Humanoid Robotics and AI: The Future of Food Manufacturing with Ozan Ozaskinli
Episode Summary
In this episode of Food Tech Talk: Supply Chain Insights from Farm to Fork, host Katy Jones, CEO of Trustwell, speaks with Ozan Ozaskinli, Partner and Managing Director at Value Gene Consulting Group, about how AI and humanoid robotics are transforming food manufacturing. Together, they explore how these technologies are helping companies address labor shortages, reduce operational variability, and embed food safety and compliance directly into production.
Ozan explains that many food safety failures happen during transformation efforts because compliance is often treated as a final review instead of a design priority. By integrating safety, labeling, and regulatory requirements early, companies can avoid costly errors and improve overall efficiency. This proactive approach depends on strong cross-functional collaboration between quality, regulatory, and operations teams from the very start.
Katy & Ozan also cover:
- Why food plants can see up to 40% performance variation between shifts
- How humanoid robots deliver flexibility where traditional automation falls short
- The importance of translating “tribal knowledge” into documented processes and quality checks
- How embedded procedures enable robotic fleet learning and increase accountability
- A phased value framework for robotics: fill labor gaps, reduce variability, and optimize AI-managed operations
