# Episode Twelve – Manufacturing Robotics: onto the factory floor

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2021-11-26
- Length: 38m
- Episode: 12
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor

## Summary

Dr Gilbert Tang of Cranfield University, Dr Prasad Manorathna of Siemens, and Dr Paul Shepherd of the University of Bath discuss the evolution of manufacturing robotics. They cover applications ranging from food and aerospace to electronics and construction, highlighting the shift toward human-robot collaboration, in-house automation development, and the use of AI for assembly and sustainable building techniques.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor#t=7) Introduction: Manufacturing Robotics Overview
- [1:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor#t=107) Gilbert Tang on Food and Aerospace Robotics
- [6:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor#t=360) Human-Robot Collaboration in Aerospace
- [11:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor#t=717) Prasad Manorathna on Siemens Automation and AI
- [17:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor#t=1061) Siemens' Shift to In-House Robotics Development
- [25:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor#t=1547) Paul Shepherd on Computational Design and Acorn
- [32:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-11-26-episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor#t=1971) Aerial Additive Manufacturing and Swarm Drones

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, large enterprises, makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Cranfield University (company)
- Siemens (company)
- University of Bath (company)
- BuroHappold (company)
- MK:U (company)
- Loughborough University (company)
- EPSRC UK Robotics Network (other)
- G 115 D (product)
- G 120 X (product)
- Acorn (product)
- St. Paul's Cathedral (other)
- Westminster Abbey (other)
- Imperial College (company)
- UCL (company)

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- [Beyond Manufacturing: AI-Powered Robotics and the Long Tail of Commercial Innovation](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-08-15-beyond-manufacturing-ai-powered-robotics-and-the-long-tail-of-commercial-innovat) (The Robot Report Podcast)
- [Automate 2025 Recap](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-05-17-automate-2025-recap) (The Robot Report Podcast)
- [The Future Of Food Automation: How Chef Robotics Tackles Labor Shortages With Ai Robots](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2024-11-27-the-future-of-food-automation-how-chef-robotics-tackles-labor-shortages-with-ai) (Over the Air)
- [Amplifiers of the workforce: The future of robots in manufacturing w/ Ryan Lillibridge](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2021-04-06-amplifiers-of-the-workforce-the-future-of-robots-in-manufacturing-w-ryan-lillibr) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [Electronica 24: The Rise of AI-Powered Robotics at Fideltronik and Beyond](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-09-electronica-24-the-rise-of-ai-powered-robotics-at-fideltronik-and-beyond) (EMS@C-LEVEL)

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