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ICRA 2017 Company Showcase with Howard Michel, Li Bingbing, Xianbao Chen and Lester Teh Chee Onn

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by Audrow Nash

10 December 2017

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In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews several companies at the International Conference for Robotics and Automation (ICRA). ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s biggest conference and one of the leading international forums for robotics researchers to present their work.

Interviews:

Howard Michel, Chief Technology Officer of UBTECH Education, on a humanoid robot for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education for a range of ages. (Begins at 1m 20s.)

Li Bingbing, Software Engineer and Cofounder of Transforma in Singapore, on a robot for painting tall buildings. (Begins at 10m 25s.)

Xianbao Chen, Associate Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, on a hexapod robot for large parts machining. (Begins at 17m 5s.)

Lester Teh Chee Onn, Environmental Engineer at Advisian, on a watercraft for environmental monitoring. (Begins at 27m.)

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tags: Actuation, Algorithm Controls, Business, c-Education-DIY, cx-Environment-Agriculture, cx-Industrial-Automation, education, humanoid, ICRA, podcast, Prototype, Research, Robotics technology, Sensing, software, startup

Audrow Nash is a Software Engineer at Open Robotics and the host of the Sense Think Act Podcast

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