High row: Jordan Bryan and Saman Farid. Backside row: Florian Pestoni, Richard Petrazzini, and Joe Wieciek.
Making robots work at scale takes rather more than intelligent {hardware}. With sufficient effort, it’s doable to make a small proof-of-concept with a handful of robots working. However what does it take to maintain including zeros?
RoboBusiness 2025, which takes place Oct. 15 and 16 on the Santa Clara Conference Middle, will function “Scaling Robotic Deployments: from 5 to 5M.” Throughout this panel, robotics veterans will talk about their hard-earned classes about driving operational efficiencies by way of scale, from preliminary deployment to world orchestration.
Past simply technical components, the panel will sort out different key success components, similar to worker coaching, evolving roles, and the necessity for government assist. Attendees can anticipate candid insights on what’s working, what nonetheless breaks, and the way the business can construct towards scalable automation.
Paneleists embody robotics founders and leaders
The panelists embody:
- Bear Robotics’ Director of Operations Jordan Bryan: Since becoming a member of Bear Robotics in 2021, Bryan has helped obtain 25x progress in month-to-month lively robots and 33x progress in month-to-month lively areas. He did this whereas main a number of the largest groups at Bear throughout a interval when the corporate grew fivefold. Bryan is accountable optimizing back-office operations for effectivity and productiveness. Utilizing a mix of strategic management, innovation, and meticulous consideration to element, he has spearheaded initiatives that drive progress, improve operational excellence, and elevate buyer satisfaction. Earlier than Bear Robotics, Bryan held roles at Stryker, Mobius Imaging, and Brainlab.
- Formic Founder and CEO Saman Farid: Formic is a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) firm on a mission to assist U.S. producers overcome labor and productiveness challenges by way of automation. By eliminating the standard monetary and operational boundaries to automation adoption, Farid is enabling companies to attain the throughput, high quality, and security they should develop. He has been concerned with expertise and robotics all through his profession, constructing and promoting two expertise corporations. Previous to Formic, Farid ran the $600 million world funding fund for Baidu Ventures, specializing in synthetic intelligence, machine studying, and their results on the best way we work and dwell.
- InOrbit.AI Founder and CEO Florian Pestoni: Pestoni is an entrepreneur with hands-on expertise bringing progressive merchandise to market. As founder and CEO of InOrbit, an AI-powered orchestration platform, he drives the corporate’s imaginative and prescient and technique to assist optimize every part that strikes. InOrbit works with enterprise prospects around the globe to scale their robotic operations (RobOps) and has constructed a world ecosystem of companions and tools distributors. As co-founder of the Robotic Operations Group (ROG), a community-led group of consultants in scaling robotic deployments, Pestoni is enthusiastic about elevating consciousness round RobOps and co-organizes RobOpsCon, the highest convention for robotic operations. He’s an investor, advisor, board member, and mentor to startup founders.
- Robotic Crew Co-founder and CEO Richard Petrazzini: Robotic Crew is an progressive firm within the discipline of robotics and AI, targeted on robotic human sources, robotic growth, and specialised software program. As well as, Petrazzini is a board member and co-founder at Wedevelop, an organization devoted to the event of internet software program for companies. These three corporations, underneath the nearshore mannequin, provide their companies primarily to the U.S. market, highlighting his capacity to know and meet the calls for of the trendy enterprise world. Petrazzini has a level in biochemistry and later accomplished a grasp’s diploma in medical molecular biology on the College of Buenos Aires. As well as, he added an MBA to his resume.
- Agtonomy Director of QA & Technical Joe Wieciek: Wieciek is a seasoned robotics chief and unapologetic ops nerd, identified for scaling robotic fleets from scrappy prototypes to sturdy, real-world deployments. As director of high quality assurance (QA) and technical operations at Agtonomy, he’s serving to flip clever tractors into the way forward for sustainable agriculture. Beforehand, Wieciek led fleet operations at Outrider, advancing automation in yard logistics, and at Mind Corp., he performed a key function in scaling one of many world’s largest autonomous cellular robotic deployments. Wieciek can also be a co-founder of ROG. He’s a frequent speaker on subjects like “the messy center” of robotic deployment, system reliability at scale, and why QA deserves a seat on the desk from Day 1.
Register for RoboBusiness at the moment!
Based in 2004, RoboBusiness is the premier occasion for builders and suppliers of business robots. The occasion is produced by WTWH Media, which additionally produces The Robotic Report, Automated Warehouse, and the Robotics Summit & Expo.
This 12 months’s convention may even function greater than 60 audio system, a startup workshop, the annual Pitchfire competitors, and quite a few networking alternatives. Over 100 exhibitors on the present ground will showcase their newest enabling applied sciences, merchandise, and companies to assist remedy your robotics growth challenges.
RoboBusiness will likely be co-located with DeviceTalks West, the premier business occasion for medical expertise professionals. Each occasions appeal to engineering and enterprise professionals from a broad vary of healthcare and medical expertise backgrounds.
Registration is now open for RoboBusiness 2025.
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