Robots: R&D at iRobot

Brian Yamauchi presents the research & development done at iRobot. As lead roboticist, he tells us about a large range of government projects from making the PackBot platforms more autonomous, work in teams of even fly to more futuristic projects that involve making soft and deformable robots. He also discusses the business of iRobot and the ethics of military robotics.

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

Robots: Modeling Biology

Barbara Webb from the University of Edinburgh discusses insect inspired robotics as a control system design approach. Steffen Wischman from the EPFL/UNIL then gives his view on when robots should be used to model biology and his interest in using artificial evolution.

Syndicated 2010-06-18 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Online Human-Robot Interactions

Sonia Chernova speaks about the new online game Mars Escape developed to study human-robot interactions. Lessons learnt will be demonstrated in a real-life replica of the game environment at the Boston Museum of Science, where visitors will have a chance to interact with the robot Nexi. Kenton Williams gives us more details on this very expressive robot.

Syndicated 2010-06-04 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: The Nao Humanoid

Luc Degaudenzi and Cédric Vaudel from Aldebaran speak about the Nao platform and the future of the humanoid market. Don't miss Nao presenting himself and check out his story telling skills.

Syndicated 2010-05-21 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: 50 Years of Robotics (Part 2)

In this 51st episode we conclude our 2-part special on 50 years of robotics. For the occasion we speak with 12 scientists about the most remarkable developments in their field of robotics over the last 50 years and their prediction for next half-century. Today’s episode features Jean-Christophe Zufferey on flying robots, Dan Kara on the robotics market, Kristinn Thórisson on AI, Andrea Thomaz on human robot interactions, Terry Fong on space robotics and Richard Jones on nano robots.

Syndicated 2010-05-07 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: 50 Years of Robotics (Part 1)

Today we celebrate the 50th episode of ROBOTS! For the occasion we speak with 12 scientists about the most remarkable developments in their field of robotics over the last 50 years and their prediction for next half-century. This 50th special is split into two episodes with the second half airing in two weeks. Today we speak with Rolf Pfeifer on robotics in general, Mark Tilden on robot toys, Hiroshi Ishiguro on androids, Oscar Schofield on underwater robots, Steve Potter on brain machine interfaces and Chris Rogers on eduction robots.

Syndicated 2010-04-23 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: URBI Software Platform

Jean-Christophe Baillie introduces us to URBI, the universal robotics software platform that's already been implemented on several different robots and is going open source in May 2010.

Syndicated 2010-04-09 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Chaos Control

Poramate Manoonpong speaks about using chaotic input to central pattern generators. Alex Pitti describes way to synchronise a non-linear controller to the dynamics of the body it is controlling.

Syndicated 2010-03-26 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Kristinn R. Thórisson on the past, present and future of Artificial Intelligence.

Syndicated 2010-03-12 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast

Robots: Satellite Swarms

Alvar Saenz-Otero from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks about miniature satellites that create swarms in space.

Syndicated 2010-02-26 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics » Podcast