Episode 165 – Robots behind the research
Claire chatted to Kushant Patel from Brookhaven National Laboratory about robots that work in scientific facilities, such as particle accelerators.
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Episode 166 – Evolving robot bodies and brains Claire Asher
- fast_forward 00:00:30 – Intro – Welcome
- fast_forward 00:04:16 – Rika Antonova – Co-evolving robot hardware and software
- fast_forward 00:00:00 – Rika Antonova – Advancing robot dexterity with co-evolution
- fast_forward 00:25:22 – Outro – Thanks for listening
Claire chatted to Rika Antonova from the University of Cambridge about using artificial intelligence to develop complimentary robot hardware and algorithms.
Rika Antonova is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include co-design, automated algorithm discovery, data-efficient reinforcement learning, exploration, active learning, and robotics. After completing a research Master’s degree at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Rika undertook a Computing Innovation Fellowship at Stanford University. Before that, she was a senior software engineer at Google.
This episode is powered by the Advanced Research + Invention Agency‘s Robot Dexterity programme, which aims to transform robotic capabilities and unlock a step-change in human productivity.
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