This Is Robotics: Radio News #19

Hi folks, and welcome once again to This Is Robotics: Radio News, Episode #19For two years running now, we are the #1 Robotics News Podcast worldwide…and you my dear folks put us at #1. Thank you very much.Thanks for joining us todayTopping the news of the month is Walmart with its blockbuster 5-year plan filled to the brim with automation and robots.  A story we call: Walmart Goes All-In for Robots.In short, it’s a massive upside for the entire robotics industry.That’s sure to prompt other retailers to follow suit. Some already have and are ahead of Walmart. Even Walmart’s suppliers are sure to speed things up as well. Got to get those gazillions of cans of Campbell’s soup shipped to Walmart’s 4700 stores either fast or faster.Walmart vendors winning out: Symbotic, GreyOrange & Alert Innovation. Check out the Robotiq blog for the full storyThen we’re off to a factory automation story circa 1803, the world’s very first automated factory, from which the reverberations, here 200 years later, still ring out loudly. The noted historian Simon Winchester wrote about it, and he’ll narrate what happened. The Future of Warehouse Work: Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry.As he does, think about robot-driven automation in today’s warehouses and factories. There’s a lot of relevance for where today’s automation is headed.Following Simon and the world’s first automated factory from 1803, is our piece on Australian robotics. Once high-flying, Australian robotics went into an eclipse after the 2014 budget cuts. Listen to the sadly haunting news clip from 2014 that recounts the tragedy. And now the country wants a return to its former glory. Here, a decade on, is that possible? Know this, the world needs Australian robotics and Australian innovation. It’s a tragedy that the government let it wither. Can Australia now make a comeback? Is Australian Robotics Making a Comeback?Heartfelt Thanks for Making This Is Robotics the #1 Global Robotics News Podcast