Robonomics Platform: Integrating Robots into the Economy with Aleksandr Kapitonov

In this episode, Lilly Clark interviews Aleksandr Kapitonov, “robot economics” academic society professor at Airalab, on his work for Robonomics Platform, an Ethereum network infrastructure for integrating robots and cyber-physical systems directly into the economy. Kapitonov discusses the advantages of using blockchain, use cases including a fully autonomous vending machine, and the Robonomics technology stack.

Below are two videos showing the Robonomics Platform in action via a fully autonomous robot artist and drones for environmental monitoring.

Aleksandr Kapitonov

Aleksandr Kapitonov is a “robot economics” academic society progressor at Airalab (the team behind Robonomics Platform), an assistant professor of Control Systems and Robotics at ITMO University, and regional coordinator of the Erasmus+ IOT-OPEN.EU project for researching and developing IoT education practices. His research focuses on navigation, computer vision, control of mobile robots and communication for multi-agents systems.

Links

• Download mp3 (17.7 MB)
• Robot Operating System introduction course
• Blockchain course from Linux Foundation
• Robonomics winter school
• Kapitonov’s Plenary speech at Blockchain for Robots Symposium

Lilly Clark

Lilly Clark