Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs… But Not How You Think

Podcast: Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To · collide.

Opublikowano: 2026-04-24

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. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide...