{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To","title":"Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs… But Not How You Think","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/78b420ed\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2795,"description":"Andrew Richard, CEO and Co-Founder of Automated Rig Technologies, flies in from Calgary to break down why the oilfield spent 70 years optimizing brute force instead of rethinking the process. He gets into the jointed pipe injector that strips 97% of operator input out, what rig hands call the \"barbecue basket,\" why everyone in oil and gas wants to be first to be second, and the IKEA chatbot that accidentally solved the automation jobs debate.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n00:00 - Calgary, metaverse throwbacks, and meet Andrew\n02:20 - What Automated Rig Technologies actually does\n05:50 - Starting in the basement in 2009\n07:44 - The jointed pipe injector breakdown\n09:13 - Red zone risk and the barbecue basket\n17:05 - From Energy Tech Night pitch to the Bakken trial\n20:22 - How 15 people get in front of major operators\n24:14 - Marketing, trust, and selling the sizzle\n30:30 - The automation jobs debate, ATMs and IKEA\n36:03 - The dangerous jobs that shouldn't exist\n38:11 - Change management and first to be second\n42:15 - Bad data is a platform problem\n44:59 - What's next with AI and data\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8F_7R-SE-nw_rUP_p1-vdDVWboJt_kcEhdbgrgTEL7E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYjY2/Yjk4MWJiZWFlYmVl/ZGIxYjkxYTdiYTdi/ZGUwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}