1054 talks, interviews and lectures on humanoid robots, each summarised with its key moments, so you can read the gist and jump to the part you need.
Andy Zeng of Google DeepMind presents “From Words to Actions” to GRASP Lab at the Fall 2023 GRASP SFI, outlining how language and vision-language models can help robots plan and act.
Geordie Rose, co-founder and CEO of Sanctuary AI, discusses humanoid robot autonomy, dexterous hands, and the economic and philosophical questions around automation with Jason on This Week in Startups.
Evan Ackerman of IEEE Spectrum hosts Skydio CEO Adam Bry and University of Zurich robotics professor Davide Scaramuzza to discuss agile autonomous drones and their uses.
Evan Ackerman, Mike Dooley of Labrador Systems, and Chris Jones of iRobot discuss designing useful home robots and building them with users on IEEE Spectrum’s Chatbot podcast.
IEEE Spectrum host Evan Ackerman talks with choreographer Monica Thomas and robotics researcher Amy LaViers about robot dance, their work with Boston Dynamics and the RAD Lab, and what movement can teach robotics.
Shuran Song, a robotics researcher at Columbia and now Stanford, presents at the CMU Robotics Institute seminar on learning to use real-world dynamics in robot manipulation.
Vladlen Koltun, an AI and robotics researcher, discusses simulation-based policy transfer and agile drone flight with MIT Robotics, drawing on work with David Scaramuzza and PhD students at the University of Zurich.
Dr. Aadeel Akhtar, CEO and founder of PSYONIC, discusses affordable bionic hands, patient needs, and future prosthetics with the Next Big Thing Podcast hosts.
Nicolaus Radford, founder and CEO of Nauticus Robotics, describes his move from NASA space robotics to autonomous underwater work at an IHMC lecture in Pensacola.
Jeff Cardenas, CEO of Apptronik, joins John Koetsier on NEXT to explain how the Austin company is developing Apollo and bringing humanoid robots toward commercial use.
Frank Kirchner, director of DFKI’s Robotics Innovation Center in Bremen and a robotics professor at the University of Bremen, discusses robotics and AI trends at the RealAIGym Olympics competition at IJCAI 2023.
Ben Henderson-Palmer, chief commercial officer at Robotical, discusses educational robotics, his route into STEM, and the future of work with Host on STEM with Mr N.
Toyota Research Institute describes how diffusion policy helps its robots learn dexterous behaviors from demonstrations.
Apptronik colleagues and Gerardo’s family remember the young roboticist’s response to grief, his work with robots, and the legacy he left.
Marc Raibert, robotics researcher and founder of the AI Institute, discusses Boston Dynamics’ robots and the research culture he wants to build at the IROS 35th Anniversary Forum.
Tamim Asfour, a humanoid robotics researcher at KIT in Karlsruhe, discusses motion intelligence and versatile robots for household, industrial, and assistive tasks at the Latin American Summer School on Cognitive Robotics.
Jitendra Malik, Berkeley professor and part-time research science director at Meta, talks with Peter on The Robot Brains Podcast about sensorimotor learning, robotics, computer vision, and how AI research develops.
Seb Boyer, FarmWise co-founder and CEO, discusses AI, robotics, and more precise farming with Peter on The Robot Brains Podcast.
Geordie Rose, co-founder and CEO of Sanctuary AI, discusses the company’s Phoenix humanoid robot, its AI and hardware strategy, and its early commercial applications with John Koetsier on NEXT’s TechFirst.
Yaniv Altshuler, founder of Meta AI, discusses using AI to match feed additives to dairy herds and reduce methane emissions on The Robot Brains Podcast with the host.
VC investors Jesse Coors and Greg Hill discuss Figure AI’s humanoid robot and its potential uses and timeline with John Koetsier on NEXT.
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-6 pilot Woody Hoburg talks with Robot Brains Podcast host Dr. Peter Abbeel about life and research aboard the International Space Station.
A Westwood Robotics presenter, whose name is unknown, explains when and how to calibrate BRUCE’s lower-body joints.
Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson talks with Peter on The Robot Brains Podcast about designing and deploying a purpose-built robotaxi fleet.
Noam Brown, a research scientist at OpenAI, discusses AI planning, self-play, poker, and Diplomacy with the host of The Robot Brains Podcast.
Tyler Westenbroek, a postdoctoral researcher at UT Austin, presents robotics research on combining feedback control and reinforcement learning at the Paul G. Allen School colloquium, introduced by host Sid Srinivasa.
Stephen Balaban, co-founder and CEO of Lambda Labs, discusses building a cost-focused GPU cloud with Peter on The Robot Brains Podcast.
TheRobotStudio discusses the arrival of intelligent mobile robots, their effects on manufacturing and society, and the development of accessible robotics with an Industrial Technology magazine host.
An instructor from Westwood Robotics explains how to bring up BRUCE and operate its balance, stance, and walking controls.
Ameca, a desktop AI robot from Engineered Arts, attempts to tell a joke in a conversation with a host.
Adil, PSYONIC’s CEO and founder, discusses making sensorimotor bionic limbs more accessible, drawing on his work with users and researchers at Georgia Tech and elsewhere.
Rocky Duan, co-founder and CTO of Covariant, discusses robotic automation, foundation models, and learning systems with host Peter Chen on The Robot Brains Podcast.
Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, talks with Lex Fridman on the Lex Fridman Podcast about digital fabrication, self-replicating robots, and how making can connect computation with physical materials.
Raffaello D’Andrea, Verity co-founder and ETH Zurich professor, tells The Robot Brains Podcast’s Peter about autonomous warehouse drones, Kiva Systems, and his research and creative work.
Dieter Fox, senior research director at NVIDIA and professor at the University of Washington, discusses building reusable robot manipulation skills in a talk hosted by MIT Robotics.
Bingjie Tang, a USC PhD student who worked on this project as an NVIDIA Seattle Robotics Lab intern, presents research on transferring contact-rich assembly policies from simulation to real robots at the University of Toronto AI Robotics Lab seminar.
Briefs summarise talks and interviews; timestamps open the video at that moment. Claims in a talk are the speaker's own.
