Joe Kannapell, PE

Discovering Hans Hundegger’s Excellence

Joe Kannapell, PE

Hans Hundegger grew up in the village of Hawangen, Germany, working in his father’s sawmill, which fortunately was far enough removed from war-torn Munich to provide a fertile learning environment. While his brother ran operations, Hans constantly improved the machines that were processing...

Joe Kannapell, PE

What Can We Learn from the Demise of House of Design?

Joe Kannapell, PE

House of Design, which ignited the component industry enthusiasm for robotics, has tragically gone out of business, but not all is lost. We have learned that robots can pick plates very effectively among other benefits, but we also learned that fact 15 years ago from Jim Urmson’s TCT...