Robots: AUV Missions

Oscar Schofield from the Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab talks about autonomous ocean gliders and the Scarlet Knight that crossed the Atlantic. Mark Moline from the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences at California Poly State University speaks about his expedition to the Arctic with AUVs in freezing conditions.

Syndicated 2010-02-12 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Quadrotors

Joshua Portlock from Cyber Technology in Perth Australia tells us about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and in particular the CyberQuad, a 4-rotor autonomous helicopter that can be used for surveillance and inspection of hard-to-reach places from the air.

Syndicated 2010-01-29 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Deep-Sea Exploration

Alberto Collasius Jr. from the Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US talks about his time at sea as expedition leader with the JASON remotely operated vehicle.

Syndicated 2010-01-15 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: New Year's Special

Cecilia Lashi, co-coordinator of the Octopus European project, talks about a soft bio-mimetic robotic octopus arm; Hobbyist Carl Morgan, presents his sleek silver humanoid that rides behind your tandem bike and does all the pedaling; and Carson Reynolds, professor at the University of Tokyo, tells us about his high-speed robotic hand.

Syndicated 2010-01-01 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Weight-Loss Coach

Cory Kidd is the founder of Intuitive Automata Inc. which commercializes a robotic weight-loss coach born during his PhD at the MIT Media Lab. He tells us about how good human-robot interaction can keep people motivated to eat well and exercise. We'll also be holding a Christmas contest for a chance to win two robot kits for beginners.

Syndicated 2009-12-18 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Planetary Exploration

Julie Townsend from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California talks about her work with NASA's Mars rovers and the lunar ATHLETE robot. Sebastian Gautsch from the the SAMLAB in Neuchatel, Switzerland, tells us about the Atomic Force Microscope that was sent to Mars aboard the Phoenix lander in the Spring of 2008.

Syndicated 2009-12-04 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Learning

Andrea Thomaz from Georgia Tech looks at how humans can teach and humanoids learn with the hope to create good human-robot interactions. We then speak with Sethu Vijayakumar from the University of Edinburgh about machine learning and how it can be used to teach a robot hand to balance a pole.

Syndicated 2009-11-20 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Stroke Rehabilitation

Ludovic Dovat from the Singapore National University tells us about stroke victims' trouble re-learning to use their hands, and the robotic systems he designed to help with the rehabilitation process. David Brown tells us about the effects of stroke and his company Kinea Design that produces robots that help people learn to walk in unstructured terrain.

Syndicated 2009-11-06 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Slithering Creatures

Howie Choset from Carnegie Mellon University explains the basics of snake robots, and how he hopes to see them used anywhere from disaster areas to industrial inspection or even surgery. Erik Kyrkjebø from SINTEF Applied Cybernetics in Norway speaks about their own pipe inspection robots as well as a snake robot designed for fighting fires.

Syndicated 2009-10-23 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Active Touch

Tony Prescott from the University of Sheffield speaks about active perception in rats, and presents his SCRATCHbot robot that features artificial whiskers. Elio Tuci from the Italian National Research Council speaks of a robot arm that can distinguish between different objects using active perception.

Syndicated 2009-10-09 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast