Robot Talk
Episodes
Episode 56: Intelligent warehouse robots - Guillaume Doisy
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Claire chatted to Guillaume Doisy from Dexory about autonomous warehouse robots, mobile robotics, and software. Guillaume Doisy is the current Lead Sy...
Episode 55: Adaptable robots inspired by nature - Sara Adela Abad Guaman
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Claire chatted to Sara Adela Abad Guaman from University College London about adaptable robots inspired by nature. Sara Adela Abad Guaman is a Lecture...
New season of Robot Talk coming soon!
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robot Talk will be back for Season 4 on the 29th September - make sure you're subscribed to be the first to hear the latest episodes.
Episode Fifty-Four: Robot Talk Live - Robotics and Science Fiction
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous machines have become a necessity for our future world but what are the implications of robots for soc...
Episode Fifty-Three: Robert Richardson
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Robert Richardson from the University of Leeds all about 3D printing, robot design, and infrastructure repair. Robert R...
Episode Fifty-Two: Sara Bernardini
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Sara Bernardini from Royal Holloway University of London all about decision-making, reconfigurable robots, and oceanograp...
Episode Fifty-One: James Kell
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to James Kell from Jacobs Engineering UK all about civil infrastructure, nuclear robotics and jet engine inspection. James ...
Episode Fifty: Elena De Momi
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Elena De Momi from the the Polytechnic University of Milan all about surgical robotics, artificial intelligence, and the ...
Episode Forty-Nine: Nick Hawes
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Nick Hawes from the University of Oxford all about robot decision-making, long-term autonomy, and artificial intelligence...
Episode Forty-Eight: Georgia Chalvatzaki
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Georgia Chalvatzaki from the Technical University of Darmstadt all about mobile assistive robots, learning, and planning....
Episode Forty-Seven: Helmut Hauser
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Helmut Hauser from the University of Bristol all about soft robotics, sensing, and smart robot bodies. Check out the vide...
Episode Forty-Six: Carlotta Berry
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Carlotta Berry from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology all about robotics education, science outreach, and increasin...
Episode Forty-Five: Francesco Giorgio-Serchi
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Francesco Giorgio-Serchi from the University of Edinburgh all about underwater robots, weather-proofing, and soft roboti...
Episode Forty-Four: Kat Thiel
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Kat Thiel from Manchester Metropolitan University all about collaborative robots, micro-factories, and fashion manufactur...
Episode Forty-Three: Maitreyee Wairagkar
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Maitreyee Wairagkar from the University of California all about neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, and assistive r...
Episode Forty-Two: Thom Kirwan-Evans
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Thom Kirwan-Evans from Origami Labs all about computer vision, machine learning and robots in industry. Thom Kirwan-E...
Episode Forty-One: Alessandra Rossi
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Alessandra Rossi from the University of Naples all about social robotics, theory of mind, and robots playing football. A...
Episode Forty: Edward Timpson
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Edward Timpson from QinetiQ all about robots in the military, uncrewed vehicles, and cyber security. Ed Timpson joined...
Episode Thirty-Nine: Maria Bauza Villalonga
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Maria Bauza Villalonga from DeepMind all about robot learning, transferable skills, and general AI. Maria Bauza Villal...
Episode Thirty-Eight: Jonathan Aitken
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Jonathan Aitken from the University of Sheffield all about manufacturing, sewer inspection, and robots in the real world....
Episode Thirty-Seven: Yang Gao
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Yang Gao from the University of Surrey all about space robotics and planetary exploration. Yang Gao is Professor of Sp...
Episode Thirty-Six: Ignazio Maria Viola
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Ignazio Maria Viola from the University of Edinburgh all about aerodynamics, dandelion-inspired drones, and swarm sensing...
Episode Thirty-Five: Emily S. Cross
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Emily S. Cross from the University of Glasgow and Western Sydney University all about neuroscience, social learning, and ...
Episode Thirty-Four: Sabine Hauert
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Sabine Hauert from the University of Bristol all about swarm robotics, nanorobots, and environmental monitoring. Sabine ...
Episode Thirty-Three: Dan Stoyanov
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Dan Stoyanov from University College London all about robotic vision, surgical robotics, and artificial intelligence. Da...
Episode Thirty-Two: Mollie Claypool
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Mollie Claypool from Automated Architecture all about robot house-building, zero-carbon architecture, and community parti...
Episode Thirty-One: Chris Atkeson
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Chris Atkeson from Carnegie Mellon University all about humanoid robots, human-aware environments and the future of AI an...
Episode Thirty: Ana Cavalcanti
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Ana Cavalcanti from the University of York all about software development, testing and verification, and autonomous mobil...
Episode Twenty-Nine: Sina Sareh
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Sina Sareh from the Royal College of Art all about industrial inspection, soft robotics, and robotic grippers. Sina Sare...
Episode Twenty-Eight: Amanda Prorok
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Amanda Prorok from the University of Cambridge all about self-driving cars, industrial robots, and multi-robot systems. O...
Episode Twenty-Seven: Simon Wanstall
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire talked to Simon Wanstall from the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics all about soft robotics, robotic prostheses and taking inspiration f...
Episode Twenty-Six: Séverin Lemaignan
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Séverin Lemaignan from PAL Robotics all about social robots, behaviour, and robot-assisted human-human interactions. To ...
Episode Twenty-Five: Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena from Imperial College London about medical robotics, robotic surgery, and translational rese...
Episode Twenty-Four: Gopal Ramchurn
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Gopal Ramchurn from the University of Southampton about artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and renewable energy...
Episode Twenty-Three: Mickey Li
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire talked to Mickey Li from the University of Bristol about aerial robotics, building inspection and multi-robot teams. To celebrate th...
Episode Twenty-Two: Iveta Eimontaite
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire talked to Dr Iveta Eimontaite from Cranfield University all about psychology, human-robot interaction, and industrial robots. To cel...
Episode Twenty-One: Sean Katagiri
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire chatted to Sean Katagiri from The National Robotarium all about underwater robots, offshore energy, and other industrial application...
Episode Twenty: Paul Dominick Baniqued
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Claire talked to Dr Paul Dominick Baniqued from The University of Manchester all about brain-computer interface technology and rehabilitati...
Episode Nineteen: Roopika Ravikanna
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the new season, Claire chatted to Roopika Ravikanna from the University of Lincoln all about farm robots, fruit-picking and hu...
Episode Eighteen: Robot Talk Live — Robotics in the Home
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first robots went into space over 60 years ago and robotics have become a familiar sight in many industrial settings, but it took a bit longer for...
Episode Seventeen – Bioinspired Robots: learning from nature
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In many areas of robotics, scientists and engineers are taking inspiration from nature in their designs. Bioinspired robotics now encompasses a huge n...
Episode Sixteen – Disaster Response: robots to the rescue
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most dangerous and unpredictable Earth environments we can send robots into are disaster zones – sites devastated by natural disasters or...
Episode Fifteen – Trustworthy Robots: building rapport
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robots are becoming a more and more important part of our home and work lives and as we come to rely on them, trust is of paramount importance. Succes...
Episode Fourteen – Aerial Robotics: taking flight
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most familiar types of robot are drones – we've seen them replace fireworks at Olympic opening ceremonies and you might have even seen pe...
Episode Thirteen – Robot evolution: survival of the fittest
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Unlike the characteristics of most robots, the adaptations of living organisms weren't designed - they evolved through natural selection over millions...
Episode Twelve – Manufacturing Robotics: onto the factory floor
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The manufacturing industry's need for accuracy and repeatability in repetitive manual tasks made it an early adopter of robotics technology. Now, as m...
Episode Eleven – Self-Driving Cars: behind the wheel
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the last decade, autonomous cars have gone from being SciFi fantasy to a commercial reality on our roads, and as with most major technological deve...
Episode Ten – Robot Swarms: flocking together
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a brand-new season of Robot Talk, hosted by Dr Claire Asher! In season 1 we talked about many different types of robot, working alone or di...
Episode Nine: Robot Talk Live — Robots into the Wild
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We often hear about robots working in controlled, predictable environments, like an assembly line or an operating theatre, but as a former field biolo...
Episode Eight - Soft Robotics: a new kind of robot
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the series so far, soft robotics has come up over and over in different areas, from medicine to agriculture. In this episode, I'll be chatt...
Episode Seven - Agricultural Robotics: Farming for the future
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Although as consumers we may sometimes feel quite detached from food production, agriculture is central to all our lives. As an industry, agriculture ...
Episode Six - Human-Robot Collaboration: working together
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Although robots have been in our lives for decades, they have often been kept quite separate from the humans they help, whether that's huge industrial...
Episode Five - Robots for hazardous environments: into the extremes
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One way in which robots can be put to particularly good use is for performing tasks in environments that are too dangerous for humans to work, for exa...
Episode Four - Robot Senses: perceiving the world
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If we want to create smart, adaptable robots, the first thing they need to be able to do is to sense and understand the world around them. In this epi...
Episode Three - Robot Locomotion: getting moving
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most fundamental things a robot can do is to move around in its environment, and engineers have developed lots of different solutions to ro...
Episode Two - Space Robotics: out of this world
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the different areas that robotics is being applied to, space robotics might be the one that most captures people's imaginations and inspires us...
Episode One – Medical Robotics: into the operating theatre
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's not an exaggeration to say that robotics research is driving life-saving innovations – robots are already making a difference in clinics and op...