How Robotics and Automation Projects Can Fail in Manufacturing, and How to Make Yours Successful

Robotics and automation are fantastic tools that can boost manufacturing competitiveness, allow for more ambitious business goals, and improve workforce morale and productivity. However, if robots are deployed on the manufacturing floor without consideration of several important factors, they can fall short of expectations and achieving their ROI. If you are a manufacturer looking to learn about these important factors for consideration and steps to reduce the risk of your robotics project falling flat, then tune in.

About the Speaker:
Tasha Miller is a Sr. Program Manager at the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute. In this role, Tasha is responsible for managing a $14 million dollar grant that has created a Robotics Manufacturing Hub with 4 de-risking robotic cells and a team of engineers that help manufacturers prove out robotics for their applications. The de-risking cells contain a combination of collaborative and industrial robots, 2D vision, 3D vision, laser scanning, pneumatics, electronics, magnetics, welding, material removal, and a suite of modeling and simulation software.

Prior to joining ARM, Tasha worked at Eaton and Siemens as a program manager. She also worked at Pittsburgh robotics company, Near Earth Autonomy. Additionally, Tasha served in the US Air Force as a systems and flight test engineer and continues part time in the US Air Force Reserve. She holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Massachusetts Lowell and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Youngstown State University.