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Haptics and Virtual Interactions, with Heather Culbertson
In this episode, Shihan Lu interviews Dr. Heather Culbertson, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California, about her work in haptics. Dr. Culbertson...
17 February 2020, by
Shihan Lu
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302
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Robots That Can See, Do, and Win, with Juxi Leitner
In this episode, Lilly interviews Juxi Leitner, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology and Co-Founder/CEO of LYRO Robotics. LYRO spun out of the 2017 win of the Amaz...
29 January 2020, by
Lilly Clark
ROBOTT-NET pilot project: Cobots for safe and cheap assembly of frequency converters
At Danfoss in Gråsten, the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) is testing, as part of a pilot project in the European robot network ROBOTT-NET, several robot technologies: Manipulation using force s...
07 December 2019, by
Thilo Zimmermann
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297
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Using Natural Language in Human-Robot Collaboration, with Brad Hayes
In this episode, we hear from Brad Hayes, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, who directs the university's Collaborative AI and Robotics lab. The lab’s wor...
11 November 2019, by
Audrow Nash
ROBOTT-NET pilot project: Urban pest control
“Within the framework of the European project ROBOTT-NET we are developing software and robotic solutions for the prevention and control of rodents in enclosed spaces”, says Marco Lorenzo, Service...
21 October 2019, by
Thilo Zimmermann
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294
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Autonomous Bricklaying by FBR, with Mark Pivac
In this episode, Ron Vanderkley interviews Mark Pivac, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of FBR (formerly Fastbrick Robotics) about the world’s first end-to-end autonomous bricklaying robot, ...
18 September 2019, by
Ron Vanderkley
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292
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Robot Operating System (ROS) & Gazebo, with Brian Gerkey
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Brian Gerkey, CEO of Open Robotics about the Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo. Both ROS and Gazebo are open source and are widely used in the robotics co...
06 August 2019, by
Audrow Nash
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On Artificial Intelligence for Wildlife Conservation, with Milind Tambe
In this episode, Lauren Klein interviews Professor Milind Tambe of Computer Science and Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California about his research using artificial ...
11 June 2019, by
Lauren Klein
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Semantics in Robotics, with Amy Loutfi
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Amy Loutfi, a professor at Örebro University, about how semantic representations can be used to help robots reason about the world. Loutfi discusses semantic...
18 February 2019, by
Audrow Nash
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277
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Presented work at IROS 2018 (Part 3 of 3), with Pauline Pounds, Philippe Morere and Yujung Liu
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Pauline Pound, Philippe Morere, and Yujung Liu about the work they presented at the 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in ...
09 January 2019, by
Audrow Nash
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275
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Presented work at IROS 2018 (Part 2 of 3), with Robert Lösch, Ali Marjovi and Sophia Sakr
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Robert Lösch, Ali Marjovi, and Sophia Sakr about the work they presented at the 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in Mad...
10 December 2018, by
Audrow Nash
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273
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Presented work at IROS 2018 (Part 1 of 3), with Alexandros Kogkas, Katie Driggs-Campbell and Martin Karlsson
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Alexandros Kogkas, Katie Driggs-Campbell, and Martin Karlsson about the work they presented at the 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and S...
12 November 2018, by
Audrow Nash
First results of the ROSIN project: Robotics Open-Source Software for Industry
Open-Source Software for robots is a de-facto standard in academia, and its advantages can benefit industrial applications as well. The worldwide ROS-Industrial initiative has been using ROS, the Robo...
18 September 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
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269
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Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis in Salesforce Analytics, with Amruta Moktali
In this interview, Audrow Nash interviews Amruta Moktali, VP of Product Management at Salesforce Analytics, about Salesforce Analytics’ analytic and artificial intelligence software. Moktali discuss...
17 September 2018, by
Audrow Nash
European robot network helps nurses and home builders
Four knowledge institutes across Europe - the Danish Technological Institute (DTI, DK), Fraunhofer IPA (DE), Tecnalia (ES) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC, UK) - teamed up to offer highly...
10 September 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
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266
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Towards using Micro and Nano Robots in the Human Body, with Peer Fischer
In this episode, Marwa ElDiwiny interview Peer Fisher, a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and the Director of the Micro Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck I...
06 August 2018, by
Marwa ElDiwiny
Launch of ROBOTT-NET’s pilot projects
Irabia, Linak and Nissan have along with Trumpf, Maser, Piccolo, Weibel and Air Liquide been selected to team up on a real-world case study. Over the next 18 months ROBOTT-NET will take these eight vo...
24 July 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
Innovative programming software used to generate robot welding programs
Since programming is an extremely time-consuming business, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are often forced to manage without robots. Researchers from Fraunhofer IPA have therefore developed ...
16 July 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
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Bio-inspired Soft Robots for Healthcare, with Yong-Lae Park
In this episode, Marwa Mohammed Alaa Eldean Eldiwiny interviews Yong-Lae Park, Associate Professor at Seoul National University in South Korea, about the bio-inspired design and manufacture of soft...
08 July 2018, by
Marwa ElDiwiny
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260
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Hyundai’s Exoskeletons, with Sangin Park
In this interview, Audrow Nash speaks with Sangin Park, Senior Research Engineer at Hyundai, about exoskeletons. Park describes three exoskeleton prototypes: one for helping workers reduce back pain, ...
14 May 2018, by
Audrow Nash
Five projects make the first cut and receive a ROBOTT-NET pilot
It all started with 166 companies spread across 12 European countries appling for a “golden ticket” to ROBOTT-NET’s Voucher Program. 64 companies received a voucher and highly specialized consul...
11 April 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
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257
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Learning Robot Objectives from Physical Human Interaction, with Andrea Bajcsy and Dylan P. Losey
In this interview, Audrow speaks with Andrea Bajcsy and Dylan P. Losey about a method that allows robots to infer a human’s objective through physical interaction. They discuss their approach, the c...
31 March 2018, by
Audrow Nash
European digital innovation hub strengthens robotics development
Digital innovation hubs are vital to create innovative solutions and employment. ROBOTT-NET is an example of a digital innovation hub, where four leading Research Technology Organizations (RTOs) in Eu...
30 March 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
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255
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Learning about Legged Locomotion from Birds, with Monica Daley
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Monica Daley about learning from birds about legged locomotion. To do this, Daley analyzes the gaits of guineafowl in various experiments to understand the mec...
04 March 2018, by
Audrow Nash
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253
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eSIM in Wearable Technology, with Karl Weaver
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Karl Weaver (魏卡爾), formerly the Original Equipment Manufacturer Business Development Director for Oasis Smart SIM. Weaver discusses how wearable technolo...
05 February 2018, by
Audrow Nash
Indoor drone shows are here
2017 was the year where indoor drone shows came into their own. Verity Studios' Lucie drones alone completed more than 20,000 autonomous flights. A Synthetic Swarm of 99 Lucie micro drones started t...
09 January 2018, by
Markus Waibel
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250
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Learning Prosthesis Control Parameters, with Helen Huang
In this interview, Audrow Nash interviews Helen Huang, Joint Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State, about a method of tuning powered lower limb prosthes...
24 December 2017, by
Audrow Nash
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249
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ICRA 2017 Company Showcase, with Howard Michel, Li Bingbing, Xianbao Chen and Lester Teh Chee Onn
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 an...
10 December 2017, by
Audrow Nash
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248
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Semi-active Prostheses, with Peter Adamczyk
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Peter Adamczyk, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on semi-active foot and ankle prostheses. The difference is that active below-knee p...
24 November 2017, by
Audrow Nash
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247
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ANYmal: A Ruggedized Quadrupedal Robot, with Marco Hutter
In this interview, Audrow Nash interviews Marco Hutter, Assistant Professor for Robotic Systems at ETH Zürich, about a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in challenging environments,...
11 November 2017, by
Audrow Nash
