Collaborating for excellence - Episode IV

Summary

Diving into industrial automation can be complex. To reach your highest ambitions using automation involves sharing challenges, ideas and together coming up with solutions that can set you on a path to success. We call it collaboration, and it’s the topic of this episode. Between the topic of synergy and building a robust ecosystem of partners, the specialists around the table talk about the UR20 robot and the possibilities it opens for manufacturers all over the world.

UR20 robot

Joe Campbell (Moderator)

Joe Campbell is a veteran of the robotics industry. After executive assignments in operations, customer service, sales, and marketing, Joe is now head of North America marketing and solutions development for Universal Robots.

Annelie Dyring-Bro

Annelie Dyring-Bro is Universal Robots’ strategic service director. With extensive experience in diverse industries from food&beverage to telecommunications, Annelie brings business development and strategy implementation expertise to the table.

Josh Pawley

Josh is the vice-president of business development and a founding partner at Vectis Automation– a company specializing in welding & cutting solutions and a Universal Robots partner. Josh has more than ten years of experience in bringing robotics and welding closer together and creating safer and more attractive work environments in manufacturing.

Keith Fox

Keith is the global director of Industry Segments at Universal Robots. His background in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and more than 20 years of experience in industrial automation and robotics make him a prominent voice in the robotics industry.

Samuel Bouchard

Samuel is the CEO and co-founder of Robotiq and the author of Lean Robotics: A Guide to Making Robots Work in Your Factory. Building on his passion for robotics and while he was still finishing his Ph.D., Samuel created Robotiq in 2008 with the mission of freeing human hands from repetitive tasks.

Steffen Künstner

Steffen Künstner is the CEO of Jugard+Künstner, a family-owned German company in the tool-making and mechanical engineering industries. After 75 successful years, Jugard+Künstner identified a market gap and, at Steffen's hands, decided to take the leap into robotics in 2011.