Webinar to discuss safety and scaling robot fleets in the warehouse

Safety systems for mobile robots can be deployed with minimal disruption. Source: Geek+

Safety considerations can be a barrier to adoption and scaling of robot fleets in warehouses and other facilities, but they don’t have to be. Safety measures can lead to production stoppages and friction between compliance and operations teams.

However, there are best practices for safely ensuring human-robot collaboration. A free webinar at 2:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 26 , will discuss “ When Robots and People Share the Floor: Safety That Keeps Fleets Moving .” Technology providers and warehousing experts will examine the challenges of planning, deploying, and managing robots alongside people in changing facilities and workflows.

The virtual panelists will explain how to address the following real-world issues:

Register now to attend this webinar and get your questions answered during the live broadcast, as well as to watch afterwards on demand.

John Calcio is vice president of partnerships at Redpoint Positioning, a Newton, Mass.–based manufacturer of ultra-wideband (UWB) industrial location and safety systems with more than 50,000 devices deployed worldwide.

Redpoint’s flagship Crew Safety System is a SIL2/PLd-certified (IEC 61508, ISO 13849-1) functional safety solution for AGV and AMR OEMs. The company said it enables personnel to safely enter active robot fleets for interventions without triggering a full-fleet stop.

Calcio leads Redpoint’s enterprise partnership strategy across the global robotics ecosystem, working with leading AMR/AGV manufacturers and material-handling integrators to embed certified functional safety into next-generation autonomous systems. He brings deep fluency in UWB/RTLS technology, functional safety certification, and robotics go-to-market dynamics. John is also a proponent for how certified safety layers can accelerate the safe deployment of collaborative human-robot operations at industrial scale.

John Santagate is the founder and principal of EMP Advisors , an independent consulting firm helping retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and logistics organizations navigate warehouse automation, robotics, AI, and supply chain technology.

With nearly two decades in the field, Santagate has helped organizations evaluate emerging technologies, build automation strategies, and execute transformational initiatives. His career spans industry research, consulting, and executive leadership, including roles as an analyst at IDC and senior vice president of global robotics at Infios, where he led global robotics strategy and commercial growth.