How a trip to Japan started Robotics Trends & RoboBusiness w/Dan Kara

What this episode covers

Dan Kara is Vice President at WTWH Media, a media company that serves engineering, business and investment professionals through 40+ web sites, 5 print publications, along with many other technical and business events. The network includes The Robot Report, an online technical, business and investment news and information portal focused on robotics and intelligent systems, as well as the Robotics Summit Conference and Exposition, which addresses the technical issues involved with the design, development, manufacture and delivery of commercial robotics and intelligent systems products and services. Dan talks about how a trip to Japan made him start Robotics Trends & RoboBusiness. He also shares his views on what is going on in robotics. Like many others, Dan found robotics early in science fiction. When he was looking for a new challenge, having left the IT industry, a trip to Robodex in Japan inspired him to start Robotics Trends & RoboBusiness. We hear how the focus has shifted from military applications in the early 2000s to more and more consumer focused progress. Agility in production is also discussed as consumer demand pushes manufacturers to refocus from large scale production of similar items to more customer focused production.