# Episode 105: Working with robots in industry - Gianmarco Pisanelli

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2025-01-17
- Length: 33m
- Episode: 105
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-105-gianmarco-pisanelli-working-with-robots-in-industry

## Summary

Gianmarco Pisanelli, a tech fellow at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), discusses bridging the gap between academic robotics research and industrial application. He explains how the AMRC operates at Technology Readiness Levels 4-6, focusing on collaborative robots (cobots), robotic simulations, and intuitive interfaces like ROS Industrial and augmented reality. Pisanelli highlights significant barriers to adoption, including regulatory lag, the non-deterministic nature of AI in safety-critical contexts, and the physical challenges of simulating flexible materials like wires.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli#t=7) Introduction: Claire Asher and Gianmarco Pisanelli
- [2:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli#t=135) AMRC History and Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)
- [6:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli#t=404) Funding Models and Industry Collaboration at AMRC
- [9:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli#t=596) The Gap Between University AI Research and Industrial Reality
- [13:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli#t=799) Barriers to Collaborative Robots: Safety, Standards, and Trust
- [22:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli#t=1328) Robotic Coil Manufacturing and Simulation Challenges
- [26:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-01-17-episode-105-working-with-robots-in-industry-gianmarco-pisanelli#t=1615) Intuitive Interfaces: ROS Industrial, AR, and Speech

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (company)
- University of Sheffield (company)
- Boeing (company)
- Rolls-Royce (company)
- JLR (company)
- ROS (other)
- HoloLens (product)
- Unity (tool)

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