As the first known thermoformer to use a collaborative robot (cobot) for trimming, Juliet Oehler Goff, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based Kal Plastics, knew she was blazing a trail for others. It was arguably kind of crazy because no one had ever done it before, so I took a huge risk, she says, adding with a smile: I don't go to Vegas, but I gamble nine to five.