There’s no better way to discover what’s at the heart of Waypoint Robotics’ mission to serve workers within small to mid-sized distribution and manufacturing companies than to hear directly from our fearless leader, CEO Jason Walker. He was recently featured on an episode of the acclaimed podcast from The Robot Report. (Above photo credit: Gene Demaitre)
AMRs, ROS, & Racing
During the 45 minute conversation, veteran robotics reporters and hosts Gene Demaitre and Steve Crowe talk all things AMR with Jason, including misconceptions of customers, the importance of workforce-first design for fast adoption, his affinity for ROS, and how his experience as a race car engineer prepared him for robotics. Jason also hits on why mobile manipulation is a trend to watch, including a teaser of some of Waypoint’s work coming down the pipeline. Here’s the podcast in its entirety (also found on ITunes & YouTube):
On Oct. 26th, you can hear more from Jason during his keynote at the RIA Autonomous Mobile Robot Conference. He will be show how companies of all sizes can speed up deployment of mobile robots by including the workforce in the automation process early and often.
Autonomous Mobile Robot Conference – October 26-27, 2020 – Virtual
1:05 pm – 1:40 pm ET: How to Speed Up Deployment of Mobile Robots by Including Your Workforce
Jason Walker, Waypoint Robotics. Register for free.
Want to see Vector or MAV3K omnidirectional, autonomous mobile robots in action? Contact us to schedule a time for a virtual demo!
