- Post Date: July 25, 2022
Category: Podcast
Roboticist Chronicles: 40 Years of Advanced Manufacturing with Wayne Mausbach
In this episode of The Roboticist Chronicles, Dan Allford jumps into The Wayback Machine, joined by an old colleague, Wayne Mausbach P.E.. Follow along as they reminisce on how they met, competing for work in the rock bit industry, past technologies, and other memories.
- Post Date: July 12, 2022
Roboticist Chronicles: Dan’s Business Secrets Episode 03 Commercial Real Estate
In this episode of The Roboticist Chronicles, Barrett J. Gibson, of Colliers-International, stops by H.A.T. Studio to discuss the purchasing of commercial real estate on this installment of Dan’s Business Secrets.
- Post Date: July 6, 2022
Roboticist Chronicles: Dan’s Business Secrets Episode 02 Patents
In this episode of The Roboticist Chronicles, we take a trip to downtown Houston where we visit John S. Egbert of Egbert, McDaniel & Swartz to discuss the subject of patent law.
- Post Date: June 28, 2022
Roboticist Chronicles: Dan’s Business Secrets Episode 01 Leadership
I have been an entrepreneur since 1983. Historically, 90% of start-ups fail. I have yet to bankrupt one (knock on wood). People ask how I did it. So we are going to do a series on Dan’s Business Secrets, or Dan’s BS for short. Since I learn from others, I will have numerous guests on the podcast.
- Post Date: June 8, 2022
Roboticist Chronicles: Dan’s Business Secrets Episode 00
I have been an entrepreneur since 1983. Historically 90% of start-ups fail. I have yet to bankrupt one (knock on wood). People ask me how I did it. So we are going to do a series on Dan’s Business Secrets or Dan’s BS for short.
- Post Date: May 26, 2022
Roboticist Chronicles: Bruce Arnold & Advanced American Technology Inc.
My guest on this episode is an old friend, Bruce E. Arnold. We are both Oil & Gas manufacturing guys starting back to the ’70s.
- Post Date: February 22, 2022
Roboticist Chronicles: Trey Parrish & Bird Dog Industrial Solutions LLC.
Trey and I go way back in the welding automation business. Trey has focused on field welding, while I have concentrated on machines operating in factories. But the two fields are merging. Robots are becoming smaller and more flexible. These advancements allow robots to move to the field. Flexibility allows our systems to adapt to the variable parts and changing environment in field welding. Also, as the systems become smaller and more portable, deploying them in the field becomes more practical.
- Post Date: February 15, 2022
Roboticist Chronicles: Fabtech 2021 Show Floor Report
This episode of The Roboticist Chronicles is brought to you from the show floor of #FABTECH2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Allford sits down with his fellow exhibitors, Weld Tooling Corporation (Bug-O Systems), ATI Industrial Automation, and Xiris Automation Inc. , and discusses the tradeshow’s state since the pandemic and what new exciting products and initiatives are on the horizon.
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- Post Date: September 24, 2021










