Hey y'all! Had a fantastic day talking automation & workforce topics at the COBOT AUTOMATION SUMMIT with the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Foundation at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, IA!
I love local events! Micro-events like this are a powerful way to make local connections & drive real change in your community!
Attendees gained insights from multiple parts:
✅ Keynote from Mark Barglof of Kinetic Technologies LLC talking about the benefits & differences of traditional robots and collaborative cobots.
✅ Exhibits & application demos from multiple brands & vendors! Special thanks to the folks at Kinetic & MSD SALES, INC. for showing the Universal Robots UR3e, UR5e, UR10e being used for vision driven picking, getting hands on & demonstrating the easy to use Hirebotics cobot welding solution!
✅ Panel on workforce & automation support with panelists from local universities & government talking about grants & support available to manufacturers on their automation journey.
✅ Panel on automation with cobots where we talked about advice for cobot success.
Check out the video for all the insights and answers to questions like:
✅ Why use an integrator versus do it myself?
✅ When to use a cobot versus a traditional robot?
✅ How can I get help paying for automation investments?
✅ What advice can you give to get started with automation?
Thanks to Mike Ralston & team for hosting the event! Nice to meet so many great folks from Iowa manufacturing, really appreciate you having me!
💡 For those who attended? What's something new you learned?
Until next time, ask youself:
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗶 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁?
WILL HEALY III
Universal Robots | AMIP Cincy
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