Episode 129 – Automating museum experiments
Claire chatted to Yuen Ting Chan from the Natural History Museum about using robots to automate molecular biology experiments.
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Episode 130 – Robots learning from humans Claire Asher
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Episode 130 – Robots learning from humans Claire Asher
Claire chatted to Chad Jenkins from the University of Michigan about how robots can learn from people and assist us in our daily lives.

Odest Chadwicke Jenkins is a Professor of Robotics and a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. His research addresses problems in robot learning from demonstration and human-robot interaction, primarily focused on dexterous mobile manipulation and robot perception. In 2022, he founded the Robotics Major Degree Program for undergraduates at the University of Michigan. He was awarded the 2024 ACM/CMD-IT Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing.
Photo credit: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
Tagged as: Planning, Autonomy, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Computer vision, Human robot interaction, Domestic, Perception.
Claire Asher 17th October, 2025
Claire chatted to Yuen Ting Chan from the Natural History Museum about using robots to automate molecular biology experiments.
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