Autonomous Floor Scrubbing Robot with Avidbots' Pablo Molina
Podcast #74 of The Robot Industry Podcast and I am happy to have Pablo Molina, Chairman, CTO, VP of Product & Co-Founder of Avidbots Inc. join me. Avidbots is an automomous robot company located in Kitchener, Ontario. I disclose that Avidbots is a past client when, they were just getting started in their commercialization.
A bit about Pablo: Pablo’s vision is to live in a world where robots and humans work together in everyday life. He has been building robots since the early days of his undergraduate program at the University of Waterloo. After graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechatronics Engineering, Pablo received his Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Carleton University in Space Robotics. He quickly applied his space robotics know-how working as an autonomous navigation designer at NepTec Design Group before co-founding Avidbots with Faizan Sheikh in 2014. When Pablo isn’t working with robots or thinking about tasks to automate, he enjoys playing keyboards in music bands, working out, and playing soccer.
Pablo, welcome to the podcast. It’s good to talk with you again. Can you tell our listeners about Neo, your floor-scrubbing autonomous robot?
We know that cleaning floors is a perfect match for robotics and automation. Have you seen more interest in Neo, especially post-pandemic?
You are on the 8th edition of the robot that you built from scratch, correct? Can you tell us some of the recent advancements for Neo?
Your focus has been on clean warehouses, airports, retail malls and universities, and larger retail spaces. Is this still the case or has your customer target changed?
You are building robots in Kitchener, Ontario, correct? Can you talk about your Canadian and global reach?
What are the big motivators for your customer base? What is their ROI? Cleanliness, staffing?
There are a lot of sensors in Neo. What is most important and what other sensors are you thinking about? Do customers provide any specific sensor requests?
How important is data to your customer base? How is Neo leading the way in leveraging data for an efficient and effective clean?
Can you talk about the purchasing journey for a floor-scrubbing robot?
Can you talk about the rise of multi-functional robots?
What is the future of cleaning robotics? How must the commercial AMR market evolve and challenge the status quo to make robots more accessible?
Personal question, what do you like to do when you are not thinking about floor-scrubbing robots? (you can opt out if you are not comfortable)
How can people get a hold of you or learn more about Avidbots?
To find out more about Avidbots, check them out. If you would like to reach out Pablo, here is his LinkedIn and you can also reach out to Avidbots on their website https://www.avidbots.com/
Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for subscribing, thanks for listening.
Regards,
Jim
Jim Beretta
Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast
Thanks to Pablo Molina and our partners: A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot.
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