Managing Mobile Robots and Goods-to-Person Systems
Contrary to the popular belief that robots will replace people, goods-to-person systems move shelves, bins or totes to workers. In addition to tools for managing robot operations, operators can improve efficiency — as long as all parties understand their processes and throughput. This panel will examine best practices for coordinating robots, workers, and other systems.
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Panelists
Nick Leonard,
SVP of Product at SVT Robotics
With extensive domain and software leadership experience, Nick ingeniously bridges the realms of business and technology, honed through his journey rising through project management and solutions architecture. At SVT, Nick shapes the overall product vision, ensuring the company remains at the cutting edge of robotic process automation. Beyond the office, Nick prides himself on being a mentor, tech enthusiast, and avid reader.
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CEO & co-founder, InOrbit
Florian is an accomplished business leader and author, with hands-on experience bringing innovative products to market. As InOrbit’s CEO and co-founder, Florian leads strategy, fundraising and go-to-market activities. He is passionate about raising awareness around the new category of RobOps, sharing his compelling vision for the evolution of robotics and the future of work. He is also a co-founder of the Robot Operations Group, a community-led organization of experts in scaling robot deployments. Florian is an investor, advisor, board member, and mentor to young startup founders.
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Sr. Health Systems Engineer, Mayo Clinic
Chris joined Mayo Clinic in 2011 as a process improvement manager and accepted the health systems engineer position in 2016. He has bachelor's degrees in industrial engineering and supply chain management from Purdue University, as well as an MBA from Western Governors University. Prior to Joining Mayo Clinic, Tourney was a manager in supply chain for IU Health in Indianapolis and was a business consultant for Galaxy Chemical in Cincinnati.
Since joining Mayo Clinic, Tourney has had several roles, ranging from process improvement manager, quality outcomes supervisor, and health system engineer, workingd on a wide variety of healthcare projects. In more recent years, he has focused on the strategy for bringing robotics and automation into the hospital of the future.
Tourney currently leads workgroups assigned to evaluate and implement a fleet management system along with evaluating facilities infrastructure requirements for mobile robots.
Moderator
Eugene Demaitre
Eugene is editorial director
of Robotics 24/7.
