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Finding Objects Using RFID, with Travis Deyle
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In this episode, Sabine Hauert speaks with Travis Deyle, about his IROS-nominated work on RFID tags, his blog Hizook, and the career path that brought him from academia, to fou...
15 November 2014, by
Sabine Hauert
Novel robots for gait and arm rehabilitation: Interview with Robert Riener
In this pair of video lectures, Robert Riener presents his team's research efforts in the field of rehabilitation robotics, and describes the vision behind Cybathlon, the competition for robot-assist...
07 November 2014, by
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)
Robotics then and now: Interview with Peter Corke
In this interview, Peter Corke gives us a retrospective on the differences between the field of robotics now and when he just started his career 30 years ago, pointing out what strikes him as the most...
31 October 2014, by
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)
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Nylon Fishing Line Actuator, with Geoff Spinks
In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Professor Geoffrey Spink from Wollogong University about his team’s work on artificial muscles....
31 October 2014, by
Ron Vanderkley
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Engaging Girls in Robotics, with Hannah and Rachael Tipperman, Ross Mead and Elizabeth Croft
Earlier this year, the Robots Podcast team came across a story about two 17 year old twin sisters who started their own robotics outreach group. The story about the Tipperman sisters got us curious. W...
17 October 2014, by
AJung Moon
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Quest for Computer Vision, with Peter Corke
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Peter Corke from Queensland University of Technology, about computer vision - the subject of his plenary talk at IROS 2014 (link to slides below). He begins ...
03 October 2014, by
Audrow Nash
Attaining “embodiment” in brain-machine interface technologies: gTec’s Christoph Guger
Link to audio file (26:36), or listen on iTunes
In this interview TechEmergence talks to Dr. Christoph Guger, founder of gTec, a company that focuses on creating devices and parts for the field of...
23 September 2014, by
Daniel Faggella
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AirDog, with Edgars Rozentals
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Edgars Rozentals, the CEO and Founder of Helico Aerospace Industries. They talk about Helico’s upcoming product ‘AirDog’, which is an autonomo...
21 September 2014, by
Audrow Nash
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M-Blocks, with John Romanishin
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews John Romanishin from MIT, about his modular robotics project ‘M-Blocks’. M-Blocks are small cubes (5 cm on a side) that have no external actuators, yet the...
05 September 2014, by
Audrow Nash
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Birdly, with Max Rheiner
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Max Rheiner from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK) about his project Birdly. Birdly explores the experience of a bird in flight with several methods. Unl...
22 August 2014, by
Audrow Nash
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Stiquito, with James Conrad
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews James Conrad, professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, about the history of the autonomous walking robot, Stiquito....
08 August 2014, by
Audrow Nash
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Ekso Bionics, with Russ Angold
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Russ Angold, co-founder and CTO of Ekso Bionics, about the wearable bionic suit, Ekso. This suit enables individuals with any amount of lower extremity weakness ...
26 July 2014, by
Audrow Nash
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Cruise, with Kyle Vogt
In this episode, we speak with Kyle Vogt, the CEO of Cruise. His company recently joined the “driverless revolution” with their release of RP-1. This system is a highway autopilot that can be ins...
11 July 2014, by
Audrow Nash
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Computer-Assisted Surgery, with Karol Miller
In this episode Ron Vanderkley speaks to Prof. Karol Miller, Director of the Intelligent Systems for Medicine Lab at the University of Western Australia, about medical robotics and how doctors and pat...
27 June 2014, by
Ron Vanderkley
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A Code of Ethics for HRI Practitioners, with Laurel Riek
Human-robot interaction is a fascinating field of research in robotics. It also happens to be the field that is closely related to many of the ethical concerns raised with regards to interactive robot...
14 June 2014, by
AJung Moon
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Russian robotics, with Roman Luchin and Andrew Gryaznov
In this episode, Sabine speaks with Andrew Gryaznov, co-founder of Cubic Robotics and Roman Luchin, CEO of CyberTech Labs, about robotics in Russia. They provide us with an inside view on robotics edu...
30 May 2014, by
Sabine Hauert
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RoboRoach, with Bill Reith and Oliver Bendel
In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Bill Reith, an engineer at Backyard Brains. The company develops RoboRoach, the world’s first commercially available “cyborg”, which was successfully ...
16 May 2014, by
Ron Vanderkley
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Zero Tillage Robotics, with Peter Corke
In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Professor Peter Corke from Queensland University of Technology, about the fast-tracking research that will see robots planting, weeding, maintaining and har...
02 May 2014, by
Ron Vanderkley
Schunk Manipulators, with Henrik A. Schunk
Link to audio file (27:49)In this episode Per Sjoborg speaks with Henrik Schunk about his company’s work in gripping technology, modular robotics and dexterous manipulation. They then look at se...
20 April 2014, by
Per Sjöborg
Termite-Inspired Construction, with Justin Werfel
Link to audio file (28:48)In this episode, we talk to Justin Werfel from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University about their latest paper published in Science o...
04 April 2014, by
Podcast team
EU Robotics Week, with Fiorella Operto, Douwe Dresscher and Roko Tschakarow
Link to audio file (41:00)The European Robotics Week 2013 featured 334 robotics related events in 24 countries and attracted more than 55’000 participants spanning all ages. To give us a snapsho...
22 March 2014, by
Podcast team
Privacy, Google, and Big Deals, with Avner Levin
Link to audio file (33:53)
What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics? Since last December, Google alone has acquired a handful of companies in robotics, hom...
07 March 2014, by
AJung Moon
150th Episode Special, with Dario Floreano
Link to audio file (26:55)
Did you know that Robohub started right here, with the podcast? This is our 150th podcast episode, and to celebrate we brought together the original team to reenact our ver...
21 February 2014, by
Podcast team
Industry and Society, with Rezia Maria Molfino
Link to audio file (33:13)
In today’s episode Per Sjöborg speaks with Rezia Molfino from the PMAR group at University of Genova about how all robots are service robots, it's just that they serv...
07 February 2014, by
Per Sjöborg
Startup Funding, with Jan Westerhues
Link to audio file (25:51)
In today’s episode Per Sjöborg speaks with Jan Westerhues, Investment Partner with Robert Bosch Venture Capital, about how they fund robotics companies. As a stepping st...
24 January 2014, by
Per Sjöborg
Interdisciplinary Teams, with Giulio Sandini
Link to audio file (41:58)
In today’s episode Per Sjöborg speaks with Giulio Sandini, director of the Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences department at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)...
10 January 2014, by
Per Sjöborg
Micro-robotics and medicine: Interview with Toshio Fukuda
An international leader in the field of robotics and automation, Toshio Fukuda is best known for his pioneering work on micro robotics systems — including microsensors and micro actuators — a...
07 January 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Michael McMaster talks robots, building and his new project
Michael McMaster and his latest creation - a life-sized Wall-E.
If you’re a diehard Star Wars fan, or if you have a background in robotics, you might already know who Michael McMaster is. In the pa...
26 December 2013, by
Ajay Arora
Discovering social robotics with the Aisoy1
Aisoy, a spanish robotics startup, is motivated by the goal of building intelligent, personal, "social" robots, which make our lives easier and funnier. Their robot, the Aisoy1, is their first step to...
23 December 2013, by
Mike Hamer
Pioneers kickstarts the start-up scene with a hands-on celebration of innovation
Andreas Tschas (far left) and Juergen Furian (far right) present a cheque to the 2012 Startup Challenge winner Poikos (centre). Photo credit: Heisenberg Media.
When founders Andreas Tschas and Juerge...
17 October 2013, by
Hallie Siegel
