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Every published episode of Factory on Air and Robosapiens. Each card links to the episode page with the full recording.
Factory on Air • Season 2 • Episode 04
Why CMMI and data governance must come before AI: moving from tribal knowledge to institutional capability and reaching Maturity Level 3.
Factory on Air • Season 2 • Episode 03
How the Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) and its 3-8-16 matrix turn digital ambitions into a justified, benchmarked investment plan.
Factory on Air • Season 2 • Episode 02
The ADMA (Advanced Manufacturing) methodology and its Seven Transformations: a holistic blueprint for European manufacturers moving towards the Factory of the Future.
Factory on Air • Season 2 • Episode 01
The Digital Development Roadmap (DRD) by DBR77: simulate first, procure second, and turn a validated Digital Twin into a comparable RFP.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 24
How IoT sensors and AI turn quality control from end-of-line inspection into real-time defect prevention.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 23
Moving from static, spreadsheet-based schedules to dynamic, AI-supported production planning that adapts to real events.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 22
How IoT, Digital Twin and AI work together to create a proactive, adaptable factory driven by real-time data.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 21
How simulation and WMS/IoT data help redesign warehouse layouts, picking routes and schedules without disrupting live operations.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 20
Milk Run and Kanban explained, and how simulation and real-time data help choose and tune the right intralogistics system without disrupting production.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 19
How to turn a static Value Stream Map into a live view of the value stream and analyse real machine loads to balance production lines.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 18
How a Digital Twin acts as a risk-free sandbox to remove transport, inventory, motion, waiting and other Lean wastes before changing the real shop floor.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 17
How to test and compare alternative production scenarios in a Digital Twin and choose the best one based on KPIs, not intuition.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 16
How to design, test and optimise a new factory layout in a Digital Twin before construction starts, avoiding costly design flaws.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 15
How a real-time Digital Twin of the whole plant combines machine, warehouse, quality and logistics data into one live view for faster decisions.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 14
Why thousands of tiny, unrecorded stops cost more than major breakdowns, and how to track, classify and analyse every stop for continuous improvement.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 13
How precise failure data, IoT readings and automated reports help maintenance teams find root causes faster and prevent repeat breakdowns.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 12
How to deliver the right information to the right workstation at the right time, with mobile tools and digital work instructions that cut errors and reaction times.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 11
How real-time machine data, material availability checks and what-if simulations turn production scheduling from guesswork into a reliable process.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 10
Why nameplate capacity misleads, and how real cycle data and Digital Twin what-if scenarios define true throughput and fair work standards.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 09
The six most common root causes of low OEE and a data-driven method to trace every lost minute back to its source.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 08
What availability, performance and quality really tell you, how to catch undocumented micro-stoppages, and how one plant raised OEE from 62% to 75%.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 07
How IoT sensors and live dashboards give full visibility of the shop floor, so downtime, errors and bottlenecks are spotted instantly instead of in yesterday's reports.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 06
The real cost of poor quality, AI-powered vision systems and process-condition monitoring that stop defects at the source.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 05
Where high operating costs come from in production, and how real-time energy monitoring and Digital Twin simulations help cut energy use and material losses.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 04
How to find hidden bottlenecks, use hard data and risk-free simulations to redesign the shop floor, and unlock higher productivity.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 03
A practical introduction to predictive maintenance: how AI and sensor data forecast failures early, reduce downtime and turn maintenance into a value driver.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 02
The true cost of unplanned downtime and a practical path from reactive firefighting to a data-driven, predictive maintenance strategy based on IoT data.
Factory on Air • Season 1 • Episode 01
How real-time production monitoring exposes micro-stoppages and hidden downtime, which KPIs really matter, and how to start without a big CAPEX or IT overhaul.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 14
Jacek Skudlarski (Warsaw University of Life Sciences) on Agriculture 4.0 vs. Industry 4.0, technology trends in farming and agricultural robotics.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 15
Mateusz Kujawiński from HetBot on the potential of the mobile robot market.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 13
Mariusz Hetmańczyk (Future Industry Platform Foundation) on digital development roadmaps, smart factories and the business sense of Digital Twins.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 12
Dr Natalia Szóstak on machine learning, computer vision in industry and medicine, AI quality and ethics, and black-box algorithms.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 11
Daniel Niepsuj (Universal Robots) on collaborative robots, their advantages and robotization in times of volatility.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 10
Marcin Krzączkowski (Automa.net) on B2B purchasing platforms for industry and the automation of supply processes.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 09
Piotr Kaczmarek (Pirxon) on software robots (RPA), how they work with people and how to spot processes ready for automation.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 08
Adrian Łapczyński (EPICVR) on VR and AR in business, Web 3.0 and VR/AR in manufacturing.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 07
Three guests from Etisoft Smart Solutions on AMR robots, AGV vs. AMR, safety systems and simulating mobile robots in a Digital Twin.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 06
Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska on AI in manufacturing, data as a barrier to entry and whether AI will replace production managers.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 05
Magdalena Kamińska (Alnea) on marketing new technologies, the psychology of robotization and advice for integrators.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 04
Futurist Natalia Hatalska (infuture.institute) on anti-tech attitudes, the metaverse, invisible technologies and digital inequality.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 03
Robot programmer Agata Zaguła on career opportunities for young people in robotics and breaking stereotypes in industry.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 02
Paweł Sołtysik on the new vs. second-hand robot market and how ready Polish SMEs are for robotization.
Robosapiens • Season 2 • Episode 01
Anna Wicha on how the job market is changing, from mining to photovoltaics, and the challenges and opportunities this brings.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 14
Konrad Sitnik on the role and future of venture capital funds, financing trends and the digitalization of Polish industry.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 13
Bartosz Józefowski on organised digital education and how to accelerate technologies until they are ready for deployment.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 12
Marcin Lewandowski (TECH-SYSTEM Group) on machine safety and how to make sure operators and service staff go home without injuries.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 11
Intralogistics expert Mateusz Wiśniowski (VersaBox) on AGV vs. AMR robots and how automated transport changes a factory.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 10
Fanuc Polska CEO Jędrzej Kowalczyk sums up the state of robotization in Poland and the factors slowing it down.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 09
Tomasz Mackiewicz on why integrators are essential to robotization and how the integrator market is developing.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 08
Artur Pollak on Industry 4.0 and an honest look at how robot integrators work.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 07
Andrzej Sobczak returns to talk about data monetization, distributed data sets and artificial intelligence.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 06
Andrzej Sobczak on robotic process automation (RPA) and the potential of software robots in office work.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 05
Aleksandra Piotrowicz-Przyłuska on the path from engineer to leader and what leadership means in technology-driven companies.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 04
Artur Wojewoda on robotization as a mindset and on the quality and responsibility that come with automation projects.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 03
Piotr Świderski compares collaborative robots and classic industrial robots: where each fits and where they compete.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 02
Tomasz Pilewicz on how robots are used in surgery and what robotics brings to modern medicine.
Robosapiens • Season 1 • Episode 01
Jacek Kotarbiński talks about marketing in the robotics world and why building awareness is the first step towards robotization.
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