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Robots: Made in Brazil Updated: 2011-11-04 07:00:00 Description: In today's show, we take you all the way to Brazil. Marcelo Becker from the University of São Paulo (USP) talks to us about how mobile robots are going to help change agriculture, manufacturing and driving in his country. We then speak with Marcel d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Demonstrations at IROS Updated: 2011-10-21 07:00:00 Description: In today's show, we hear about two demonstrations that caught our attention at IROS. Péter Fankhauser from the ETH in Zürich tells us about the Rezero ballbot, a balancing robot that speeds around on a sphere. Mike Rubenstein from the Self-organizi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: IROS Exhibit Hall Updated: 2011-10-07 07:00:00 Description: In today's show we take you around the Exhibit hall of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) that took place in San Francisco last week. IROS is one of the main conferences in robotics, attracting thousands of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Educational Robotics Updated: 2011-09-23 07:00:00 Description: In today's show, we look at the playful field of educational robotics with expert Dr. Francesco Mondada, director of the MOBOTS group. We then dive into the details with Stéphane Magnenat (ETHZ), creator of the easy to use ASEBA software and Fanny R...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Art III Updated: 2011-09-09 07:00:00 Description: This episode is the last of this three part special series about robot art with guest interviewer David St-Onge, an engineer working at the interface of visionary arts and creative science. He brings us into his world through in-depth conversations ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Art II Updated: 2011-08-26 07:00:00 Description: This episode is the second of a three part special series about robot art with guest interviewer David St-Onge, an engineer working at the interface of visionary arts and creative science. David was our guest in previous episode with the Robots Podc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Art I Updated: 2011-08-11 07:00:00 Description: This episode is the first of a three part special series about robot art with guest interviewer David St-Onge, an engineer working at the interface of visionary arts and creative science. You might remember David from a previous interview with the Ro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Our favorite Robots Updated: 2011-07-29 07:00:00 Description: The ROBOTS team has grown steadily over the years, filling its ranks with robot enthusiasts from the Switzerland, USA, Greece, UK, Brazil and Japan. We take care of everything, from digging out the latest news, to interviewing main actors in robotics...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Demining and Defusing Updated: 2011-07-15 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we speak with Frederic Guerne of Digger DTR and Paul Bosscher of Harris Corp....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The Mind Machine Project Updated: 2011-07-01 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we speak with Newton Howard, director of the Mind Machine Project and research scientist at MIT....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Schunk Manipulators Updated: 2011-06-17 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we speak with Henrik Schunk, Managing Partner of SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG and Chairman of EUnited Robotics about high-end grippers, service robotics and European endeavors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The Bilibot Project Updated: 2011-06-03 07:00:00 Description: In today's episode we talk about a new generation of affordable robots with the Bilibot project and its leader Garratt Gallagher....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Blended Reality Updated: 2011-05-20 07:00:00 Description: 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 telling us about the Playtime Computing System, a playground where kids can interact with the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: European Robotics (Part 2) Updated: 2011-05-06 07:00:00 Description: Second of a two-part feature on the European Robotics Forum, an event jointly organized by EUROP and EURON and hosted this year in Sweden by Robotdalen. Thanks to an invitation by EUnited Robotics, we got a chance to be there and talk to some of Euro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: European Robotics (Part 1) Updated: 2011-04-22 07:00:00 Description: First of a two-part feature on the European Robotics Forum, an event jointly organized by EUROP and EURON and hosted this year in Sweden by Robotdalen. Thanks to an invitation by EUnited Robotics, we got a chance to be there and talk to some of Europ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robotic Arts Updated: 2011-04-08 07:00:00 Description: 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 (including the Cloudharp, SAILS, the Mascarillon) he talks about the opportuni...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Mind Control Updated: 2011-03-25 07:00:00 Description: 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 brain waves to give commands to their autonomous vehicle, MadeInGermany. We then tal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Future Manipulators Updated: 2011-03-11 07:00:00 Description: n 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 guest, Heinrich Jaeger from the University of Chicago tells us about the soft universal gripper...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Telepresence Updated: 2011-02-25 07:00:00 Description: In today's show we'll have a look the next killer application in robotics, telepresence. Our first guest, Jean-Christophe Baillie, is the CEO of Gostai which just commercialized the Jazz series this year. Our second guest, Trevor Blackwell, presents ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robotics Roadmaps – Japan Updated: 2011-02-11 07:00:00 Description: This episode is a first in a series about robotics funding and priorities worldwide. To start out, we'll be talking with an expert and leading figure in Japanese Robotics, Tomomasa Sato, who will give us insights into the Japanese robotics roadmap....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Odor Source Localization Updated: 2011-01-28 07:00:00 Description: 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 Agriculture and Technology is an expert in the field, whose sniffing robots ran...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Harvest Automation Updated: 2011-01-14 07:00:00 Description: Joe Jones, co-founder of Harvest Automation, presents the future of agriculture and speaks of lessons learnt from Roomba. Don't miss our new NEWS feature in partnership with robots.net....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Multi-Robot Teams Updated: 2010-12-31 07:00:00 Description: Vijay Kumar and Daniel Mellinger from the GRASP Lab at UPenn present their work on developing multi-robot teams for real-world applications. Some of their most recent work includes aggressive maneuvers, SLAM and cooperative transport with quadrotor p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Science Fiction II Updated: 2010-12-17 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we dive into the world of famous science fiction writer Greg Bear. We then take you on an audio journey through one of his books, Mariposa. Finally don't forget to send us your YouTube holiday videos featuring robots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Personal Helpers Updated: 2010-12-03 07:00:00 Description: In this episode, Steve Cousins, CEO of Willow Garage talks about the advent of Personal Robots, their PR2 robot and the Robot Operating System ROS. Our second guest, Moritz Tenorth, tells us about his experience working with these tools and his PhD o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Dependable Swarms Updated: 2010-11-19 07:00:00 Description: Alan Winfield from the Bristol Robotics Lab discusses the potential and pitfalls of swarm robotics and their use in real-world applications. He also talks about transparent science, blogging and robot ethics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Autonomous Vehicles Updated: 2010-11-05 07:00:00 Description: 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 Intercontinental Vehicle Challenge, and Raul Rojas, leader of the Made...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Amateur UAVs Updated: 2010-10-22 07:00:00 Description: Chris Anderson, Editor-in-chief of WIRED and founder of DIY Drones presents his community of UAV enthusiasts and all the open source software and hardware developed to make your robots take-off....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Futurama Updated: 2010-10-08 07:00:00 Description: David X. Cohen describes the robots in Futurama and his vision on the future....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Olfaction Updated: 2010-09-24 07:00:00 Description: Achim Lilienthal from Örebro University in Sweden and Lino Forte Marques from the University of Coimbra in Portugal discuss smell as a sensor modality for mobile robots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The Law Updated: 2010-09-10 07:00:00 Description: Ryan Calo, Senior Research Fellow at Stanford Law-School, discusses liability & privacy issues when considering robots and the law....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Programmable Matter Updated: 2010-08-27 07:00:00 Description: Michael Tolley and Jonas Neubert from the Computational Synthesis Laboratory run by Hod Lipson at Cornell University present their approach at making programmable matter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Distributed Flight Array Updated: 2010-08-13 07:00:00 Description: Raymond Oung from the Swiss Technical Institute of Technology in Zürich discusses the Distributed Flight Array, which is a new type of modular aerial robot. We then celebrate aerial robotics with a contest on flying robot noises for a chance to win ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Science Fiction Updated: 2010-07-30 07:00:00 Description: Patrick Gyger from the Maison d'Ailleurs, one of the major Science Fiction museums in the world, presents the history of robotics in the genre and discusses interactions between science and writing. We the bring you a re-edition of the Selkies storie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Nanosystems Updated: 2010-07-16 07:00:00 Description: Ari Requicha from the University of Southern California and Grégory Mermoud from EPFL describe the soft- and hardware aspects of designing systems of nanorobots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: R&D at iRobot Updated: 2010-07-02 07:00:00 Description: 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 project...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Modeling Biology Updated: 2010-06-18 07:00:00 Description: 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 art...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Online Human-Robot Interactions Updated: 2010-06-04 07:00:00 Description: 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 ch...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The Nao Humanoid Updated: 2010-05-21 07:00:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: 50 Years of Robotics (Part 2) Updated: 2010-05-07 07:00:00 Description: 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-cent...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: 50 Years of Robotics (Part 1) Updated: 2010-04-23 07:00:00 Description: 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 spli...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: URBI Software Platform Updated: 2010-04-09 07:00:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Chaos Control Updated: 2010-03-26 07:00:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The Future of Artificial Intelligence Updated: 2010-03-12 07:00:00 Description: Kristinn R. Thórisson on the past, present and future of Artificial Intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Satellite Swarms Updated: 2010-02-26 07:00:00 Description: Alvar Saenz-Otero from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks about miniature satellites that create swarms in space....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: AUV Missions Updated: 2010-02-12 07:00:00 Description: 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 ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Quadrotors Updated: 2010-01-29 07:00:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Deep-Sea Exploration Updated: 2010-01-15 07:00:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: New Year's Special Updated: 2010-01-01 07:00:00 Description: 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 Reyno...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Weight-Loss Coach Updated: 2009-12-18 07:00:00 Description: 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'l...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Planetary Exploration Updated: 2009-12-04 07:00:00 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Learning Updated: 2009-11-20 07:00:00 Description: 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 us...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Stroke Rehabilitation Updated: 2009-11-06 07:00:00 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Slithering Creatures Updated: 2009-10-23 07:00:00 Description: 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 speak...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Active Touch Updated: 2009-10-09 07:00:00 Description: 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 distingui...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Emergent Communication Updated: 2009-09-25 07:00:00 Description: Sara Mitri, researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne speaks about her bio-inspired experiments on the evolution of communication. Jürgen Jost, director at Leipzig's Max Planck Institute, discusses intentionality in robot c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Celebrating Invention Updated: 2009-09-11 07:00:00 Description: Dean Kaman from DEKA research speaks about the spirit of invention that drives him to create products that improve lives, and of the FIRST initiative that encourages young children to get engaged in engineering and science....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot-Assisted Surgery Updated: 2009-08-28 07:00:00 Description: Rainer Konietschke at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Centre explains the MiroSurge project for robotic endoscopic surgery. Woung Youn Chung at the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea explains usin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Brain-Machine Interfaces Updated: 2009-08-14 07:00:00 Description: Charles Higgins from the University of Arizona tells us how he uses insects to control robot motion. Steve Potter from the Georgia Institute of Technololgy explains how he grows neural circuitry in a Petri-dish and interfaces it with robots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Smart Homes Updated: 2009-07-31 07:00:00 Description: Roger Orpwood, director of the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering in the UK explains how smart homes can be used to help dementia patients stay independent and receive better care. Andrew Sixsmith, Professor at Simon Fraser University in Canada th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Soft Machines Updated: 2009-07-17 07:00:00 Description: Richard Jones, Professor of Physics at the University of Sheffield in the UK talks about Soft Machines, the future nanorobots inspired from biology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: From Animals to Automation Updated: 2009-07-03 07:00:00 Description: Markus Fischer, head of the Bionic Learning Network project and head of Corporate Design talks transferring technology from biomimetic research to actual products and their work on the AquaPenguin, AquaRay and AirJelly. Victor Zykov, PhD and PostDoc ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Celebrity Robots Brought to Life Updated: 2009-06-19 07:00:00 Description: Fred Barton, also known as "Robotman", introduces Robby the Robot and talks about building robot collectibles for museums and fellow enthusiasts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Autonomous City Explorer Updated: 2009-06-05 07:00:00 Description: Dirk Wollherr, senior researcher at the Technical University of Munich, and Astrid Weiss from the University of Salzburg on the design and the goals of the Autonomous City Explorer (ACE) robot....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot actors at the theater Updated: 2009-05-22 07:00:00 Description: Swiss theater director Christian Denisart talks about his latest play where 3 of the 5 main characters are mobile robots. Nicolas Tomatis, CEO of Bluebotics Ltd., describes the three robotic actors, an obedient robot dog, a distinguished robot butler...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Collective Coverage and Self-Assembly Updated: 2009-05-08 07:00:00 Description: MIT's Nikolaus Correll on his robot swarms for turbine inspection and his latest research on cooperating networks. In part two Roderich Gross introduces the swarm-bots and his work on robot cooperation, self-assembly and division of labour....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Giant Roaming Creatures Updated: 2009-04-24 07:00:00 Description: Theo Jansen describes his Strandbeest, giant walking creatures that can walk and sense their environments. We then talk to Jaimie Mantzel who is building a giant 6-legged robot on his mountain in Vermont....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The Race to the Moon Updated: 2009-04-10 07:00:00 Description: William "Red" Whittaker, director of the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about his team's bid for the Google Lunar X Prize....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Learning with LEGO Updated: 2009-03-27 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we speak with Chris Rogers about the use of LEGO in educating young children in engineering, math and science. We then speak with Liz Herron on her experiences with children using LEGO MINDSTORMS robotic kits at the LEGO Education Ce...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The REEM-B and HUBO Humanoids Updated: 2009-03-13 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we speak with Davide Faconti, leader of the REEM project, one of the few European contenders in humanoid robotics. We then speak with Jun Ho Oh from South Korea who was the general chair of the last International Conference on Humanoi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Ethics (Part 2) Updated: 2009-02-27 07:00:00 Description: This second episode in a two-part series on Robot Ethics interviews Ronald Arkin, Regents' Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Georgia Tech University in the US. Topics include military robots, robots in the society, medical robots and legal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Ethics (Part 1) Updated: 2009-02-13 07:00:00 Description: This first episode in a two part series on Robot Ethics interviews Noel Sharkey, Professor of Public Engagement, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Topics include military robots, robots in the society, med...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Human-Robot Love Updated: 2009-01-30 07:00:00 Description: David Levy, author of the book "Love + Sex with Robots" and Kathleen Richardson who is a doctor of Robot Anthropology at Cambridge University discuss the future of human-robot relationships, both physical and emotional....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Industrial Robots in Research Updated: 2009-01-16 07:00:00 Description: Raúl Ordóñez from the Motoman Robotics Lab talks about research in industrial robotics and how he hopes to use visual servoing as a feedback mechanism allowing robot arms to accomplish complex tasks such as juggling....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: 2008 New Year's Special Updated: 2009-01-02 07:00:00 Description: We review the biggest events in robotics in 2008 and look to what 2009 has to offer with our panel of experts: Dan Kara from Robotics Trends, Terry Fong from the NASA Ames Research Center, Dario Floreano from the EPFL, Steve Rainwater from robots.net...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Toys Updated: 2008-12-19 07:00:00 Description: Mark Tilden, passionate robot builder with WowWee Robotics, talks about designing robots for children, and what he thinks that scientists and researchers can learn from the toy industry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Musicians Updated: 2008-12-05 07:00:00 Description: Gil Weinberg who is the Director of Music Technology at Georgia Tech, presents his wooden robot drummer Haile that is capable of playing with human teachers and even evolving its own beats to reach robotic improvisation. He also introduces his latest...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Bio-inspired locomotion Updated: 2008-11-21 07:00:00 Description: Robert Full from UC Berkley presents his research on animal locomotion and how his insights have been inspiring engineers to create robots. Auke Ijspeert from the EPFL then shares some thoughts on bio-inspired locomotion....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Androids, Human Presence and the Uncanny Valley Updated: 2008-11-07 07:00:00 Description: Hiroshi Ishiguro from Osaka University introduces his androids, including the robotic replicate of his then 5 year old daughter, a female android modeled after the NHK news announcer Ayako Fujii and a copy of himself, the Geminoid. He explains Androi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Jumping and Crawling in Millirobots Updated: 2008-10-24 07:00:00 Description: Sarah Bergbreiter from the University of Maryland gives us an overview of her work with robotic mobile sensor networks, walking and jumping micro-robots as well as fast prototyping of novel robots. Aaron Hoover at Berkeley talks about novel manufactu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Warehouse Robots Updated: 2008-10-10 07:00:00 Description: In this episode Raffaello D'Andrea of KIVA Systems describes how hundreds of autonomous robots can be used to automate warehouses. This episode then features the second part of Science Fiction author Jack Graham's "Selkies"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Swarming Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Updated: 2008-09-26 07:00:00 Description: In this show we dive into the world of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with Navinda Kottege from the Australian National University. In the second part Marc Sherman from Teledyne RD Instruments tells us more about AUV technology and the importa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: An Uncertain Revolution Updated: 2008-09-12 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we dive into the revolution brought on by the field of probabilistic robotics with Claudio Mattiussi. We then launch a most "uncertain" competition to see how good our listeners are at making probabilistic predictions to estimate the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Bacteria-propelled microrobots Updated: 2008-08-29 07:00:00 Description: This episode discusses bacteria-propelled micro robots and their potential for medical applications inside the human body. In the first part Metin Sitti explains how his robots can join forces with bacteria. In the second part gastroenterologist Mark...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: DelFly and Europe's Micro Air Vehicle Competition Updated: 2008-08-15 07:00:00 Description: In this episode we cover two major events in aerial robotics: the announcement of the DelFly Micro and the 2008 European Micro Air Vehicle (EMAV) Competition. We first speak with Christophe de Wagter, a member of the Dutch team that's been churning...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: The Robot Blogosphere Updated: 2008-08-01 07:00:00 Description: This episode gives an insight into part of the online robotics community. We interview Steve Rainwater on his experience with robots.net, the first and probably largest robot community site online. Mikell Taylor shares her experience with the IEEE Sp...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Modular and Reconfigurable Robotics Updated: 2008-07-18 07:00:00 Description: This episode centers on modular robots. We interview Kasper Stoy on research in Modular Robotics. Robert Fitch gives an insight into Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Robot Soccer Updated: 2008-07-04 07:00:00 Description: Manuela Veloso, President-Elect of the International RoboCup Federation, gives a look behind the scenes of robot soccer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: A Robot Fly at Harvard and at the MoMA Updated: 2008-06-20 07:00:00 Description: This episode centers on the robotic fly, featuring interviews with professor Robert Wood at Harvard university and with Paola Antonelli, the curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: Cornell Racing Team and Velodyne's LIDAR Sensor Updated: 2008-06-06 07:00:00 Description: Our inaugural episode centers on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, featuring interviews with professor Daniel Huttenlocher from Team Cornell and Rick Yoder from Velodyne, a producer of LIDAR sensors used by several teams in the challenge....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots: 23 May 2008, Trailer 1 Updated: 2008-05-22 07:00:00 Description: Robots: Coming Soon! This is the trailer for the new Robots podcast, your source for news and views on robotics. Our inaugural episode will be released on 6 June 2008....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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