{"podcast":{"title":"Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast","slug":"great-question-a-manufacturing-podcast-6380597","podcast_index_feed_id":6380597,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thetoolbelt/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thetoolbelt.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4283355/Security_5__rb8fg5.jpg","author":"Endeavor Business Media’s Manufacturing Group","episode_count":412,"summary":"Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast offers news and information for the people who make, store and move things and those who manage and maintain the facilities where that work gets done. Manufacturers from chemical producers to automakers to machine shops can listen for critical insights into the technologies, economic conditions and best practices that can influence how to best run facilities to reach operational excellence. Contributing to the podcast are 14 seasoned manufacturing journalists from Endeavor Business Media’s Manufacturing Group","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T16:18:29.963390+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-question-a-manufacturing-podcast-6380597"},"episode":{"title":"What Does AI Mean for Your Robot? (American Machinist)","slug":"what-does-ai-mean-for-your-robot-american-machinist","published_at":"2026-05-20T06:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-question-a-manufacturing-podcast-6380597/what-does-ai-mean-for-your-robot-american-machinist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-question-a-manufacturing-podcast-6380597","url":"https://thetoolbelt.podbean.com/e/what-does-ai-mean-for-your-robot-american-machinist/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7tmew53d97tzgumh/260520-AM-agentic-AI-and-robotics-FINAL.mp3","summary":"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?","meta_description":"Small and medium-sized manufacturers have a skilled labor shortage - and the last solution proposed to address that (automation and robotics) is about to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":841,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/great-question-a-manufacturing-podcast-6380597/episodes/what-does-ai-mean-for-your-robot-american-machinist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-question-a-manufacturing-podcast-6380597/what-does-ai-mean-for-your-robot-american-machinist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}