Episode 157 – Generating new robot designs
Claire chatted to Josie Hughes from EPFL about using generative AI to develop new designs for robotic manipulators.
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Episode 154 – Visual navigation in insects and robots
Claire chatted to Andrew Philippides from the University of Sussex about what we can learn from ants and bees to improve robot navigation.
Episode 150 – House building robots
Claire chatted to Vikas Enti from Reframe Systems about using robotics and automation to build climate-resilient, high-performance homes.
Episode 146 – Embodied AI on the ISS
Claire chatted to Jamie Palmer from Icarus Robotics about building a robotic labour force to perform routine and risky tasks in orbit.
Episode 143 – Robots for children
Claire chatted to Elmira Yadollahi from Lancaster University about how children interact with and relate to robots.
Episode 136 – Making driverless vehicles smarter
Claire chatted to Shimon Whiteson from the University of Oxford and Waymo about machine learning for autonomous vehicles.
Episode 134 – Robotics as a hobby
Claire chatted to Kevin McAleer from kevsrobots about how to get started building robots at home.
Episode 130 – Robots learning from humans
Claire chatted to Chad Jenkins from the University of Michigan about how robots can learn from people and assist us in our daily lives.
Episode 127 – Robots exploring other planets
Claire chatted to Frances Zhu from the Colorado School of Mines about intelligent robotic systems for space exploration.
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