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AI Powered Robotic Picking at Promat 2019 with Vince Martinelli, Jim Liefer, Pete Blair, Sean Davis and Erik Nieves


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09 July 2019



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In this episode, join our interviewer Andrew Vaziri at Promat 2019, the largest expo for manufacturing and supply chain professionals in North and South America. Andrew interviews a handful of companies which provide warehouse fulfillment robots that can autonomous pick and place items. Our guests explain how advances in AI have made autonomous picking possible. They also talk about the unique technologies they use to stand out in a crowded field of competing products.

The guests in the order they appear are:
Vince Martinelli, Head of Product and Marketing, RightHand Robotics
Jim Liefer, CEO, Kindred
Pete Blair, VP of Marketing, Berkshire Grey
Sean Davis, Technical Product Manager, Osaro
Erik Nieves, CEO, Plus One Robotics

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