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The REEM-B and HUBO humanoids, with Davide Faconti and Jun Ho Oh
Link to audio file (40:01)In this episode we talk about humanoid robots, or robots that resemble me and you, at least in some shape or form. We first speak with Davide Faconti, leader of the REEM proj...
13 March 2009, by
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020
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Robot ethics (Part 2), with Ronald Arkin
Link to audio file (39:09)This episode closes a two-part special looking at ethical issues in robotics. Given the broad and controversial nature of this topic, we speak with two world-renowned experts...
27 February 2009, by
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019
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Robot ethics (Part 1), with Noel Sharkey
Link to audio file (44:17)In this episode we start a two-part special looking at ethical issues in robotics. Given the broad and controversial nature of this topic, we will speak with two world-renown...
13 February 2009, by
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018
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Human-robot love, with David Levy and Kathleen Richardson
Link to audio file (47:22)In this episode we look at a subject that doesn’t always come to mind when you think of robots: love and relationships. Our first guest David Levy is the author of the ...
30 January 2009, by
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Industrial robots in research, with Raúl Ordóñez
Link to audio file (32:45)In this episode we talk to Raúl Ordóñez about his new Motoman Robotics Lab at the University of Dayton and the research he plans to do with his high profile industrial ro...
16 January 2009, by
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016
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2008 New Year’s special, with Dan Kara, Terry Fong, Dario Floreano, Steve Rainwater and Minoru Asada
Link to audio file (34:17)For our New Year’s episode, we’ll be giving you an overview of the trends in robotics for 2008 and an insight into next year’s developments with five expert...
02 January 2009, by
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ep.
015
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Robot toys, with Mark Tilden
Link to audio file (36:53)In the spirit of the holiday season, today’s episode is all about robots as toys. We speak to Mark Tilden, robot designer at WowWee Robotics, about designing robots for...
19 December 2008, by
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ep.
014
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Robot musicians, with Gil Weinberg and Atsuo Takanishi
Link to audio file (41:13)This episode focuses on robot musicians, starting with our first guest Gil Weinberg who is the Director of Music Technology at Georgia Tech. With his wooden robot drummer Hai...
05 December 2008, by
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013
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Robots Podcast: Bio-inspired locomotion, with Robert Full and Auke Ijspeert
Link to audio file (36:53)In our 13th episode we talk with biologist Robert Full from UC Berkeley about the research he’s been doing on animal locomotion and how his insights have been inspiring...
21 November 2008, by
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ep.
012
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Androids, human presence and the uncanny valley, with Hiroshi Ishiguro
Link to audio file (32:40)This episode covers android science and human-robot interactions with expert Hiroshi Ishiguro from Osaka. After the interview we feature the last installment of Jack Graham&...
07 November 2008, by
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011
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Jumping and crawling in millirobots, with Sarah Bergbreiter and Aaron Hoover
Link to audio file (37:20)This episode concentrates on how to scale down robots to the size of our creepy crawly friends, insects. Sarah Bergbreiter tells us about the micromachining techniques requi...
24 October 2008, by
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Warehouse robots, with Raffaello D’Andrea
Link to audio file (39:03)In this episode we sit down with Raffaello D’Andrea, professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and founding member of Kiva Systems, to spe...
10 October 2008, by
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009
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Swarming autonomous underwater vehicles, with Navinda Kottege and Marc Sherman
Link to audio file (31:06)In this show we dive into the world of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with an emphasis on the challenges when having to localize and communicate in the deep blue. Whil...
26 September 2008, by
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008
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An uncertain revolution, with Claudio Mattiussi
Link to audio file (38:11)In this episode we dive into the revolution brought on by the field of probabilistic robotics with Claudio Mattiussi who is Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Intelligent...
12 September 2008, by
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007
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Bacteria-propelled microrobots, with Metin Sitti and Mark Schattner
Link to audio file (25:19)In this episode we look at bacteria-propelled microrobots which, in the future, could be used for sensing or drug delivery inside the liquid environments of the human body, s...
29 August 2008, by
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ep.
006
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DelFly and Europe’s micro air vehicle competition, with Christophe de Wagter and Peter Vörsmann
Link to audio file (37:12)In this episode we talk about two major events in aerial robotics in the last few weeks: the announcement of the Delfly Micro and the 2008 European Micro Air Vehicle (EMAV) ...
15 August 2008, by
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ep.
005
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The robot blogosphere, with Steven Rainwater and Mikell Taylor
Link to audio file (37:28)In this week’s episode we speak with two robot passionates who have been bringing you news and views on robotics through their blogs. We first speak to Steven Rainwater...
01 August 2008, by
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004
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Modular and reconfigurable robotics, with Kasper Støy and Robert Fitch
Link to audio file (36:53)In today’s episode we focus on modular robotics, or robots assembled out of many smaller modules. Whether all the modules are the same (‘homogeneous’) or o...
18 July 2008, by
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003
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Robots Podcast: Robot soccer, with Manuela Veloso
Link to audio file (32:34)To close this year’s soccer season after Spain’s victory in the EUROCUP we went to the robotic kingdom to see who was driving the game. With Prof. Manuela Veloso ...
04 July 2008, by
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ep.
002
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A robot fly at Harvard and at the MoMA, with Rob Wood and Paola Antonelli
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This episode features an interview with Robert Wood about his micro-robotic fly, as well as a talk with the curator of design at the Museum of Modern Ar...
20 June 2008, by
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ep.
001
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Cornell racing team and Velodyne’s LIDAR sensor, with Dan Huttenlocher and Rick Yoder
Link to audio file (31:43)Link to transcriptOur inaugural episode centers on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, featuring interviews with professor Daniel Huttenlocher from Team Cornell and Rick Yoder fr...
06 June 2008, by
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