# What Does AI Mean for Your Robot? (American Machinist)

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Podcast: [Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-question-a-manufacturing-podcast-6380597)
Published: 2026-05-20T06:06:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thetoolbelt.podbean.com/e/what-does-ai-mean-for-your-robot-american-machinist/
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## Resource

Small and medium-sized manufacturers have a skilled labor shortage - and the last solution proposed to address that (automation and robotics) is about to encounter the next proposed solution: agentic artificial intelligence. A recent article introduces they interesting possibility that “Agentic AI Could Make Robots Affordable for Small Businesses.” In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, American Machinist's Robert Brooks talks with IndustryWeek's Dennis Scimeca about whether this new approach to programming change how manufacturers program their robots and cobots. Will AI reduce the complexity of implementation, or introduce new risks to their organizations?

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