the CEO at Tertill; Tertill makes a small solar powered weeding robot for vegetable gardens. The conversation begins with an overview of Helen’s previous robotics experience, including at as a student at MIT, co–founder at iRobot, founder and CEO at CyPhyWorks, and in advising government research in robotics, AI, and machine learning. From there, Helen explains the design of the Tertill robot, how it works, and her high hopes for this simple robot: to help reduce the environmental impact of the agriculture industry by helping people to grow their own food. In the last part of the conversation, Helen speaks broadly about her experience in robotics startups, the robotics industry, and the future of robotics.EPISODE LINKS:– Tertill’s Website: https://tertill.com/– Helen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen–greiner–382295/– Tertill’s on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/franklin–robotics/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:41) Introducing Helen– (0:06:09) Roomba’s backstory– (0:12:13) CyPhyWorks– (0:17:29) Helping special forces with your robots– (0:20:13) Advising robotics and AI research investments– (0:24:24) Introducing Tertill– (0:35:39) Lessons learned from the Roomba– (0:42:42) Challenges in making Tertill– (0:48:34) Why make a weeding robot?– (0:54:07) On gardening– (1:00:22) Helen’s path– (1:02:24) Matching the market and technology– (1:09:21) Where and how to get information on opportunities– (1:11:26) Advice for starting a robotics company– (1:21:00) Different types of investment– (1:23:09) B–to–B or B–to–C (Business to business or business to consumer) markets– (1:24:51) Robotics consumer space– (1:25:52) Future of robotics– (1:28:38) Importance of robotics in the big pictureSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Helen Greiner, who is the CEO at Tertill; Tertill makes a small solar powered weeding robot for vegetable gardens. The conversation begins with an overview of Helen’s previous robotics experience, including at as a student at MIT, co–founder at iRobot, founder and CEO at CyPhyWorks, and in advising government research in robotics, AI, and machine learning. From there, Helen explains the design of the Tertill robot, how it works, and her high hopes for this simple robot: to help reduce the environmental impact of the agriculture industry by helping people to grow their own food. In the last part of the conversation, Helen speaks broadly about her experience in robotics startups, the robotics industry, and the future of robotics. EPISODE LINKS: – Tertill’s Website: <a href="https://tertill.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tertill.com/</a> – Helen’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen–greiner–382295/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen–greiner–382295/</a> – Tertill’s on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/franklin–robotics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/franklin–robotics/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:41) Introducing Helen – (0:06:09) Roomba’s backstory – (0:12:13) CyPhyWorks – (0:17:29) Helping special forces with your robots – (0:20:13) Advising robotics and AI research investments – (0:24:24) Introducing Tertill – (0:35:39) Lessons learned from the Roomba – (0:42:42) Challenges in making Tertill – (0:48:34) Why make a weeding robot? – (0:54:07) On gardening – (1:00:22) Helen’s path – (1:02:24) Matching the market and technology – (1:09:21) Where and how to get information on opportunities – (1:11:26) Advice for starting a robotics company – (1:21:00) Different types of investment – (1:23:09) B–to–B or B–to–C (Business to business or business to consumer) markets – (1:24:51) Robotics consumer space – (1:25:52) Future of robotics – (1:28:38) Importance of robotics in the big picture SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Solar Powered Robotic Weeding

Christian Fritz

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Christian Fritz, CEO and founder of Transitive Robotics. Transitive Robotics makes software for building full stack robotics applications. In this conversation, they talk about how Transitive Robotic’s software works, their business model, sandboxing for security, creating a marketplace for robotics applications, and web tools, in general.EPISODE LINKS:– Christian’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianfritz/– Transitive Robotics’ Website: https://transitiverobotics.com/– Transitive Robotics on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/transitive–robotics/– Transitive Robotics’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/transitiverob– Sign up for Transitive Robotics’ Beta: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctAX9NI6IlZ10e7n408NSxULLKbbSyx8rrQSsLVECtlpHbeg/viewform– Contact Transitive Robotics: mailto:support@transitiverobotics.comPODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Episode introduction– (0:01:09) Introducing Christian and Transitive Robotics– (0:06:52) Fleet management + networking challenges– (0:17:15) Problems in fleet management– (0:21:23) Business model– (0:26:21) Using MQQT for message passing– (0:30:28) Developing your own capabilities– (0:35:35) Testing capabilities– (0:36:44) Sending data: authentication and authorization– (0:43:32) Sandboxing for safety– (0:56:10) Discussing web technologies– (1:01:03) Open source business models– (1:05:38) Scaling, finding market fit, and taking investment– (1:15:57) Plans in starting a marketplace– (1:20:01) Plans to grow the team + remote work– (1:29:36) Web and robotics– (1:33:08) Web technologies on the backend– (1:34:59) Future of roboticsSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Christian Fritz, CEO and founder of Transitive Robotics. Transitive Robotics makes software for building full stack robotics applications. In this conversation, they talk about how Transitive Robotic’s software works, their business model, sandboxing for security, creating a marketplace for robotics applications, and web tools, in general. EPISODE LINKS: – Christian’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianfritz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianfritz/</a> – Transitive Robotics’ Website: <a href="https://transitiverobotics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://transitiverobotics.com/</a> – Transitive Robotics on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/transitive–robotics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/transitive–robotics/</a> – Transitive Robotics’ Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/transitiverob" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/transitiverob</a> – Sign up for Transitive Robotics’ Beta: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctAX9NI6IlZ10e7n408NSxULLKbbSyx8rrQSsLVECtlpHbeg/viewform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctAX9NI6IlZ10e7n408NSxULLKbbSyx8rrQSsLVECtlpHbeg/viewform</a> – Contact Transitive Robotics: <a href="mailto:support@transitiverobotics.com">mailto:support@transitiverobotics.com</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Episode introduction – (0:01:09) Introducing Christian and Transitive Robotics – (0:06:52) Fleet management + networking challenges – (0:17:15) Problems in fleet management – (0:21:23) Business model – (0:26:21) Using MQQT for message passing – (0:30:28) Developing your own capabilities – (0:35:35) Testing capabilities – (0:36:44) Sending data: authentication and authorization – (0:43:32) Sandboxing for safety – (0:56:10) Discussing web technologies – (1:01:03) Open source business models – (1:05:38) Scaling, finding market fit, and taking investment – (1:15:57) Plans in starting a marketplace – (1:20:01) Plans to grow the team + remote work – (1:29:36) Web and robotics – (1:33:08) Web technologies on the backend – (1:34:59) Future of robotics SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Full-stack Robotics and Growing an App Marketplace

Tim Chung

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Tim Chung, Program Manager in the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), on the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge. The SubT Challenge is a robotics challenge that aims to develop innovative technologies that would augment operations underground. In this conversation, they talk about the motivation of the SubT Challenge, its systems (hardware) and virtual (simulation) challenges, how the resulting technology has been shared with the world, on benchmarking the robotics behaviors in simulation, on the challenge of scoping the SubT Challenge, and on building the final environment for the systems challenge.EPISODE LINKS:– The SubT Challenge’s Website: https://www.subtchallenge.com/– Tim’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy–h–chung/– DARPAtv’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/DARPAtv– SubT’s Repository on OSRF: https://github.com/osrf/subtPODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:07) Introducing Tim and the SubT Challenge– (0:09:51) Systems and Virtual competitions– (0:13:32) Team makeup– (0:20:39) Challenges of networking– (0:24:37) Motivation for this challenge– (0:29:40) Four tech areas of focus– (0:34:47) Sharing the results– (0:38:47) Virtual challenge– (0:51:37) Applying benchmarking setup elsewhere– (0:54:53) Final course for SubT System’s challenge– (1:06:03) Scoping the SubT challenge– (1:17:50) Role of DARPA in technology– (1:21:01) What’s next for DARPA?– (1:23:19) Links to shareSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Tim Chung, Program Manager in the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), on the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge. The SubT Challenge is a robotics challenge that aims to develop innovative technologies that would augment operations underground. In this conversation, they talk about the motivation of the SubT Challenge, its systems (hardware) and virtual (simulation) challenges, how the resulting technology has been shared with the world, on benchmarking the robotics behaviors in simulation, on the challenge of scoping the SubT Challenge, and on building the final environment for the systems challenge. EPISODE LINKS: – The SubT Challenge’s Website: <a href="https://www.subtchallenge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.subtchallenge.com/</a> – Tim’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy–h–chung/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy–h–chung/</a> – DARPAtv’s YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DARPAtv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/DARPAtv</a> – SubT’s Repository on OSRF: <a href="https://github.com/osrf/subt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/osrf/subt</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:07) Introducing Tim and the SubT Challenge – (0:09:51) Systems and Virtual competitions – (0:13:32) Team makeup – (0:20:39) Challenges of networking – (0:24:37) Motivation for this challenge – (0:29:40) Four tech areas of focus – (0:34:47) Sharing the results – (0:38:47) Virtual challenge – (0:51:37) Applying benchmarking setup elsewhere – (0:54:53) Final course for SubT System’s challenge – (1:06:03) Scoping the SubT challenge – (1:17:50) Role of DARPA in technology – (1:21:01) What’s next for DARPA? – (1:23:19) Links to share SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

DARPA Subterranean Challenge

Steve Macenski

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Steve Macenski, who is the Open Source Robotics Engineering Lead at Samsung Research America. Steve leads the Nav2 project, which is an open source robot navigation framework. In this conversation, they talk about the problem and challenges of robot navigation, how Nav2 works at a high level, hybrid planners, and about Steve’s experience working with the Nav2 community.EPISODE LINKS:– Nav2’s Website: https://navigation.ros.org/– Steve’s Website: https://www.steve.macenski.com/– Steve’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve–macenski–41a985101/– Samsung Research’s Website: https://research.samsung.com/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:00:39) Introducing Steve and Nav2– (0:01:07) History of the navigation stack and Nav2– (0:06:10) What problems does Nav2 solve?– (0:08:05) How Nav2, MoveIt, and ROS Control relate– (0:10:59) Challenges in navigation– (0:14:22) Working in a grid world– (0:24:36) Motion primitives– (0:40:26) Potential fields– (0:46:12) Unknown maps– (0:48:03) Relating paths to wheel velocities– (0:50:55) When is Pathplanning used?– (0:52:57) Hybrid planners– (0:54:59) Changing environments– (0:57:11) Behavior trees– (1:01:42) Behavior tree example– (1:06:16) Behavior trees versus alternatives– (1:08:19) Nav2 and SLAM– (1:10:41) Nav2 for different types of surface environments– (1:13:27) Experience with the Nav2 community– (1:18:02) Open Source as a business model– (1:19:09) Getting involved– (1:22:29) Career adviceSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Steve Macenski, who is the Open Source Robotics Engineering Lead at Samsung Research America. Steve leads the Nav2 project, which is an open source robot navigation framework. In this conversation, they talk about the problem and challenges of robot navigation, how Nav2 works at a high level, hybrid planners, and about Steve’s experience working with the Nav2 community. EPISODE LINKS: – Nav2’s Website: <a href="https://navigation.ros.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://navigation.ros.org/</a> – Steve’s Website: <a href="https://www.steve.macenski.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.steve.macenski.com/</a> – Steve’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve–macenski–41a985101/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve–macenski–41a985101/</a> – Samsung Research’s Website: <a href="https://research.samsung.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://research.samsung.com/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:00:39) Introducing Steve and Nav2 – (0:01:07) History of the navigation stack and Nav2 – (0:06:10) What problems does Nav2 solve? – (0:08:05) How Nav2, MoveIt, and ROS Control relate – (0:10:59) Challenges in navigation – (0:14:22) Working in a grid world – (0:24:36) Motion primitives – (0:40:26) Potential fields – (0:46:12) Unknown maps – (0:48:03) Relating paths to wheel velocities – (0:50:55) When is Pathplanning used? – (0:52:57) Hybrid planners – (0:54:59) Changing environments – (0:57:11) Behavior trees – (1:01:42) Behavior tree example – (1:06:16) Behavior trees versus alternatives – (1:08:19) Nav2 and SLAM – (1:10:41) Nav2 for different types of surface environments – (1:13:27) Experience with the Nav2 community – (1:18:02) Open Source as a business model – (1:19:09) Getting involved – (1:22:29) Career advice SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Open Source Robot Navigation

Matt Robinson

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Matt Robinson, Program Manager for ROS–Industrial Americas at the Southwest Research Institute. ROS Industrial is a group that seeks to help industrial users, for example factories, leverage ROS and its ecosystem. In this conversation, they talk about Matt’s background, the need for the ROS–Industrial group and what problems they’re working to solve, ROS–Industrial’s consortium, and ROS–Industrial’s new working group.EPISODE LINKS:– ROS–Industrial: https://rosindustrial.org/– ROS–Industrial’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosindustrial– ROS–Industrial’s Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/ros–industrial/39– Southwest Research Institute: https://www.swri.org/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:00:56) Introducing Matt and ROS–Industrial– (0:05:17) Motivation in forming ROS–Industrial– (0:11:06) Matt’s background– (0:19:10) Getting introduced to ROS– (0:24:33) Collaboration before Git– (0:32:21) Getting to the Southwest Research Institute– (0:35:37) Lowering the barrier to entry– (0:45:41) Overview of SWRI– (0:51:09) ROS–Industrial’s consortium– (1:02:23) Just in time manufacturing– (1:06:37) ROS–Industrial’s new working group– (1:17:03) ROS–Industrial’s conferences– (1:25:08) Links to shareSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Matt Robinson, Program Manager for ROS–Industrial Americas at the Southwest Research Institute. ROS Industrial is a group that seeks to help industrial users, for example factories, leverage ROS and its ecosystem. In this conversation, they talk about Matt’s background, the need for the ROS–Industrial group and what problems they’re working to solve, ROS–Industrial’s consortium, and ROS–Industrial’s new working group. EPISODE LINKS: – ROS–Industrial: <a href="https://rosindustrial.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rosindustrial.org/</a> – ROS–Industrial’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rosindustrial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/rosindustrial</a> – ROS–Industrial’s Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/ros–industrial/39" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/ros–industrial/39</a> – Southwest Research Institute: <a href="https://www.swri.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.swri.org/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:00:56) Introducing Matt and ROS–Industrial – (0:05:17) Motivation in forming ROS–Industrial – (0:11:06) Matt’s background – (0:19:10) Getting introduced to ROS – (0:24:33) Collaboration before Git – (0:32:21) Getting to the Southwest Research Institute – (0:35:37) Lowering the barrier to entry – (0:45:41) Overview of SWRI – (0:51:09) ROS–Industrial’s consortium – (1:02:23) Just in time manufacturing – (1:06:37) ROS–Industrial’s new working group – (1:17:03) ROS–Industrial’s conferences – (1:25:08) Links to share SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Accelerating Industrial Workflows with Open Source

An accessible, long-form podcast about all areas of robotics that is hosted by Audrow Nash and sponsored by Open Robotics.

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Charles Brian Quinn (aka, CBQ), CEO and a Co–Founder of Greenzie. Greenzie make an autonomous driving system for commercial lawn mowers. We talk about Greenzie’s autonomous mowing system, how Greenzie has worked with manufacturers to up–fit their system into comercial mowers, how Greenzie does dog–fooding, safety and standards, and about CBQ’s experiences bootstrapping and with venture capital.EPISODE LINKS:– CBQ’s website: https://www.seebq.com/– Greenzie’s website: https://www.greenzie.com/– Greenzie’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GreenziePODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:00:51) Introducing CBQ and Greenzie– (0:02:40) Why go by initials?– (0:03:22) Describing the Greenzie autonomous system– (0:08:51) Working with mower manufacturers to up–fit their system– (0:15:22) Software on autonomous system– (0:21:21) Mapping the lawn– (0:28:03) Handling poor GPS signal– (0:33:28) Perception pipeline– (0:38:58) Having a human use their mowers– (0:45:15) Standards in the off–road space– (0:50:18) The value of standards bodies– (0:55:00) Depth cameras in the autonomous system– (0:58:37) LIDAR and being venture backed– (1:02:24) Replacing depth cameras with LIDAR? + Tesla and computer vision– (1:03:50) Ruggedized computer– (1:06:36) Microcontrollers, testing, and visualizing data– (1:12:03) Deploying software updates– (1:17:33) Safety– (1:20:57) Testing for deployment + dogfooding– (1:24:54) Training people to work with their autonomous system– (1:29:54) Greenzie’s business model– (1:35:13) Bootstrapping a startup versus venture capital– (1:39:23) What CBQ learned from bootstrapping– (1:47:38) Future of Greenzie– (1:51:09) Advice to someone starting their career– (1:54:02) Links and social mediaSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Charles Brian Quinn (aka, CBQ), CEO and a Co–Founder of Greenzie. Greenzie make an autonomous driving system for commercial lawn mowers. We talk about Greenzie’s autonomous mowing system, how Greenzie has worked with manufacturers to up–fit their system into comercial mowers, how Greenzie does dog–fooding, safety and standards, and about CBQ’s experiences bootstrapping and with venture capital. EPISODE LINKS: – CBQ’s website: <a href="https://www.seebq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seebq.com/</a> – Greenzie’s website: <a href="https://www.greenzie.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.greenzie.com/</a> – Greenzie’s YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Greenzie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/Greenzie</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:00:51) Introducing CBQ and Greenzie – (0:02:40) Why go by initials? – (0:03:22) Describing the Greenzie autonomous system – (0:08:51) Working with mower manufacturers to up–fit their system – (0:15:22) Software on autonomous system – (0:21:21) Mapping the lawn – (0:28:03) Handling poor GPS signal – (0:33:28) Perception pipeline – (0:38:58) Having a human use their mowers – (0:45:15) Standards in the off–road space – (0:50:18) The value of standards bodies – (0:55:00) Depth cameras in the autonomous system – (0:58:37) LIDAR and being venture backed – (1:02:24) Replacing depth cameras with LIDAR? + Tesla and computer vision – (1:03:50) Ruggedized computer – (1:06:36) Microcontrollers, testing, and visualizing data – (1:12:03) Deploying software updates – (1:17:33) Safety – (1:20:57) Testing for deployment + dogfooding – (1:24:54) Training people to work with their autonomous system – (1:29:54) Greenzie’s business model – (1:35:13) Bootstrapping a startup versus venture capital – (1:39:23) What CBQ learned from bootstrapping – (1:47:38) Future of Greenzie – (1:51:09) Advice to someone starting their career – (1:54:02) Links and social media SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Commercial-grade Autonomous Mowers, Safety, and Dogfooding

Brett Aldrich

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Brett Aldrich, author of SMACC and CEO of Robosoft AI. Robosoft AI develops and maintains SMACC and SMACC2, which are event–driven, behavior state machine libraries for ROS 1 and ROS 2, respectively. Brett explains SMACC, its origins, other strategies for robot control such as behavior trees, speaks about the challenges of developing software for industry users and hobbists, and gives some advice for new roboticists.EPISODE LINKS:– Brett Aldrich’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett–aldrich–42915b97– Robosoft.AI’s website: https://robosoft.ai/– SMACC2 on Github: https://github.com/robosoft–ai/SMACC2– SMACC blog: https://smacc.dev/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:50) Introducing Brett and SMACC– (0:18:58) Events in State Machines– (0:21:01) Clients and Client Behaviors– (0:23:30) State reactors– (0:29:54) Explaining dance bot + hierarchy in states– (0:35:14) Recovery states– (0:38:07) Origins of SMACC– (0:56:47) SMACC and market pull– (1:05:31) Robotics domains using SMACC– (1:08:03) A problem to push the limits of SMACC– (1:12:50) Making ROS packages smaller– (1:18:17) SMACC for industry users– (1:22:23) Making SMACC easy to use?– (1:27:42) Control in many robotics applications– (1:31:16) Comparing state machines to behavior trees– (1:44:40) Future of SMACC– (1:47:01) Advice for those starting out in robotics– (1:50:16) Links and getting involvedSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Brett Aldrich, author of SMACC and CEO of Robosoft AI. Robosoft AI develops and maintains SMACC and SMACC2, which are event–driven, behavior state machine libraries for ROS 1 and ROS 2, respectively. Brett explains SMACC, its origins, other strategies for robot control such as behavior trees, speaks about the challenges of developing software for industry users and hobbists, and gives some advice for new roboticists. EPISODE LINKS: – Brett Aldrich’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett–aldrich–42915b97" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett–aldrich–42915b97</a> – <a href="http://Robosoft.AI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robosoft.AI</a>’s website: <a href="https://robosoft.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://robosoft.ai/</a> – SMACC2 on Github: <a href="https://github.com/robosoft–ai/SMACC2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/robosoft–ai/SMACC2</a> – SMACC blog: <a href="https://smacc.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://smacc.dev/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:50) Introducing Brett and SMACC – (0:18:58) Events in State Machines – (0:21:01) Clients and Client Behaviors – (0:23:30) State reactors – (0:29:54) Explaining dance bot + hierarchy in states – (0:35:14) Recovery states – (0:38:07) Origins of SMACC – (0:56:47) SMACC and market pull – (1:05:31) Robotics domains using SMACC – (1:08:03) A problem to push the limits of SMACC – (1:12:50) Making ROS packages smaller – (1:18:17) SMACC for industry users – (1:22:23) Making SMACC easy to use? – (1:27:42) Control in many robotics applications – (1:31:16) Comparing state machines to behavior trees – (1:44:40) Future of SMACC – (1:47:01) Advice for those starting out in robotics – (1:50:16) Links and getting involved SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

State Machines for Complex Robot Behavior

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO of GelSight, a Boston–based company that makes high resolution tactile sensors for several industries. They talk about how GelSight’s tactile sensors work, GelSight’s new collaboration with Meta AI (formerly, Facebook AI) to manufacture a low cost touch sensor called DIGIT, on the digitization of touch, touch sensing in robotics, how GelSight is investing in community and open source software, and Youssef’s professional path in several industries.EPISODE LINKS:– Youssef Benmokhtar’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssef–benmokhtar–85a2403/– GelSight’s Website: https://gelsight.com/– GelSight’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gelsight/– DIGIT’s open source page: https://digit.ml/– PyTouch library: https://github.com/facebookresearch/PyTouchPODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:00:51) Introducing Youssef and GelSight– (0:07:18) Background of GelSight technology– (0:08:12) What’s hard about it– (0:11:56) Miniaturization– (0:14:40) DIGIT sensor + Collaboration with Meta AI (formerly, Facebook AI)– (0:21:57) Bringing DIGIT from research to a product– (0:28:16) Having a camera in your finger– (0:29:58) DIGIT in robotics applications– (0:43:04) Meta’s plans with tactile sensing– (0:49:12) On the digitization of touch– (0:55:07) On the current state of haptics– (0:58:06) Haptics to verify products and parts– (1:01:06) Growing GelSight– (1:06:03) Open source software and datasets– (1:14:09) Slipping objects and heavy loads– (1:22:44) Youssef’s professional path– (1:32:21) Advice– (1:34:44) Useful habits– (1:36:17) Links and getting in touchSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO of GelSight, a Boston–based company that makes high resolution tactile sensors for several industries. They talk about how GelSight’s tactile sensors work, GelSight’s new collaboration with Meta AI (formerly, Facebook AI) to manufacture a low cost touch sensor called DIGIT, on the digitization of touch, touch sensing in robotics, how GelSight is investing in community and open source software, and Youssef’s professional path in several industries. EPISODE LINKS: – Youssef Benmokhtar’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssef–benmokhtar–85a2403/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssef–benmokhtar–85a2403/</a> – GelSight’s Website: <a href="https://gelsight.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gelsight.com/</a> – GelSight’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/gelsight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/gelsight/</a> – DIGIT’s open source page: <a href="https://digit.ml/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://digit.ml/</a> – PyTouch library: <a href="https://github.com/facebookresearch/PyTouch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/facebookresearch/PyTouch</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:00:51) Introducing Youssef and GelSight – (0:07:18) Background of GelSight technology – (0:08:12) What’s hard about it – (0:11:56) Miniaturization – (0:14:40) DIGIT sensor + Collaboration with Meta AI (formerly, Facebook AI) – (0:21:57) Bringing DIGIT from research to a product – (0:28:16) Having a camera in your finger – (0:29:58) DIGIT in robotics applications – (0:43:04) Meta’s plans with tactile sensing – (0:49:12) On the digitization of touch – (0:55:07) On the current state of haptics – (0:58:06) Haptics to verify products and parts – (1:01:06) Growing GelSight – (1:06:03) Open source software and datasets – (1:14:09) Slipping objects and heavy loads – (1:22:44) Youssef’s professional path – (1:32:21) Advice – (1:34:44) Useful habits – (1:36:17) Links and getting in touch SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Digitization of Touch and Meta AI Partnership

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Disha Sarawgi and Mohammed Kabir, who are Corvus Robotics’s Head of Special Projects, and Co–founder and CTO, respectively. Corvus makes a robotic drone for warehouse inventory management, which may greatly reduce inventory loss. They speak about flying their drone in warehouses, working with customers, safety, fleet management, how Corvus is funded, and they give advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.EPISODE LINKS:– Corvus’s website: https://www.corvus–robotics.com/– Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzI27FyhQY– Disha Sarawgi’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/disha–sarawgi– Mohammed Kabir’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed–kabir–691a1b136PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Disha Sarawgi and Mohammed Kabir, who are Corvus Robotics’s Head of Special Projects, and Co–founder and CTO, respectively. Corvus makes a robotic drone for warehouse inventory management, which may greatly reduce inventory loss. They speak about flying their drone in warehouses, working with customers, safety, fleet management, how Corvus is funded, and they give advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. EPISODE LINKS: – Corvus’s website: <a href="https://www.corvus–robotics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.corvus–robotics.com/</a> – Demo video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzI27FyhQY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzI27FyhQY</a> – Disha Sarawgi’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/disha–sarawgi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/disha–sarawgi</a> – Mohammed Kabir’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed–kabir–691a1b136" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed–kabir–691a1b136</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Flying in Warehouses, Inventory, and Fleet Management

Jason Richards

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Jason Richards, CEO at DaxBot. DaxBot makes a charismatic robot for food delivery. Jason speaks on their delivery robot, their crowdfunding campaign, DaxBot’s revenue model, working with lawmakers to have robots on the sidewalks, and Jason teases their realtime operating system, DaxOS.EPISODE LINKS:– Jason’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason–richards–3821511a2– Daxbot’s website: https://daxbot.com/– Daxbot’s crowdfunding campaign: https://www.startengine.com/daxbotPODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:00:39) Introducing Jason and Daxbot– (0:22:11) Choosing not to have Dax talk– (0:25:11) Human–in–the–loop and controlling Dax– (0:36:00) Deploying Dax– (0:37:00) Daxbot company– (0:40:09) Crowdfunding– (0:59:40) Dax and the novelty effect– (1:06:50) Revenue model, robot–as–a–service, and partnerships– (1:18:07) Stairs?– (1:21:20) Laws around robots on the streets and working with lawmakers– (1:24:32) On not doing silly things to make– (1:30:07) Timeline for Daxbot– (1:32:02) DaxOS– (1:42:55) LinksSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Jason Richards, CEO at DaxBot. DaxBot makes a charismatic robot for food delivery. Jason speaks on their delivery robot, their crowdfunding campaign, DaxBot’s revenue model, working with lawmakers to have robots on the sidewalks, and Jason teases their realtime operating system, DaxOS. EPISODE LINKS: – Jason’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason–richards–3821511a2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason–richards–3821511a2</a> – Daxbot’s website: <a href="https://daxbot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://daxbot.com/</a> – Daxbot’s crowdfunding campaign: <a href="https://www.startengine.com/daxbot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.startengine.com/daxbot</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:00:39) Introducing Jason and Daxbot – (0:22:11) Choosing not to have Dax talk – (0:25:11) Human–in–the–loop and controlling Dax – (0:36:00) Deploying Dax – (0:37:00) Daxbot company – (0:40:09) Crowdfunding – (0:59:40) Dax and the novelty effect – (1:06:50) Revenue model, robot–as–a–service, and partnerships – (1:18:07) Stairs? – (1:21:20) Laws around robots on the streets and working with lawmakers – (1:24:32) On not doing silly things to make – (1:30:07) Timeline for Daxbot – (1:32:02) DaxOS – (1:42:55) Links SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Robotic Food Delivery, Crowdfunding, and Lawmakers

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Tobias Holmes, Quality Assurance Manager at Blue River Technologies. Blue River uses computer vision and robotics in agriculture and was acquired by John Deere in 2017. Tobias speaks about herbicide resistance, spraying weeds, quality assurance and testing on hardware, and on encouraging kids to learn robotics.EPISODE LINKS:– Tobias’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias–holmes–76666369– Blue River Technology: https://bluerivertechnology.com/– FIRST Robotics: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc– Crystal Ray High School (East Bay): https://cristoreydelasalle.org/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:01) Tobias introduces himself– (0:01:27) About Blue River– (0:02:49) Agriculture 101– (0:09:51) How non–row crops are handled– (0:15:59) Row crops and herbicide resistance– (0:21:04) How weeds work– (0:24:20) Strategy for row crops– (0:27:07) Genetically modified crop– (0:28:55) Blue River and John Deere– (0:31:36) What Blue River does best– (0:37:34) John Deere acquisition– (0:41:39) Timeline for Blue River– (0:42:36) What it means to Manage Quality at Blue River– (0:48:50) Quality assurance in hardware– (0:52:32) Machine learning in weed spraying– (1:01:12) Testing systems in the fields– (1:04:22) Thoughts on robotics and agriculture– (1:11:07) Using AI in mechanical design– (1:14:45) Encouraging kids to program + learn robotics– (1:29:32) Advice for students– (1:37:14) LinksSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Tobias Holmes, Quality Assurance Manager at Blue River Technologies. Blue River uses computer vision and robotics in agriculture and was acquired by John Deere in 2017. Tobias speaks about herbicide resistance, spraying weeds, quality assurance and testing on hardware, and on encouraging kids to learn robotics. EPISODE LINKS: – Tobias’ LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias–holmes–76666369" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias–holmes–76666369</a> – Blue River Technology: <a href="https://bluerivertechnology.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bluerivertechnology.com/</a> – FIRST Robotics: <a href="https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc</a> – Crystal Ray High School (East Bay): <a href="https://cristoreydelasalle.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cristoreydelasalle.org/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:01:01) Tobias introduces himself – (0:01:27) About Blue River – (0:02:49) Agriculture 101 – (0:09:51) How non–row crops are handled – (0:15:59) Row crops and herbicide resistance – (0:21:04) How weeds work – (0:24:20) Strategy for row crops – (0:27:07) Genetically modified crop – (0:28:55) Blue River and John Deere – (0:31:36) What Blue River does best – (0:37:34) John Deere acquisition – (0:41:39) Timeline for Blue River – (0:42:36) What it means to Manage Quality at Blue River – (0:48:50) Quality assurance in hardware – (0:52:32) Machine learning in weed spraying – (1:01:12) Testing systems in the fields – (1:04:22) Thoughts on robotics and agriculture – (1:11:07) Using AI in mechanical design – (1:14:45) Encouraging kids to program + learn robotics – (1:29:32) Advice for students – (1:37:14) Links SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Agriculture Robots, Herbicide Resistance, and Education

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Erik Schluntz, co–founder and CTO of Cobalt Robotics, which makes a security guard robot. Erik speaks about how their robot handles elevators, how they have humans–in–the–loop to help their robot make decisions, robot body language, and gives advice for entrepreneurs.EPISODE LINKS:– Cobalt’s website: https://www.cobaltrobotics.com/– Erik’s website: http://www.erikschluntz.com/portfolio/– Video introducing the Cobalt robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PyUjK7JX_c&amp;ab_channel=CobaltRobotics– Video of the Cobalt robot using an elevator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUKCI0ynm6s&amp;ab_channel=CobaltRoboticsPODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:03:35) Having their robot take elevators– (0:18:55) How the sensors are used (aka, fulfilling IoT promises)– (0:22:17) Training the robot as a security guard– (0:27:41) Adding a taser on your robot? + What it means to be a security guard– (0:33:29) On being a technology and security company– (0:36:32) Stopping a thief with their robot– (0:38:08) How fleets of security robots are controlled– (0:40:51) Understanding the human operators– (0:44:42) Tech stack– (0:45:34) Experience with ROS– (0:46:37) Extending ROS packages to work with elevators– (0:50:48) On open source software– (0:52:23) Growing the team– (0:54:13) Manufacturing the Cobalt robot + battle–testing their robots– (0:56:18) Sourcing components– (0:58:37) Making people feel safe around the robot– (1:01:26) Robot body language– (1:02:22) “Dog–fooding” to improve robot body language– (1:04:29) Working with the research community– (1:06:11) Having the Cobalt robot behave like a receptionist during the day– (1:07:41) Impact on security guard jobs– (1:11:19) Human–in–the–loop with robotics applications + levels of autonomy– (1:17:26) How are you using machine learning?– (1:21:40) Erik’s background in startups– (1:24:10) Advice on picking a problem– (1:28:50) Cobalt’s funding– (1:31:02) Advice for founders looking for investors– (1:32:41) Advice on avoiding bad investment– (1:34:44) Advice for a younger you– (1:35:46) Getting in touchSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Erik Schluntz, co–founder and CTO of Cobalt Robotics, which makes a security guard robot. Erik speaks about how their robot handles elevators, how they have humans–in–the–loop to help their robot make decisions, robot body language, and gives advice for entrepreneurs. EPISODE LINKS: – Cobalt’s website: <a href="https://www.cobaltrobotics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cobaltrobotics.com/</a> – Erik’s website: <a href="http://www.erikschluntz.com/portfolio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.erikschluntz.com/portfolio/</a> – Video introducing the Cobalt robot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PyUjK7JX_c&amp;ab_channel=CobaltRobotics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PyUjK7JX_c&amp;ab_channel=CobaltRobotics</a> – Video of the Cobalt robot using an elevator: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUKCI0ynm6s&amp;ab_channel=CobaltRobotics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUKCI0ynm6s&amp;ab_channel=CobaltRobotics</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:03:35) Having their robot take elevators – (0:18:55) How the sensors are used (aka, fulfilling IoT promises) – (0:22:17) Training the robot as a security guard – (0:27:41) Adding a taser on your robot? + What it means to be a security guard – (0:33:29) On being a technology and security company – (0:36:32) Stopping a thief with their robot – (0:38:08) How fleets of security robots are controlled – (0:40:51) Understanding the human operators – (0:44:42) Tech stack – (0:45:34) Experience with ROS – (0:46:37) Extending ROS packages to work with elevators – (0:50:48) On open source software – (0:52:23) Growing the team – (0:54:13) Manufacturing the Cobalt robot + battle–testing their robots – (0:56:18) Sourcing components – (0:58:37) Making people feel safe around the robot – (1:01:26) Robot body language – (1:02:22) “Dog–fooding” to improve robot body language – (1:04:29) Working with the research community – (1:06:11) Having the Cobalt robot behave like a receptionist during the day – (1:07:41) Impact on security guard jobs – (1:11:19) Human–in–the–loop with robotics applications + levels of autonomy – (1:17:26) How are you using machine learning? – (1:21:40) Erik’s background in startups – (1:24:10) Advice on picking a problem – (1:28:50) Cobalt’s funding – (1:31:02) Advice for founders looking for investors – (1:32:41) Advice on avoiding bad investment – (1:34:44) Advice for a younger you – (1:35:46) Getting in touch SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Taking Elevators, Robot Body Language, and Advice for Startups

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Adrian Macneil, Co–founder and CEO of Foxglove. Foxglove makes Foxglove Studio, an open source visualization and debugging tool for robotics. Adrian speaks about the origin of Foxglove, Foxglove’s business model, web and robotics, and gives advice to those interested in getting more involved in robotics.EPISODE LINKS:– Adrian Macneil’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmacneil– Foxglove’s website: https://foxglove.dev/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:00:57) Introducing Adrian and Foxglove– (0:07:54) Origin of Foxglove– (0:24:51) Developer productivity and the future of robotics– (0:27:36) Building the Foxglove team– (0:29:27) Why Adrian’s optimistic about opportunities in robotics– (0:36:05) On putting 1000 engineers on a problem– (0:39:35) Role of open source– (0:42:03) Foxglove’s business model– (0:45:15) Why Foxglove “Studio”?– (0:46:53) How name Foxglove?– (0:48:47) Explaining Foxglove Studio– (0:50:45) Web and robotics– (0:57:31) Web technologies on the backend– (1:00:13) Reflecting on his work at Coinbase and Cruise– (1:06:27) Timeline for autonomous cars + levels of autonomy– (1:12:00) Advice for those interested in robotics– (1:15:09) Info on getting in touch and contributing– (1:16:33) OutroSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Adrian Macneil, Co–founder and CEO of Foxglove. Foxglove makes Foxglove Studio, an open source visualization and debugging tool for robotics. Adrian speaks about the origin of Foxglove, Foxglove’s business model, web and robotics, and gives advice to those interested in getting more involved in robotics. EPISODE LINKS: – Adrian Macneil’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmacneil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmacneil</a> – Foxglove’s website: <a href="https://foxglove.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://foxglove.dev/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> OUTLINE: – (0:00:00) Start – (0:00:57) Introducing Adrian and Foxglove – (0:07:54) Origin of Foxglove – (0:24:51) Developer productivity and the future of robotics – (0:27:36) Building the Foxglove team – (0:29:27) Why Adrian’s optimistic about opportunities in robotics – (0:36:05) On putting 1000 engineers on a problem – (0:39:35) Role of open source – (0:42:03) Foxglove’s business model – (0:45:15) Why Foxglove “Studio”? – (0:46:53) How name Foxglove? – (0:48:47) Explaining Foxglove Studio – (0:50:45) Web and robotics – (0:57:31) Web technologies on the backend – (1:00:13) Reflecting on his work at Coinbase and Cruise – (1:06:27) Timeline for autonomous cars + levels of autonomy – (1:12:00) Advice for those interested in robotics – (1:15:09) Info on getting in touch and contributing – (1:16:33) Outro SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Open Source Visualization and Debugging Tool for Robotics

Ryan Gariepy

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Ryan Gariepy, Chief Technology Officer of both Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors. Ryan speaks about the origin of Clearpath, how Clearpath focuses on making reliable robots, and the future of robotics.EPISODE LINKS:– CBQ’s website: https://www.seebq.com/– Greenzie’s website: https://www.greenzie.com/– Greenzie’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GreenziePODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Ryan Gariepy, Chief Technology Officer of both Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors. Ryan speaks about the origin of Clearpath, how Clearpath focuses on making reliable robots, and the future of robotics. EPISODE LINKS: – CBQ’s website: <a href="https://www.seebq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seebq.com/</a> – Greenzie’s website: <a href="https://www.greenzie.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.greenzie.com/</a> – Greenzie’s YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Greenzie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/Greenzie</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

Growing Clearpath with Open Source Software

Dave Coleman

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Dave Coleman, Chief Executive Officer at PickNik Robotics. Dave speaks at a high level about what MoveIt is and what problems it helps roboticists solve, they talk about supervised autonomy, including a collaboration with NASA and MoveIt Studio, and Dave talks about MoveIt 3.0.EPISODE LINKS:– Dave Coleman’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.cn/in/davetcoleman– PickNik’s website: https://picknik.ai/– MoveIt’s website: https://moveit.ros.org/– MoveIt Studio’s website: https://picknik.ai/studio/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Dave Coleman, Chief Executive Officer at PickNik Robotics. Dave speaks at a high level about what MoveIt is and what problems it helps roboticists solve, they talk about supervised autonomy, including a collaboration with NASA and MoveIt Studio, and Dave talks about MoveIt 3.0. EPISODE LINKS: – Dave Coleman’s LinkedIn profile: <a href="https://www.linkedin.cn/in/davetcoleman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.cn/in/davetcoleman</a> – PickNik’s website: <a href="https://picknik.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://picknik.ai/</a> – MoveIt’s website: <a href="https://moveit.ros.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://moveit.ros.org/</a> – MoveIt Studio’s website: <a href="https://picknik.ai/studio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://picknik.ai/studio/</a> PODCAST INFO: – Podcast website: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com</a> – Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036</a> – Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d</a> – RSS: <a href="https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml</a> – Full episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast</a> – Clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDg</a> SOCIAL: – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sense_think_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sense_think_act</a> – Discourse: <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71</a>

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