An Amazon Climate Pledge Fund representative and a Glacier representative discuss Glacier’s AI and robotics for recycling at a municipal facility in Northern California.
A researcher from the Robot Perception and Learning Lab presents at CoRL 2023 on building generalist robots through scalable algorithms, continuous data collection, and versatile humanoid hardware.
Ani Kembhavi, who leads computer vision research at AI2, describes building robots that generalize through large-scale simulation with the Paul G. Allen School robotics colloquium audience.
Antonia Tzemanaki, a robotics researcher at the University of Bristol, discusses hand exoskeletons, robotic hands and teleoperation with Robot Talk host Claire Asher.
A Toyota Research Institute presenter discusses how the Punyo robot uses soft materials, tactile sensing, and whole-body manipulation to handle large objects and collaborate safely with people.
Edward Johns, director of Imperial College London’s Robot Learning Lab, discusses robot manipulation, imitation learning, and AI with Robot Talk host Claire Asher.
MIT CSAIL researchers describe underwater robots for studying animals, a compliant robot for working near coral, and miniature boats that can assemble into shapes on the water.
Matt Barnes of Google Research explains how inverse reinforcement learning can use real user routes to improve Google Maps, presenting at the Paul G. Allen School Robotics Colloquium at the University of Washington, where he was introduced by Siddhartha Srinivasa.
Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics and executive director of the Boston Dynamics AI Institute, talks with Lex Fridman on the Lex Fridman Podcast about legged robotics, robot intelligence, and the work ahead.
Jürgen Baier, CEO of Isento, describes building PIB, an open-source 3D-printed humanoid robot, with a global community, while PTC’s Onshape representative explains how cloud CAD supports the project’s collaboration.
Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, a robotics professor at the Paul G. Allen School, discusses physical manipulation and human-robot collaboration at the University of Washington.
A NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory team member reflects on Ingenuity’s first powered flight on Mars, its work alongside the rover, and how it could shape future aerial exploration.
Covariant co-founder and CEO Peter Chen joins Sarah on No Priors to discuss building robotics foundation models, deploying robots in warehouses, and the data and safety challenges involved.
Matei Ciocarlie, professor at Columbia University, presents his robotics research at the Paul G. Allen School colloquium, covering tactile sensing, dexterous manipulation, and hardware and learning co-design.
Ken Goldberg, a robotics researcher at UC Berkeley and co-founder of Ambi Robotics, explains at TEDxMarin why household robots struggle with manipulation and describes progress in warehouse sorting and home tasks.
Nima Fazeli, a robotics researcher at the University of Michigan, presents work on dexterous multimodal robotic tool use at an MIT Robotics Seminar, with collaborators from Google and Michigan.
KAIST DRCD Lab researchers present a real-time nonlinear model predictive control method for helping bipedal robots recover from disturbances using ankle, hip, and stepping adjustments.
Wandercraft chairman Nicolas and company colleagues, including co-founder Jean and engineer Matthieu Masselin, present the company’s personal exoskeleton in a keynote with rehabilitation researcher Dr. Anne Spungen and user Kevin.
Agility Robotics CTO Melonee Wise talks with Audrow Nash about Digit’s warehouse work, humanoid robot design, labor and AI, and the path to broader uses.
NEURA Robotics CEO David Reger discusses robot coworkers with the host at a Web Summit session, covering how robots could support people at work and at home.
Xiaolong Wang, robotics and vision researcher at the University of California San Diego, presents his group’s work on generalization for robotics at the Fall 2023 GRASP SFI.
Coline Devin, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, discusses RoboCat, a robot learning system, at the Robotics Colloquium hosted by the Paul G. Allen School.
Simi Wang, global director of sales at Keenon Robotics, discusses how service robots can support pandemic response and how COVID-19 may accelerate automation, with ARC analyst Anju.
Matt Johnson-Roberson, director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute and a professor in its School of Computer Science, traces how AI and robotics have shaped each other at the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s IROS plenary.
PAL Robotics presents how TIAGo’s Advanced Navigation Package builds editable maps, supports configurable routes and obstacles, and enables autonomous navigation.
Caelan Garrett, Ankit Goyal, and Iretiayo Akinola, research scientists at NVIDIA Research, present robotics work at the University of Washington Robotics Colloquium hosted by Dieter Fox.
Chris Luecke, host of Manufacturing Happy Hour, talks with Kawasaki’s Zach Toma and RoboTire’s Victor Daru at Automate 2023 about their partnership, applying robotics to tire service, and where automation is headed.
A HumanoidRobots presenter demonstrates how a humanoid robot can learn household routines through natural interaction, including requests to bring drinks and cleaning tools.
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