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What Are You Smoking? Episode 41: Meet OTTO, The Joint-Rolling Robot

Leafly PodcastsPublished on June 20, 2018 · Last updated July 28, 2020
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What Are You Smoking? features Leafly experts Will Hyde and Bailey Rahn, as well as guests from all corners of the cannabis industry reviewing strains, test-firing products, offering up pro tips, and answering your toughest cannabis questions.

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What Are You Smoking?

Episode 41: Meet OTTO, the Joint-Rolling Robot



In this episode: 

This week on What Are You Smoking, we sit down with OTTO, the joint-rolling robot from Banana Bros, and OTTO’s inventor, Dave Richmond.

Dave’s a veteran engineer and a joint aficionado—not necessarily in that order—who brought his first entry into the cannabis industry into our studios to show us how it works. OTTO is an artificially intelligent electric grinder that precision mills cannabis for joints, blunts, and anything else you like to smoke!

While we took the OTTO for a spin, we chatted with Dave about how artificial intelligence can help build a better joint, what got him into the cannabis business, and how cannabis entrepreneurs can make crowdfunding work for them.

If you’ve got questions for our hosts, guests you’d like to hear, or have anything else to say about the show, email us at whatareyousmoking@leafly.com.

Want to listen to previous episodes of the show? Find them here!

And if you’re enjoying the show, we really appreciate you subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

Strains & Products on This Episode:

Sour Diesel

G Pen Gio Carts by Oleum

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OTTO by Banana Bros

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Meet Your Show Hosts

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Bailey Rahn is an editor at Leafly specializing in cannabis strains and health. When she’s not at Leafly, you’ll likely find her smoking her way up a mountain or playing dress-up with her cats.

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Will Hyde is a subject matter expert, strain specialist, and digital producer at Leafly. He spends his free time traveling and exploring creative outlets as a DJ, digital artist, and film producer.

About Our Music:

Music for “What Are You Smoking” is provided by Lusine. “Ticking Hands” is from his album Sensorimotor. “Two Dots” is from A Certain Distance. For more about Lusine, check out Ghostly.com.

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