Robot Thought Leaders Zach Tomkinson & Chris Savoia

Chris and Zach interview Joe Sullivan founder of Gorilla 76 and Industrial Marketing agency with the goal of transforming their clients marketing strategy.  

 We discuss:  

Social Media Strategy 

Outbound Marketing and Email strategy 

Online Content Generation  

Episodic Webinars 

Are Tradeshows Dead?

Zach and Chris interview Ryan Weaver of Axis New England we talk:  


UR's US start up 
Ryan's robot and cobot history
Artificial Intelligence 
What is LOI? How does it relate to ROI? 
Customer Pain vs. Ease of solution vs. ROI 
WPI  
How customer needs and technology has changed in the last 5 years 
Where are we headed?

Darrell Adams Director of Sales for Gideon Brothers joins us to discuss:  

Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR's) capabilities and new TECH 

Sales similarities and the differences between selling Robotic Arms like UR  

AMR market focus and where the new potential markets are.. 

Indoor AMR's vs Outdoor?

Sales Training - THE BEST SALES TRAINING PROGRAM! 

Gideon Brothers Background 

Company dynamics and how Product, R&D, and Sales work together

Chris and Zach host Sven Schmidt CEO and Co Founder of Artiminds we discuss:  

-Sven's extensive robotics background 

-How Artiminds was founded 

-How the German government/universities allow for start ups to thrive

-The future of Automation  

-Where does technology stand as it pertains to AI and Deep Learining 

-Where Artiminds is focused  

-How Teleoperations has changed since Covid  



....and much more.

Jake Hall, The Manufacturing Millennial joins Chris and Zach on the Robot Thought Leaders podcast to discuss: 

- How Jake came up with the idea for The Manufacturing Millennial 

- What trends are happening in manufacturing now? 

- How has Covid changed the manufacturing floor? 

- How has China changed the way the world views Robots? 

- What are some cutting edge companies people need to pay attention to? 

- Are the investments being put into these Mobile Robot companies worth 75x forward revenue?

Chris and Zach interview Greg Smith the President of the Industrial Automation Group that oversee UR, MIR, and AutoGuide.  

We talk about: 

-How to realize the growth expectations in robotics 

-How application specific products/solutions are shaping the future years 

-Why sharing knowledge on a Peer to Peer basis to achieve success/growth 

-How Marketing is changing rapidly and the need for authenticity

-Greg's background and how he become President of Automation Group 

-Greg's favorite robot company!?