Talking Robots - The Podcast on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Talking Robots: Outro
06 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for tuning in to Talking Robots! This podcast is now finished so take some time to listen to the shows you might have missed and don't forget t...
Talking Robots: Final Episode
23 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
With 45 interviews with high profile people in robotics, nearly 200'000 downloads and a good insight on today's and tomorrow's robotics, here we are n...
Talking Robots: Henry Markram - Blue Brain Robotics
09 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Talking Robots we speak with Henry Markram who is the director of the Blue Brain Project, director of the Center for Neuroscience a...
Talking Robots: Yoky Matsuoka - Neurobotic Prosthetics
25 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Talking Robots we speak with Yoky Matsuoka who is the director of the Neurobotics Laboratory at the University of Washington in Sea...
Talking Robots: Cynthia Breazeal - Personal Robots
11 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Talking Robots we talk to Cynthia Breazeal who is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute ...
Talking Robots: Kerstin Dautenhahn - Therapy Robots for Autism
28 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Kerstin Dautenhahn who is Research Professor in the School of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sc...
Talking Robots: Frédéric Kaplan - Curious Interactive Robots
14 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Frederic Kaplan. After ten years of research at the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, he is now researcher at th...
Talking Robots: Brad Nelson - BioMicroRobotics
29 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Brad Nelson who is the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zürich. At the root of BioMicroRobotics, ...
Talking Robots: Inman Harvey - Philosophy & Robotics
15 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Inman Harvey who is researcher at the Center for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics at the University of Sussex and ...
Talking Robots: Robin Murphy - Search and Rescue Robots
01 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we interview Robin Murphy who is a founder and international leader in both rescue robotics and human-robot interaction, and was recog...
Talking Robots: Roland Siegwart - Autonomous Robots
18 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview we talk to Roland Siegwart who is Full Professor at the Autonomous Systems Lab at the ETH Zurich. Based on his experience with the 1...
Talking Robots: Gianmarco Veruggio - Roboethics
04 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview we talk to Gianmarco Veruggio who founded the association Scuola di Robotica in Genova (Italy) to study the complex relationship bet...
Talking Robots: José Halloy - Social Cockroach Robots
21 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to José Halloy who is researcher at the Unit of Social Ecology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He presents the work do...
Talking Robots: Tandy Trower - Microsoft and Robotics
07 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we talk to Tandy Trower, a 26-year Microsoft veteran who is now the General Manager of the Microsoft Robotics Group. In this year's...
Talking Robots: Gerald Edelman - Neural Darwinism and Brain-based Devices
23 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview we talk to Nobel laureate Gerald Edelman who is director of The Neurosciences Institute in California and professor at The Scripps R...
Talking Robots: Henrik Lund - Playware and Edutainment
09 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Henrik Lund who is the director of the AdapTronics Group at the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute at the University of Sout...
Talking Robots: Ron Fearing - Millirobots
26 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Ron Fearing who is the director of the Biomimetic Millisystem Laboratory at UC Berkeley in California. He presents the stat...
Talking Robots: Michael Arbib - Robot Brains and Emotions
12 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Michael Arbib who is the Fletcher Jones professor of computer science, as well as a professor of biological sciences, biome...
Talking Robots: Rudolf Bannasch - Bionic Design
28 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Rudolf Bannasch from the Technical University in Berlin, Germany. Thanks to his background in biology, his many trips to ...
Talking Robots: Sebastian Thrun - Probabilistic Robotics and the DARPA challenges
14 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Sebastian Thrun who is the director of the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) in California. He tells us how he won the 2005 DARPA Gr...
Talking Robots: Jean-Christophe Zufferey - Flying Insects and Robots
31 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Jean-Christophe Zufferey who is a researcher at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the EPFL in Switzerland. He pres...
Talking Robots: Chris Melhuish - Energy Autonomy
17 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Chris Melhuish, who is the director of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of Bristol and the West of England...
Talking Robots: Haruhisa Kurokawa - Self-reconfigurable Modular Robots
03 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Haruhisa Kurokawa, who is the head of the Distributed System Design Research Group, Intelligent Systems Institute, National...
Talking Robots: Martin Haegele - The European Robotics Market
20 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Martin Haegele, who is the head of the Robot Systems Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering a...
Talking Robots: Daniel Wilson - How to Survive a Robot Uprising
06 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Daniel Wilson about his Rave Award winning book on "How to Survive A Robot Uprising". With his humor in pocket, Daniel walk...
Talking Robots: Roger Quinn - Insect-like Locomotion
22 Jun 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Roger Quinn, who is the director of the Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab at Case Western Reserve University. From the mos...
Talking Robots: David Hanson - Human-like Social Robots
08 Jun 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to David Hanson about human-like social robots and his company Hanson Robotics. If you fancy tea with Einstein or a Sci Fi dis...
Talking Robots: Yasuo Kuniyoshi - Embodied Cognition
25 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Yasuo Kuniyoshi about embodied cognition. By confronting his human size humanoids to their environment he proves that lifti...
Talking Robots: Dario Floreano - Evolutionary Robotics
11 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Dario Floreano about evolutionary robotics. From evolution to learning and from single robots to swarm systems, Prof. Flore...
Talking Robots: Rodney Brooks - Behavior Based Robotics
27 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Rodney Brooks on behavior based robotics. He talks about how mosquitoes in Thailand caused a fundamental shift in artific...
Talking Robots: Laurent Keller - Robots and Biology
13 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview the biologist Laurent Keller on his experience with using robots for Biology. He talks about the advantages of using robo...
Talking Robots: Jun Tani - Cognitive Robotics
30 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Jun Tani on robot cognition and robot consciousness. He talks about robot, animal and human brains, meta-level cognition,...
Talking Robots: Auke Ijspeert - Salamander robot swims and walks
16 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Auke Ijspeert on his amphibious salamander robot. He explains how central pattern generators are a powerful tool to link ...
Talking Robots: Metin Sitti - Nano-Robotics
02 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Metin Sitti on nano-materials such as artificial gecko hairs for robotics. He talks about his wall-climbing robots, about...
Talking Robots: Marco Dorigo - Swarm Robotics
16 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Talking Robots" Marco Dorigo discusses his research in swarm robotics and swarm intelligence, and gives his views on the goals tha...
Talking Robots: Rolf Pfeifer - New AI
02 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Talking Robots" we interview Rolf Pfeifer, about the last 50 years in artificial intelligence, the "new AI", the central role of e...
Talking Robots: Owen Holland - Robot Consciousness
19 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Owen Holland about his rediscovery of the first autonomous robot ever built, his research in artificial consciousness and...
Talking Robots: Olivier Michel - Robot Simulation as a Business Opportunity
05 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview we talk to Olivier Michel, the founder of Cyberbotics Ltd., about his business experience with robot simulation, his current and fut...
Talking Robots: Josh Bongard and Hod Lipson - Resilient Machines through continuous self modeling
22 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Hod Lipson and Josh Bongard about a highly adaptive robot they built together with Victor Zykov that can continue working...
Talking Robots: Raja Chatila - Robot Navigation
08 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Raja Chatila on the state of the art in robot navigation, on how to marry traditional Simultaneous Localization And Mappi...
Talking Robots: Luc Steels - Evolution of Communication and Language
24 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Luc Steels about language evolution, the cognitive and genetic basis for language, and the importance of embodiment and r...
Talking Robots: Francesco Mondada - Starting a Business in Research Robotics
10 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Francesco Mondada on his experience with starting a business in research robotics, on the potential of robots for creatin...
Talking Robots: Barbara Webb - Biorobotics
27 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Barbara Webb presents her cricket robot, explains why it is sometimes easier to build a robot than a computer model, and speculates on...
Talking Robots: Uwe Zimmer - Underwater robotics
12 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Uwe Zimmer about underwater robots and his work on autonomous under water submarine swarms.
Talking Robots: Terry Fong - Human-Robot Teams
29 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Terry Fong about peer-to-peer human-robot interactions in a team including a seam-welding humanoid robot, an inspection s...
Talking Robots: Dario Floreano - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
15 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode we interview Dario Floreano, the initiator and editor in chief of Talking Robots, about his motivations for this podcast, and ab...