過去50年近くで最も低い失業率を記録する今日、ビンピッキング自動化は緊急の課題です。アメリカでは製造業に携わる労働者の38%が部品箱と製造機械との間で部品移動を行っていますが、今なお求人50万件で人員確保ができていません。自動化産業はこのニーズを満たすべく努力を重ねています。自動化の見本市にはビンピッキングという難題を解決したという企業が毎回新たに数社参加してきます。
Eric Truebenbach is Director of Corporate Development at Teradyne. Eric is currently acting as head of business development for robot applications at Energid, which was recently acquired by Teradyne. He specializes in identifying market opportunities created by combining new technology, applications, and best-in-class companies. Prior to his current position, Eric has served as leader of an internal startup, engineering manager, project manager, architect, and electronics engineer. He holds many patents in automation and instrumentation design, and has authored papers and been a speaker at technical conferences.