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The Mind Machine Project, with Newton Howard
Link to audio file (41:58)In this episode we speak with Newton Howard, director of the Mind Machine Project and research scientist at MIT....
01 July 2011, by
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Schunk manipulators, with Henrik Schunk
Link to audio file (23:21)In this episode we speak with Henrik Schunk, Managing Partner of SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG and Chairman of EUnited Robotics....
17 June 2011, by
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The Bilibot Project, with Garratt Gallagher
Link to audio file (24:12)In today’s episode we talk about a new generation of affordable robots with the Bilibot project and its leader Garratt Gallagher from MIT....
03 June 2011, by
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Blended reality, with Natalie Freed, David Robert and Adam Setapen
Link to audio file (24:44)In today’s episode we meet with Natalie Freed, David Robert and Adam Setapen from Cynthia Breazeal’s Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab. They’ll be ...
20 May 2011, by
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European robotics (Part 2), with Bernd Liepert and Rich Walker
Link to audio file (25:05)The European Robotics Forum, jointly organized by the European Robotics Technology Platform (EUROP) and the European Robotics Research Network (EURON), was hosted this year o...
06 May 2011, by
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European robotics (Part 1), with Jessica Karlsson, Ola Svanström and Moshe Shoham
Link to audio file (26:48)The European Robotics Forum, jointly organized by the European Robotics Technology Platform (EUROP) and the European Robotics Research Network (EURON), was hosted this year o...
22 April 2011, by
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Robotic arts, with David St-Onge
Link to audio file (29:25)Our episode today features David St-Onge, an engineer working at the interface of visionary arts and creative science. Having participated in numerous robotic-art projects (i...
08 April 2011, by
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Mind control, with Raul Rojas and Geoffrey Mackeller
Link to audio file (29:18)In today’s episode we look at a novel way to interact with your robot: through mind control. Raul Rojas returns to our show to talk about how his AutoNOMOS team used br...
25 March 2011, by
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Future manipulators, with Heinrich Jaeger and Andrzej Grzesiak
Link to audio file (38:28)In today’s show we’ll be talking about futuristic manipulators that look nothing like the typical industrial robot arms you’ve seen in factories. Our first ...
11 March 2011, by
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Telepresence, with Jean-Christophe Baillie and Trevor Blackwell
Link to audio file (37:08)In today’s show we’ll have a look at the next killer application in robotics, telepresence. The idea is simple, instead of planning a bothersome phone or video co...
25 February 2011, by
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Robotics roadmaps – Japan, with Tomomasa Sato
Link to audio file (22:19)In today’s episode we discuss the national funding strategies of Japan, as a part of a series on funding strategies worldwide. In particular, we’ll be talking to ...
11 February 2011, by
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Odor source localization, with Hiroshi Ishida and Thomas Lochmatter
Link to audio file (29:47)In this episode we revisit robot olfaction and take a closer look at the problem of odor source localization. Our first guest, Hiroshi Ishida from the Tokyo University of Ag...
28 January 2011, by
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Robots Podcast: Harvest automation, with Joe Jones
Link to audio file (26:01)In today’s episode we look at a new market in robotics with huge potential, agriculture. With us, Joe Jones, co-founder of Harvest Automation and father of the Roomba...
14 January 2011, by
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Multi-robot teams, with Vijay Kumar and Daniel Mellinger
Link to audio file (52:46)Happy New Year from the whole Robots Podcast team! Don’t miss our amazing holiday robot videos!
For this last episode of 2010 we look at multi-robot teams and impressi...
31 December 2010, by
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Robots Podcast: Science fiction (Part 2), with Greg Bear
Link to audio file (42:37)In this episode we dive into the world of famous science fiction writer Greg Bear. Christine then takes us on an audio journey through one of his books, Mariposa. Finally don...
17 December 2010, by
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Personal helpers, with Steve Cousins and Moritz Tenorth
Link to audio file (44:07)In today’s episode we take a look at the status and progress of the personal robotics domain — a research field which is about to change our lives! We talk to Ste...
03 December 2010, by
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Dependable swarms, with Alan Winfield
Link to audio file (41:28)In today’s episode we take a close look at swarm robotics and its potential use in real-world applications with expert Alan Winfield, co-founder of the Bristol Robotics...
19 November 2010, by
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Robots Podcast: Autonomous vehicles, with Alberto Broggi and Raul Rojas
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In today’s episode we take a deeper look at what’s behind the hype over autonomous vehicles, and talk to two experts in the field, Alberto Broggi, leader of the Vislab ...
05 November 2010, by
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Amateur UAVs, with Chris Anderson
Link to audio file (51:48)In today’s episode we speak about flying robots with Chris Anderson, founder of DIY Drones which is now the largest amateur UAV community in the world, and one of the l...
22 October 2010, by
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Futurama, with David X. Cohen
Link to audio file (24:37)In today’s episode we speak with David X. Cohen, the head writer and executive producer of Futurama!...
08 October 2010, by
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Robots Podcast: Olfaction, with Achim Lilienthal and Lino Forte Marques
Link to audio file (49:12)In this episode we look at how robots can use smell to navigate and map their environment or detect hazards. Our first guest, Achim Lilienthal from Örebro University in Swed...
24 September 2010, by
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The law, with Ryan Calo
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This episode focuses on the legal and ethical implications of robotics. Ryan Calo from the Stanford Law School discusses the big impact of liability legislation on the prog...
10 September 2010, by
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Programmable matter, with Michael Tolley and Jonas Neubert
Link to audio file (40:57)In this episode we dive into the world of programmable matter with Michael Tolley and Jonas Neubert from the Computational Synthesis Laboratory run by Hod Lipson at Cornell U...
27 August 2010, by
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Distributed flight array, with Raymond Oung
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In this episode, we discover an aerial modular robot called the Distributed Flight Array. To talk about this, we have Raymond Oung from the Swiss Federal Institute of Tec...
13 August 2010, by
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Science fiction (Part 1), with Patrick Gyger
Link to audio file (49:15)In today’s episode we’ll be diving into the world of Science Fiction with an interview of Patrick Gyger, director of one of the major Science Fiction Museums in t...
30 July 2010, by
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Nanosystems, with Ari Requicha and Grégory Mermoud
Link to audio file (32:50)In today’s episode we’ll be looking at nanorobotics from the hardware side to the control. In particular, we’ll be talking to one of the most renowned world...
16 July 2010, by
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R&D at iRobot, with Brian Yamauchi.
Link to audio file (36:58)In this episode we look at the Research and Development (R&D) done at iRobot in the government field with lead roboticist Brian Yamauchi....
02 July 2010, by
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Modeling biology, with Barbara Webb and Steffen Wischmann
Link to audio file (28:44)In today’s episode we speak about modeling biology using robots and how lessons learned through this process can feedback into robotics. Our first guest, Barbara Webb, ...
18 June 2010, by
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Online human-robot interactions, with Sonia Chernova and Kenton Williams
Link to audio file (29:25)Today’s episode was recorded at the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab in the middle of some beautifully expressive robots such as the Huggable, Tofu and Leonar...
04 June 2010, by
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The Nao Humanoid, with Luc Degaudenzi and Cédric Vaudel
Link to audio file (25:07)Today’s episode was recorded at ICRA in Anchorage Alaska, one of the major conferences in robotics with a 1575 head count and 857 papers. At the robot exhibit, we met w...
21 May 2010, by
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