Soft Robotics Podcast: Recent Episodes
Marwa ElDiwiny
Hey! I am Marwa ElDiwiny, the host and creator of the Soft Robotics podcast. I started this podcast for a reason, one of them was to ask the questions I always wanted to ask when I was in the lab and reignite my curiosity by talking to interesting people. I found my purpose in this podcast, I hope it may inspire someone somehow along this journey!
Humanoid robotics is increasingly bounded by battery life, which directly impacts uptime, operating costs, and ultimately unit economics.Heat is another challenge. Thermal management can add weight and complexity, making battery design even more important. I sat down with Joe Papp, co-founder of Anthro Energy, to talk about their approach to building batteries that can last longer, store more energy, and operate more safely.More about Anthro Energy:https://www.anthroenergy.com/
Jason Black is a venture investor focused on transformational technologies, with a particular interest in robotics, AI, and frontier markets. He spent nearly a decade at RRE Ventures, where he partnered with founders building companies across deep tech and emerging industries. Known early in his venture career as “the robot guy,” Jason has long been drawn to complex systems and technologies pushing the boundaries of what machines can do. He brings an investor perspective on the future of robotics, including what separates promising humanoid robotics companies from those that ultimately succeed.
RobotsScott Walter sits down with Francesco Clemente from Prensilia to break down the design of Mia Hand and take a deep dive into its development.https://www.mia-hand.com/en/
Daniel Simu decided to build his own. A self-built robotic acrobat created by interdisciplinary artist and performer Daniel Simu. Blending circus, engineering, and storytelling, this project explores the strange and fascinating relationship between humans and machines.In this episode, we dive into how Acrobot was built, why it exists, and what it means when a robot becomes a performance partner instead of just a tool.Daniel’s work pushes the boundaries of what performance art can be in a post-digital world.https://danielsimu.com/
What if intelligence doesn’t come from code at all?Thrishantha Nanayakkara, professor of robotics at Imperial College London, explores this idea in Ghost Circuits.The book shows how computation can emerge from physical materials, geometry, and body–environment interactions, suggesting that “thinking machines” may not need traditional software at all.👉 Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/02hkjfLp
Humanoid Robots Are Still a Body Problem with Jerry Pratt (Persona AI) by Marwa ElDiwiny
Mark E. Rosheim is an American roboticist, engineer, author, and founder/president of Ross-Hime Designs, Inc., a mechanical design and robotics company in Minneapolis.He is best known for his work on anthrobotics, the design of robots with human-like limbs, hands, wrists, and manipulation capabilities, a term he helped pioneer.Rosheim holds numerous patents in robot technology and has developed robotic systems for major clients including NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, and aerospace firms.He has written several influential books on robotics, such as Robot Evolution: The Development of Anthrobotics (a technical and historical survey of robot design) and Leonardo’s Lost Robots (reconstructing Leonardo da Vinci’s automata designs).His work blends mechanical engineering, biomechanics, and historical research to advance understanding of how complex robot mechanisms can emulate human motion.Website: https://www.anthrobot.com/
What AI Robotics Demos Don’t Show: The Missing Piece in AI RoboticsSat down with Phil Trubey to talk neuromorphic chips and the holy grail of AI robotics.
Carl Bass, former CEO of Autodesk, shares his journey from leading one of the world’s most influential design software companies to shaping the future of making things. We dive into design, technology, and what’s next for innovators everywhere.
For more details, contact: 长坂（扬州）机器人科技有限公司 / CB Robot Technology Jianhao Zhou – demerzel.zhou@gmail.com
Scott Walter Sits Down with Benjamin Schwegler from LTK Lineartechnik Korb to Talk About: Can Roller Screws Be Made in 20 Seconds and How This Could Make Them Viable for Humanoids?https://ltk-linearmotion.com/about-us/
The Ability Hand: The Fastest Touch-Sensitive Bionic Hand in the World by Marwa ElDiwiny
The Belgian Unicorn Whisperer: Louis JonckheereI had the chance to sit down with Louis at Wintercircus Ghent to answer some spicy Reddit questions, talk about his journey, and hear what’s next for Aikido Security . I had a blast during this conversation and hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
CEO of Satisfashion, and a pioneering voice in holistic fashion psychology. Marleen is a global leader in transformational style branding and developed a groundbreaking method that uses clothing as a psychological and strategic tool to build embodied confidence, authentic presence, and powerful professional branding.Whether you’re interested in psychology, fashion, or simply curious about the subtle ways your wardrobe affects your mind, this episode is for you.https://satisfashion.style/test/
Vyking Built an In-House Robotic Arm with Camera for Shoe 3D Scanning and Virtual Try-On by Marwa ElDiwiny
Breakdown What’s Inside Xpeng’s Next-Gen Iron Humanoid, Why It’s Impressive and What’s Missing by Marwa ElDiwiny
Exclusive: K-Scale Labs Shuts Down: CEO Benjamin Bolte Reveals What Happened and What’s Next by Marwa ElDiwiny
I had the pleasure to speak with Wim Vancauwenberghe, the Director of BEMAS. For more details about BEMAS, visit: https://www.bemas.org/enFor information about the Asset Performance Conference, see: https://assetperformance.eu/
Scott Walter shares his thoughts after seeing a live demo of Figure 03 at Figure AI by Marwa ElDiwiny
Would designing humanoid fighting robots be much different in a factory, and is it even necessary? by Marwa ElDiwiny
NEURA Robotics Unveils 3rd Gen 4NE1 at Automatica 2025 – Exclusive Interview! by Marwa ElDiwiny
UFO Symphonic: Journeys into Sound by Mike FioritoOrder the book here 👉 https://www.amazon.com/UFO-Symphonic-Journeys-into-Sound/dp/162720606X
How Scientists Search for UFOs — Can We Outsmart What’s Already Watching Us?What if UFOs aren’t just random objects… but intelligent observers?In this episode, we explore how scientists actually search for UFOs — the sensors they use, the data that matters, and the possibility that these unknown objects might be actively avoiding detection.If you curious about the the published papers by Kevin Knuth in Progress in Aerospace Sciences (Elsevier)http://knuthlab.org/papers/knuth+etal---2025--new-science-UAP.pdfhttp://knuthlab.org/papers/szydagis+knuth+kugielsky+levy-UAPx---2025http://knuthlab.org/papers/knuth---kavli-2024---galactic-colonization.pdf
This Drive Eliminates Backlash — Could the Archimedes Drive Be Game-Changing for Robotics? by Marwa ElDiwiny
For more info about the orbit actuator, please check https://cnprnd.com/Or contact Michael Cortez: michael.cortez@cnprnd.com
The Shadow Knows: Why Did Unitree Go with a 45-Degree Anhedral Angle in the Waist? by Marwa ElDiwiny
This episode was never published and was recorded two years ago, and her insights are still relevant today.
How Neura Robotics Is Rethinking Humanoid Bot Design | Full Interview with David Reger by Marwa ElDiwiny
The Quaternion Drive: How This Mechanism Could Be Game-Changing for Humanoid Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny
What’s Up with 4NE-1’s Knees? How Neura Robotics Is Rethinking Humanoid Bot Design by Marwa ElDiwiny
Walk This Way: How Humanoid Gait Can Be Designed to Walk More Like Humans by Marwa ElDiwiny
For more about Wyyt AI, check out their website: https://wyyt.ai/You can follow Artem Burachenok on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aburachenok
Waist Not, Want Not – How Important Is the Waist in Humanoid Robot Design? by Marwa ElDiwiny
It’s All in the Hips: Ever wondered how hip design impacts a humanoid robot’s movement? by Marwa ElDiwiny
Tad McGeer: The Man Behind Passive Dynamic Walking & Boeing Insitu ScanEagle by Marwa ElDiwiny
BIG NEWS: We’re Launching a Humanoid Robot Company?! 🤖 (Wait… What?! 😂) Part1 by Marwa ElDiwiny
This is a conversation with Dennis Kochmann, a professor at ETH Zurich. This is a shortened version of our interview. For more about his work, visit: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2023/12/artificial-intelligence-for-safer-bike-helmets-and-better-shoe-soles.html
What Are the Barriers to Inclusion? Overcoming Challenges in the Soft Robotics Field by Marwa ElDiwiny
Cracking the Code: "What’s Missing in Hand Design for Most Humanoid Robotics Companies?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Removing CMC Joint in Hand, Why? Humanoid Robotics Updates: Clone Robotics, Figure AI, 1X by Marwa ElDiwiny
Dennis Kochmann "The Inverse Design Challenge: Metamaterials For Better Shoe Soles" by Marwa ElDiwiny
How is Humanoid Robot Training Done? Teleoperation Demos with VR Headsets With Scott Walter by Marwa ElDiwiny
Caleb Appleton "What Drives Bison Ventures’ Investment in Robotics and Deep Tech?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
More about Lieven here: https://www.lievenscheire.beHis Nerdland's podcast: https://podcast.nerdland.beHis books: https://www.lievenscheire.be/boeken
Halloween Robotics Videos: Optimus' New Use Case, Figure Hand (Thing), Pudu, Meta AI, & Pi Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny
Recently, I was on a panel at IROS 2024 on Silicon Savannah, Robotics in Africa with Paul Amayo from University of Cape Town. In this episode, he shares his experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting that agriculture is the most common application of robotics.More about Paul Amayo:https://ebe.uct.ac.za/department-electrical-engineering/contacts/paul-amayo
Decoding Tesla's Robotic Hand: Highlights from the We Robot Event with Scott Walter and Marwa ElDiwiny
Old Episode "Jacques Vallée UFO, Trinity, Aliens, Religions, Consciousness" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Uncovering the 1X NEO Humanoid Tendon-Driven Arm: Scott Walter's In-Depth Investigation by Marwa ElDiwiny
Steve Tidball, CEO and co-founder of Vollebak, a pioneering British clothing brand known for its innovative approach to sportswear and adventure apparel. https://vollebak.com
Mike Fiorito is an editor, journalist and the award-winning author of eight genre-defying books: For All We Know, The Hated Ones, Falling from Trees, Sleeping with Fishes, Call Me Guido, Freud’s Haberdashery Habit, and Hallucinating Huxley. To connect with Mike: https://mikefiorito.com
More about Hamed's work: https://hamedrajabi.comWhat is Mechanical Intelligence (MI)?https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202203783Complexity Biomechanics: a novel framework for sustainable and regenerative design and development:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsfs.2023.0060A few examples of how insect wings have inspired innovative designs:https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2211861119https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05206-1https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202004383https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202004338https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-021-04310-5
Special thanks to Purvis Bedenbaugh, our podcast listeners who brought my attention to Corentin's work. Thank you Purvis!More about Corentin Coulais's work:-Endless domino effecthttps://iop.uva.nl/content/news/2024/03/an-endless-domino-effect.html?origin=hqZwIY6%2FTt2p%2FbYjLQhlIg -Locomotion in non-reciprocal materials https://www.quantamagazine.org/wheel-made-of-odd-matter-spontaneously-rolls-uphill-20220615/ Plasticity and bucklinghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04748
Thanks to Scott Walter for co-hosting this episode, you can follow him on X @GoingBallistic5
You can support UAPX expeditions here: https://www.uapexpedition.org/support-the-missionFor volunteering: https://www.uapexpedition.org/volunteer-with-uapxKevin Knuth's Sol talk: https://youtu.be/HlYwktOj75A?si=EpzCxl8zk6IQvHS7
Round2: Markus Buehler "Spider Web Secrets: Exploring Materials, Structure, Modeling, and Sound" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Scott Walter on Custom Linear and Rotary Actuator Design in Humanoid Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny
You might have heard about Figure AI raising a whopping $675 million recently. Investors like Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI are all in on it. In this episode, we cover wide range topics on humanoid robotics in 2024.
Dr. Kenny C. Cheung, as the technical lead on advanced materials and manufacturing at the Ames Research Center, directs interdisciplinary research at the Coded Structures Laboratory, focusing on applying digital materials and algorithms to aeronautical and space applications.Fore more details :https://www.nasa.gov/ames-cct/about-us/Science robotics paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adi2746#core-collateral-share
Clip: Jacques Vallée "UFO Database, UFO Encounters, Human Consciousness" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Marc D'Antonio on UFO Data And Leveraging String Theory For Time Travel by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Garry Nolan on CIA and Testing Materials Recovered from UFOs Crashes by Marwa ElDiwiny
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal (YouTube channel): https://www.youtube.com/@TheoriesofEverything
I am excited to share our partnership with Texas Instruments, I am delighted to also share there are two giveaway offered by Texas Instruments Robotics.The two giveaway went to: Manav Gagvani, high school student: https://youtu.be/iv4fYgG7RRY?feature=shared&t=71 Matt Devlin, PhD student: https://www.matthewdevlin.com
In this episode we had a chat with Matthias Thoma is the robotics system manager of the TI industrial systems team. He leads a team of systems experts who focus on helping customers develop robotics solutions with TI’s analog and embedded processing portfolios. Matthias received his master’s degree in micro and power electronics at the Electronics and Drives Center of Reutlingen University in Germany. Prior to his current role, Matthias worked for 4 years as a FAE focused on the industrial market.I hope you enjoy the episode!
You can access the 3D printing of One Piece Compliant Blaster here: https://www.printables.com/model/540528-one-piece-compliant-blaster
You can find Larry Howell's research group resources for 3D printing compliant mechanisms here: https://compliantmechanisms.byu.edu/maker-resourcesThe micro 3D printing company involved in world’s smallest nerf gun https://quartisis.com/
For more details about Kaushik Jayaram's lab: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/jayaramAn interesting videos to check out: https://youtu.be/IzoDqWKOXxo?si=ljmNoCgGqnR1c277https://youtu.be/9wbLL_0vYsY?si=yZaaLln5aSw2IljL
Old Episode "Tim Morrissey: From Lab to Market: Artimus Robotics"- Enhanced Audio by Marwa ElDiwiny
It is wonderful to hear Soft Robotics Toolkit Competition 2023 is back after a break since 2018! Soft Robotics Toolkit is one of the most valuable resources for Soft Robotics, so don't miss this opportunity ;) Applications are still being accepted until October 31st. + You can apply as a participant or a judge. You can register you intent to compete here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4F6lJlYrCTSZLRjdFdBdMkbGEdWtLgNCoMKHxdvSKIYa8EA/viewform+ Then you can fill the submission forum: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wW1WthyeGmBvDsz5_aoAIM1Yh9Jj3RsvCkKgkDJb7n4/viewform?edit_requested=true+ If you are interested in helping judge the competition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-5yaGbkJNsJmVC1w6zvogl6dwy3eZqQJ-JNdhFAocaNVH5g/viewform?usp=sf_link+ The SRT team would be happy to help in case you have questions: softroboticstoolkit@gmail.com
P.S. This is my drawing in the thumbnail, if anyone enjoy drawing characters let me know :)
Péter Fankhauser "ANYbotics, ANYmal X: The World’s First Ex-Proof Legged Robot" by Marwa ElDiwiny
I asked George Whitesides For Final Words, And This Was His Response :D by Marwa ElDiwiny
Anvil Serg Bañez Founder of Dennisson Technologies on State of Actuators in Soft Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Will Jackson On Dynamic And Static Versions Of Uncanny Valley Graph by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Will Jackson On Humanoid Robot's Price Point And Justifying Its Cost by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Tony Dohi & Morgan Pope "How They Designed Spider-Man Stuntronic- Surprising Moments" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Jonathan Hurst "Half Of The Power That Robot Consumes Is Computing Power, What Matters Is Up Time by Marwa ElDiwiny
Jonathan Hurst On Robots Should Not Be Gendered and Anthropomorphised by Marwa ElDiwiny
"Round 4" Carmel Majidi: What Makes A Good Soft Robotics Design For Real-World Apps? by Marwa ElDiwiny
Old Clip: Jonathan Hurst "On Legged Robots, The Market, and The Hard-Challenges' by Marwa ElDiwiny
Old clip: Jonathan Hurst "The distinction between academic and real-world problem solving." by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: George Whitesides " The Lab Is Very Different From Reality And Who should Lead it?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
The translation: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/xingxing-wang-unitree-robotics?si=385746c7e2fb40c89e0fb4cbe0e5df4c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
This is a segment from a conversation I had with Paul Cisternelli from BostonDynamics On BostonDynamics Market.
Old clip: "The Relationship Between Designing New Materials and The Morphological Structure" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Why Bother Building Humanoid & The Most Successful Commercial By Boston Dynamics by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Zero Torque Is not Easy & New Industrial Robot At Engineered Arts by Marwa ElDiwiny
The Full Interview "Will Jackson: Engineered Arts, Ameca, Humanoid Robots" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Will Jackson: ATLAS emits a lot of heat and that you can't stand for too long by Marwa ElDiwiny
Will Jackson criticise Elon Musk's Tesla Bot, I do concur with this take by Marwa ElDiwiny
Will Jackson Explains Human's Reaction To Robots Like The Nightmarish Little Freak and Spot BD by Marwa ElDiwiny
Alan Winfield: "On Why There is No Reason To Build A Humanoid Robot And Not Gendering Robots?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Alan Winfield's Point of View "There is No Reason To Build A Humanoid Robot And Gendering Robots?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Tom Coen: A Compelling Argument For Why Haptic Feedback May Not Be Practical For Agricultural Robots by Marwa ElDiwiny
Jeffrey Krichmar On Neuromorphic Chips Could Be A Game-Changing For Saving Robots Energy Consumption by Marwa ElDiwiny
I love It When The Guest Isn't Hesitant To Voice Their Pet Peeves In Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny
Will Jackson Address Hydraulic Actuation, And Why Maybe A Not A Good Option by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Why One Humanoid Robot For Every Human On The Planet Mayn't happen Soon?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
In My Opinion, These Are Wise Words From Will Jackson. I Think Everyone Should Listen To by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Miguel Bessa " Discovery Of New Material And Structure With The Use of Machine Learning" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Miguel Bessa " Discovery Of New Material And Structure With The Use of Machine Learning" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Mark Hersam "Hybrid Hard And Soft Nanoscale Materials, Neuromorphic Computing" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Mark Hersam "Hybrid Hard And Soft Nanoscale Materials, Neuromorphic Computing" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Michael Butcher "How Do Sloths Could Be Inspiring For Soft Robots Design?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip "Jacques Vallée: The Millionaires Are Skeptical, The Billionaires Arenot" by Marwa ElDiwiny
I would appreciate sharing your thoughts and feedback in this following form, thank you for the support! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIXsI_MDYAZsue0pyBvBCN84tf4trMrV_yYJ_ya4Qk44pFlg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
Clip: Alfred Crosby "Bio-Inspired Materials, Adhesion, Material Mechanics, Growing" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Alfred Crosby "Bio-Inspired Materials Design, Adhesion, Material Mechanics, Growth" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Salvador Pané Vidal "Miniaturization of magnetic Materials, Nanorobotics, 4D printing" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Salvador Pané Vidal "Miniaturization of magnetic Materials, Nanorobotics, 4D printing" by Marwa ElDiwiny
If you have the time, your feedback is appreciated :) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemVhKUeaATS7yjZV6clMRjy1NdSTqXdxal7rm9N_O2fYZHGQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
To follow Reddit Robotics Show happening on July 30, 31 Program: https://redditroboticsshowcase.wordpress.com/program-2/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3_mMxmd7ZGrfVbgPPwrAg
Clip: Pablo Molina "Avidbots: Neo 2™ Fully Autonomous Cleaning Robot" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Ref: Eric Weinstein's clip on Lex Fridman podcast: https://youtu.be/fgGZMRJ15oY
Full story article: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-bad-luck-and-bad-networking-cost-douglas-prasher-a-nobel-prize
Round 2: John Rogers "Multimaterial, Architecture, 3D Microscale Robots" by Marwa ElDiwiny
More details about the mentioned paper here https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scirobotics.aax8177?et_rid=759248285&utm_campaign=ROBeToc=R&et_cid=4209784&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_source=sfmc
Robert Cohen is the president of robotics, and enabling technology and former CTO at Stryker.
For more details about Samara-Inspired Micro-Aerial Vehicle, check the science robotics paper (pdf available) here https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scirobotics.abg5913?et_rid=759248285&utm_campaign=ROBeToc=R&et_cid=4259157&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_source=sfmc
Marc Holderied "Moth Wing Inspired Sound Absorbing, Stealth Technology" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Cynthia Breazeal "The Killer Billion Dollar Business Case For Social Robots" by Marwa ElDiwiny
For more details about the paper here https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scirobotics.abi6745?et_rid=759248285&utm_campaign=ROBeToc=R&et_cid=4284011&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_source=sfmc
Here is my conversation with XingXing Wang the CEO of Unitree Robotics. The conversation by XingXing was in chinese and translated. I hope you find it useful, if there feedback or suggestions to improve the podcast would be appreciated.
https://www.relayrobotics.com/
For the record, this episode was recorded before Relay Robotics acquires Savioke.
Clip: Yong Zhu "Extrinsic VS Intrinsic Techniques For Material Properties Design" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Yong Zhu "Increasing The Speed Of Soft Thermal Actuators And Soft Material Mechanics" by Marwa ElDiwiny
The BirdBot’s project is open access, you can print a BirdBot leg, test the mechanism, and maybe tweak it ;) here you can free access to the CAD files : https://edmond.mpdl.mpg.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.17617/3.ETFG41
Thanks to Alexander and Monica for sharing a free-access referral link that is available on the BirdBot webpage. You can read the paper and the supplementary materials for free. https://dlg.is.mpg.de/publications/bb01
More about Neura Robotics here: https://neura-robotics.com/ Video: https://youtu.be/lkG8cN_MYHQ
For more details about shape morphing drones here: https://youtu.be/kP1cxFQf2MM
Science robotics paper discussed in this episode here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abg2171
Video: https://youtu.be/Bp8oTICOiXg
Round3: Josh Bongard & Michael Levin "Self Replicating Living Robots" by Marwa ElDiwiny
For more details about robotic hand with a gecko-like grip https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.2019.4.issue-37
Clip: Jonathan Rossiter "Liquid-Amplified Zipping Actuators For Micro-Air Vehicles" by Marwa ElDiwiny
For more details about the published work at Science Robotics journal here: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.abi8189?af=R&utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ROBeToc&utm_content=alert&et_rid=759248285&et_cid=4116116
Noah Cowan "Clip: How Do Animals Process Sensory Information To Control Their Motion?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Noah Cowan "How Do Animals Process Sensory Information To Control Their Motion?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Thank you for tuning in and if you have the time, I would appreciate your thoughts here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeh85S5ik2Yza0labishzGPnoLjsejX6lHVjH8OhPzBALxSbA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
Clip: John Biggins "How The Human Brain Is Possibly Developed Based On Elastic Instabilities?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Ling Li "The Insane Design Of Nature's Body Armor And Biological Materials" by Marwa ElDiwiny
For more details about Gadiel and Henry's Science Robotics paper: Robotic end-to-end fusion of microtubules powered by kinesin: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abj7200
Clip: David Howard "Soft Robots Design, Morphological Adaption, And Control" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Check out the latest interesting publications regarding this topic by David here: https://people.csiro.au/H/D/David-Howard
Clip: Pierre-Thomas Brun "Viewing Undesirable Functionalities As Positive Ones For Clever Design" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Pierre-Thomas Brun "On Pushing The Boundaries Of Soft Robotics Field" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: John Rogers "Intuitive Design And Surprising Results In Winged Microchip" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: John Rogers "Soft Materials, Bio-integrated Stretchable Electronics" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Yanick Fratantonio "The Good, the Bad, and the Bye Bye: Why I Left My Tenured Academic Job" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Yanick Fratantonio "The Good, the Bad, and the Bye Bye: Why I Left My Tenured Academic Job" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Pierre-Thomas Brun "Bubble Casting Soft Robotics And Instabilities" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Geoffry Spinks "Artificial Muscles Inspired By DNA Supercoiling" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Round2: Geoffry Spinks "Artificial Muscles Inspired By DNA Supercoiling" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Jeannette Bohg "Should Robot's Design Less Relaying On Feedback And Be More Predictive?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Zhigang Suo "Designing Both Stiff And Tough Materials For Soft Robots" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Dario Floreano "Bio-Inspired Soft Robots, Co-Design, Physical Intelligence" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Dario Floreano "Bio-Inspired Soft Robots, Co-Design, Physical Intelligence" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Robert Wood: The goal isn't publications, the goal is basic science and deep understanding by Marwa ElDiwiny
I would appreciate your feedback about the current episode and what topics you think need more exposure The form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5S78nEDxOgzUTDIIP_-ul4wcidjrn1vd1OUt1eLZa2_0rbA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
Thanks
Clip: Herbert Shea "Scaling Challenges In Soft Robotics: Materials Or Design" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Ellen walker "Creating A Bridge Between Technology And Human Rights" by Marwa ElDiwiny
A Great Reminder "Jonathan Rossiter: Perseverance In The Face of Failure" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Jennifer Mather "The Beautiful And Mysterious Dance Between Octopus' Brain And Its Body" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Auke Ijspeert "It Is Important To Know Why You Do Things And What Is The Usefulness?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Auke Ijspeert "Designing Redudent And Robust Bio-Inspired Robots" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Round2: Daniel Goldman "Soft Robotics Mechanics & Embodied Intelligence" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Carmel Majidi "Meaningful Publications And Hard Questions For Soft Robotics" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Jeff Shamma "What Does It Take To Change The Current Academic Culture?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Round3: Carmel Majidi "Electrically Conductive And Compliant Hydrogel" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Francois Barthelat "The Secret Of Fish Fins, Seashells, How Evolution Came Up WithThese Designs?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Dana Damian "What Is The Limit To Soft Robots For Embodied Intelligence?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Shuhei Miyashita "The Ultimate Challenge: How Much Free Will Robots Can Possess? " by Marwa ElDiwiny
Dana Damian & Shuhei Miyashita "What Is The Limit To Soft Robots For Embodied Intelligence?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Alexander Amini "Adapatable Robots: Learning How They Shoud Learn" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Alexander Amini "Photo Realistic And High Fidelity Simulation for Robots Safety-Critical Scenarios" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Alexander Amini "End-to-End Learning For Robotics, Photo Realistic Simulation, Soft Robotics" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: David Patterson "Why RISC Was Controversial? Resisting The Idea Of Starting My Own Startup" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Douglas Blackiston "Why Living Systems Is Hard To Predict? How To Design Living Robots?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
David Patterson "RISC-V, Tesla's D1 Chip, The Future of Hardware For Machine Learning" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Joscha Bach "How Many Brains Would You Need To Run Windows Or macOS Without Crashing?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Hod Lipson "Self-awareness And Self-replication In Evolutionary Robotics Design" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Robert Gregg "Counterintuitive And Not Obvious Exoskeleton Design Results" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Sandy Munro "Why Most Companies Fail, Stories From Automotive Industry" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Francois Barthelat "Designing Stiffer Material Inspired By Seashell" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Zhigang Suo "The Relationship Between Designing New Materials and The Morphological Structure" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Josh Bongard & Michael Levin "How The Body Morphology Knows When To Stop Growing?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
The full interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marwa-eldiwiny-of-soft-robotics-podcast-women-in/id1171499482?i=1000535174370
Clip: Herbert Shea "What Is Missing For An Effective Soft Robots Design?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: George M. Whitesides "Hard Questions For Translating Soft Robotics In Real World Applications" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Jagdeep Singh "Material Science Is Hard, Quantumscape Solid State Battery" by Marwa ElDiwiny
The full conversation:
The video: https://youtu.be/fzEcLaXCkAs
Audio: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/steven-brunton-fluid-mechanics-machine-learning-control
Clip: Dorsa Sadigh "Safe And Adaptive Human-Robot And Multi-agent Interactions" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Dorsa Sadigh "Safe And Adaptive Human-Robot And Multi-agent Interactions" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Russ Tedrake "Some people would say that the problems we are tackling now in robotics are too complex to be treated with clean mathematics. I strongly disagree"
https://medium.com/toyotaresearch/drake-model-based-design-in-the-age-of-robotics-and-machine-learning-59938c985515
Video format: https://youtu.be/1LXsFBaF1Ao
In this episode, I spoke with Jagdeep Singh, the CEO of QuantumScape. We spoke about the technology behind solid state batteries for EVs and how material science is crucial for finding the right solution for a not an easy problem.
One of the vital features for a solid state battery is charging as fast as Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles taking into account safety, cost, life cycle, the challenges of scaling up
Also about the competition and the criticism and vision of Quantum scape in the long run. I hope you enjoy the episode.
For more information, visit the reddit show case website: http://redditrobotics.com/ Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3_mMxmd7ZGrfVbgPPwrAg/about
I hope you enjoy it -:)
Barbara Mazzolai "How Plants Exhibit Intelligence Through Their Bodies Without Having A Brain?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Animesh Garg "Grand Challenges In Generalizable Autonomy In Robotics" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Animesh Garg "CounterIntuitive Results In Generalizable Autonomy" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Peter Corke "Simplicity In Research & Open Resource Complexity" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Raquel Urtasun "Waabi: The next generation of self-driving technology" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Bryan Johnson "Higher Dimensional Information For Understanding Each Other & Infinite Games" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Bryan Johnson "If Everyone Has A High-Level Conscious Experience, Does Life Have A Meaning ?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Bryan Johnson "Why It Is Hard To Measure Human Brain Signals During Psychedelic Experiences?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Bryan Johnson "What Is Missing For The Human Brain To Be More Conscious About Their Reality?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Sebastian Risi "Growing Machines With Neural Cellular Automata In Minecraft" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip: Sebastian Risi "Meta-Learning through Hebbian Plasticity VS Reinforcement Learning"
Clip: Bruno Maisonnier "What Is The Main Problem and What Is Still Missing In Robotics?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
For more details about grasping with kirigami shells science paper: https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/6/54/eabd6426
Sergey Levine: "Is Reinforcement Learning Sufficient For Designing Generic And Adaptable Robots?" Video format: https://youtu.be/UyOGMqMYarE
To serve you better, please let me know what do you think should be changed in the podcast :)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_QYphKsLJekJCB9S_z3piKtFwIpzqVAurUleYxb7oQLXZ3A/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
For more details about The Punyo Soft Gripper Bubble: https://punyo.tech/ Alex Alspach: www.tri.global/about-us/alex-alspach/ alexalspach.com/cv/
Bio: Alex leads an R&D team at TRI dedicated to solving the hard problems related to soft, contact-rich assistive robot manipulation and physical human-robot interaction. He loves designing and building soft robots that aren't afraid to make a lot of contact to get stuff done.
Alex has been with TRI since early 2017. Before that, he was building "huggable" robots at Disney Research. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and has been working and researching in the fields of humanoid robots, robotic manipulation, simulation and entertainment since early in his career, including three years as a robotics engineer in South Korea upon graduating school. Alex also helps organize and participates in the annual "Can we build Baymax?" workshop at the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots.
Michael Levin & Josh Bongard "Computationally Designed Organisms" video format: https://youtu.be/86krKgoEzGQ
Clip: "Kohei Nakajima on Short And Long Term Memory For Understanding Material Dynamics"
Clip: Kevin Chen " The Challenges of Multi-Material Design, Sensing, Actuation At Small Scale Robots"
Chelsea Finn "Continual, Generic Learning & Meta-Learning For Robotic Interaction" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Clip "Sandy Munro: On Risk In Products' Ideas (Tesla, Apple, Intel) & MBA Is A Waste of Time" The full video format: https://youtu.be/-IUPD4TjJM8
Clip: Jeffrey Lipton "Mechanical Logic: Using Material Intelligence To Build Controller Loop In"
Alexander Mordvintsev, the creator of DeepDream, Alex is a research scientist at Google Google Research on Deep Neural Network visualization.
Fumiya Iida “Thoughts and Recommendation On The First International Embodied Intelligence Workshop”
For more details about the International embodied Intelligence Workshop: https://eiworkshop.org/
I enjoyed this conversation with Nicholas Cheney, an assistant professor at University of vermont on Generic, Continual, and Adaptable Learning at Soft robotics, I hope you enjoy listening the episode.
Soft Robotics With Markus Buehler "Building Intelligence In Materials" by Marwa ElDiwiny
It was a pleasure listening to Prof.Donald Hoffman "Do we see the reality as it is, Does evolution hiding the reality from us on purpose and dont favor it? What is the relationship between objective reality and fitness payoff? Is space-time doomed?
I truly enjoyed this in-person conversation with Lieven Scheire, it was inspiring to listen to the joyful and vulnerable moments of the ruthless environment of standup science comedy. I hope you enjoy listening
Bio:
Dieter Fox is Senior Director of Robotics Research at Nvidia. His research is in robotics, with strong connections to artificial intelligence, computer vision, and machine learning. He is currently on partial leave from the University of Washington, where he is a Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. At UW, he also heads the UW Robotics and State Estimation Lab. From 2009 to 2011, he was Director of the Intel Research Labs Seattle. Dieter obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Bonn, Germany. He has published more than 200 technical papers and is the co-author of the textbook "Probabilistic Robotics." He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AAAI, and he received several best paper awards at major robotics, AI, and computer vision conferences. He was an editor of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics, program co-chair of the 2008 AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, and program chair of the 2013 Robotics: Science and Systems conference.
Sandy Munro "On Tesla's New Materials, Elon Musk, Kiichiro Toyoda, And Automotive Industry"
Video format: https://youtu.be/-IUPD4TjJM8
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.
Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.
Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.
Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.
Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.
Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Thanks to Prof.Fumiya Lida, for initiating international workshop on embodied intelligence as well as this podcast series idea as a part of the workshop It was the first time in our field to have such a great event to stitch all leading research to ask the fundamental questions and what could be direction we have to focus on.
For more details about The international workshop on embodied Intelligence: https://eiworkshop.org/ I hope you enjoy listening to this series and here is the interview thanks.
Bio: Hiroshi Ishiguro is the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, part of the Department of Systems Innovation in the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University, Japan.
Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in our history, he is mainly known for brain imaging, neuroscience, the free-energy principle.
Steven Brunton "Interpolation Versus Extrapolation Is Underappreciated In Machine Learning"
For registering your spot :) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLhiZ2eZnwmTpJWJB1IxBih-EHI2ce7mJQgyjAT0faeQ6LBw/viewform
For Contribution: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc49Lt8vOI50dmnlTD-QdUx7Q9lzZw3zUFh-Gv5gSSbDH_kQ/viewform
For more details about Healable soft robots: http://www.smartitn.eu/robosoft-workshop/
You can send your message directly here via anchor: https://anchor.fm/soft-robotics-podcast/message
For more details about the International Workshop on Embodied Intelligence on 24 March here (Free registration): https://eiworkshop.org/
Video format: https://youtu.be/Zey_RtRdHsk
Bio:
Cutkosky applies analyses, simulations, and experiments to the design and control of robotic hands, tactile sensors, and devices for human/computer interaction. In manufacturing, his work focuses on design tools for rapid prototyping.
Bio: Françoise Chombar is a Belgian businesswoman. She is the current CEO and one of the original founders of the semiconductor company Melexis.
Clip: Cynthia Sung "How To Design An Inherent Controller Using Geometric Nonlinearities?"
Here is my conversation with Su Ryon Shin the head of Shin Lab at Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital about muscle regeneration, multi-material embedded bio-printing, bio-hybrid actuator. I hope you enjoy listening.
Bio: Cynthia’s interests focus on computational methods for design automation of robotic systems. Robots integrate mechanical, electronic, and computational subsystems into physical devices that perform complex tasks ranging from autonomous navigation and manipulation to cooperative and social interactions. Cynthia aims to provide designers with intuitive computer-aided design tools for creating customized robots and behaviors. Her work involves developing techniques for representing, modeling, simulating, and fabricating these designs. Cynthia’s research lies at the intersection of computational geometry, data driven methods, and rapid fabrication techniques such as 3D printing and origami-inspired assembly.
Soft Robots with embedded sensing, actuation, computation, and adapting their physical properties for changing requirements.
Bio: Nikolaus is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science with courtesy appointments at the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He obtained a PhD from EPFL advised by Alcherio Martinoli in 2007, and spent two years at MIT CSAIL working with Daniela Rus as a post-doc. Before moving to EPFL, Nikolaus was a research assistant in the Collective Robotics Group at Caltech in 2003, also with Alcherio Martinoli. Nikolaus earned a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich) in spring 2003. He wrote his master’s thesis at the Collective Robotics Group at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, about collaborative coverage supervised by Alcherio Martinoli and Joel Burdick, and spent a term at Lunds Tekniska Högskola (Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden) as an exchange student at the Department of Automatic Control working with Rolf Johansson in 2002. Before moving to ETH Zuerich in 2000, Nikolaus studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Munich from 1998.
Robert Wood: Unavoidable trade-offs: Low Contact Force Interaction vs Precision, Speed, And Easy To Use & How To Select The Proper Materials That Performs In Interesting Way.
Robert Wood: The goal isn't publications, the goal is basic science and deep understanding
Robert Wood: How do you calculate power usage in flexible robotics? Is it electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic or some combination? How do you Simulate flexible robotics reliably? Can standard simulators work?
Bio: Robert Wood is the Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, an Associate Faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and a National Geographic Explorer. Prof. Wood completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is founder of the Harvard Microrobotics Lab which leverages expertise in microfabrication for the development of biologically-inspired robots with feature sizes on the micrometer to centimeter scale. He is the winner of multiple awards for his work including the DARPA Young Faculty Award, NSF Career Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, Air Force Young Investigator Award, Technology Review’s TR35, and multiple best paper awards. In 2010 Wood received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama for his work in microrobotics. In 2012 he was selected for the Alan T. Waterman award, the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious early career award. In 2014 he was named one of National Geographic’s “Emerging Explorers”. Wood’s group is also dedicated to STEM education by using novel robots to motivate young students to pursue careers in science and engineering.
Brian Ringley Clip "What Is Missing For Spot Boston Dynamics And Should Applied In The Next Generation?"
Bio: Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland directs MIT Connection Science, an MIT-wide initiative, and previously helped create and direct the MIT Media Lab and the Media Lab Asia in India. He is one of the most-cited computational scientists in the world, and Forbes recently declared him one of the "7 most powerful data scientists in the world" along with Google founders and the Chief Technical Officer of the United States. He is on the Board of the UN Foundations' Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, co-led the World Economic Forum discussion in Davos that led to the EU privacy regulation GDPR, and was central in forging the transparency and accountability mechanisms in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. He has received numerous awards and prizes such as the McKinsey Award from Harvard Business Review, the 40th Anniversary of the Internet from DARPA, and the Brandeis Award for work in privacy.
The 3rd Soft Robotics Debate on Bioinspiration vs Biohybrid Design Mon 15 Feb10 am- 12 pm EST. You can join here: https://ieee.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=ieee&service=6&rnd=0.887343586995486&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fieee.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b0000000452ba2b6bc49ab9cd1d2f0102a0e3898d363749bce27c2f709d46b493ca920157%26siteurl%3Dieee%26confViewID%3D185058753710700244%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAARJYeBM7NuUyUWSlXKII72wwguh-sBwoLCdeIgMsnb4bQ2%26
You can send your questions here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/5bc36d26ce95422ba8c0135cabad490d
The debate topic:
Bioinspiration, the development of novel materials and structures inspired by biological systems and evolution, has been the essence and main claim of Soft Robotics research. Yet, soft robots are nowhere close to mimicking the life cycle of biological creatures, i.e. growth, adaptation, morphogenesis, and returning to their starting state. Going beyond smart materials, biohybrids may be the solution to multifunctionality and biocompatibility. In this debate, we will bring together experts in Bioinspiration and Biohybrid design to discuss the necessary steps to make more competent soft robots. We will try to answer whether bioinspired research should focus more on developing new bioinspired material and structures or on the integration of living and artificial structures in biohybrid designs.
Panellists: Prof. Cecilia Laschi Prof. Metin Sitti Dr. Ritu Raman Dr. Talia Moore
Moderator: Dr. Sam Kriegman
We hope you enjoy it :)
For the ROS-heads:
The Spot SDK by Boston Dynamics is a set of gRPC APIs and Python client libraries. https://dev.bostondynamics.com/
Other companies offer ROS wrappers of a subset of Boston Dynamics Spot API protocols, such as Clearpath and Microsoft. https://github.com/microsoft/spot-ros-wrapper https://clearpathrobotics.com/spot-robot/
Bio: Jonathan Berte is the founder and CEO of Robovision, a Belgian company that specializes in industrializing deep learning. Berte and his team of machine learning experts have developed a fully scalable platform for the deployment of advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Robovision is applied in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, healthcare, security and agriculture. With this AI Vision platform, Robovision wants to open up the human-machine revolution to companies looking to lead.
Clip: John Leonard “Am I Lost Or The World Change? SLAM Unsolvable Dilemma & Answering Audience Questions”
Clip: John Leonard “Emergent Behavior Story: When Robots Do Something You Didn't Expect?”
Thank you Guys :)If you have the time, that would be appreciated:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc49HMW_oe5Wc_yolzj1ZmXW3pWMs5o87-tX785kIpH4uCZ0Q/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&gxids=7628
Sang-bae Kim “We Don't Care About Publications As Many Others, We Care What is Really Useful”
Sang-bae Kim: Why does Boston Dynamics Atlas have knees like humans bend forward, And others Design bend backward?
Clip: Sang-bae Kim “MIT Cheetah Robot Generation And Mini-Cheetah Current Development?”
It was a pleasure to have John Leonard, a professor at MIT CSAIL. John is one of the early pioneers of SLAM & interesting anecdotes about marine robotics, Emergent behavior, and his heroes in the field. I hope you enjoy listening.
Video format: https://youtu.be/JuQSUXF3LaM
It was a pleasure to have Sangbae Kim, the head of the Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory at MIT about legged robots locomotion and MIT cheetah generation. I hope you enjoy listening!
Ali Khademhosseini “Terasaki Institute’s Short and Long Terms Technological Roadblocks”
Ali Khademhosseini “How You Can Design an Organ On-Chip That Mimics Human’s Physiology”
Ali Khademhosseini “The challenges of Integrating Biomaterials and Artificial Materials”
Ali Khademhosseini "Was it Easy To Make A Transition From Universities To Terasaki Institute”
Ali Khademhosseini “The Transition From Harvard, UCLA To The Terasaki Institute, What Is Different?”
It was a pleasure to have Prof.Ali Khademhosseini, one of the pioneers of the Bioengineering field. Prof.Ali’s journey from Harvard, UCLA to Terasaki Institute is truly inspiring. What does Terasaki institute do to bring a product to the real world? The design challenges of biomaterials, organ on a chip, and soft robotics. I hope you enjoy listening!
Bio:
Ali Khademhosseini is the Director and CEO of the Terasaki Institute and former Professor at the University of California-Los Angeles where he held a multi-departmental professorship in Bioengineering, Radiology, Chemical, and Biomolecular Engineering and the Director of Center for Minimally Invasive Therapeutics (C-MIT). From 2005 to 2017, he was a Professor at Harvard Medical School, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. His studies have been cited over 70,000 times. Khademhosseini is best known for developing hydrogels for tissue engineering and bioprinting.
An enjoyable discussion with Naveed Syed, the Head of Global Networks at the Falling Walls Foundation. When were Falling Walls founded and how is it connected to the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall? How can we break the walls between science, technology, and society? What are the lessons learned after more than a decade of conferencing? Why is it important to bridge the gap between science and industry? I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.
Interesting discussion with Ana Diaz-Artiles, an assistant professor at Texas A&M University "Soft robotics for space applications" Mars mission: How can we integrate soft robots to help human motion in space? What would it take to simulate soft robots in a Micro-g environment? I hope you enjoy listening!
Vito Cacucciolo “Artificial Muscles Unit That Can Replace Servo Motors & Haptics Applications”
Vito Cacucciolo “What Are The First Steps In Material Design For Soft Robot Application?”
I enjoyed this discussion with Vito Cacucciolo, a researcher at EPFL. In this episode, Vito shares his experience in designing Stretchable pumps for soft machines. The Modelling challenges of dielectric elastomers, and electrohydrodynamics. I hope you enjoy listening to the episode.
It is interesting to see the first Commercial HASEL Actuator by ArtimusRobotics. I enjoyed this convo with Timothy Morrissey about the challenges of transiting HASEL actuator from the lab to the commercial world, I hope you enjoy listening! #softrobots
Make sure to check out Artimus Robotics :) www.artimusrobotics.com/
Clip: Zhigang Suo "Solid Mechanics: The Connection Between Mathematics and Material Science"
It is interesting to see the first Commercial HASEL Actuator by ArtimusRobotics. I enjoyed this convo with Timothy Morrissey about the challenges of transiting HASEL actuator from the lab to the commercial world, I hope you enjoy listening! #softrobots
Make sure to check out Artimus Robotics :) https://www.artimusrobotics.com/
Clip: Herbert Shea “Can Dielectric Elastomer And Ionic Conductive Polymer Merged In One Material?”
Clip: Latif Nasser "The Art of Making Science Show "Benford's Law Connected Documentary"
It was a pleasure to have Jen Heemstra on the Soft Robotics podcast to share her passion for advocating a healthy environment in academia, how academia Challenges. How would the pandemic shape the academic job market? Mitigating the inherent continuous pressure in academia. How to select your life mentor, and fighting the mental health stigma. I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Jean-Eric Paquet " On Open Access Publication Crisis and What Does EU Offer as Alternative"
Hod Lipson: How do you approach the ethical dilemma of military funding scientific research?
Hod Lipson “Academia is very conservative for risky ideas, Revolutionary VS Incremental Work?"
Hod Lipson: What advice would you give to a roboticist before they interview for an assistant professorship? What advice would you give to a 1st year robotics PhD student looking for a thesis topic?
Why should we evolve robots to do tasks that animals do so well? Shouldn’t we just copy their bodies and focus on control?
Hod Lipson: In what domain will an evolved robot be better in the real world than manually designed Robots?
Interesting discussion with Hod Lipson, the head of Creative Machines Lab, Columbia University in New York. In this episode, Can robots be Self-aware? Can robots design other robots and self-repair? Why should we evolve robots to do tasks that animals do so well? VoxCAD development for designing and simulation Soft Robots. Why don’t we have useful autonomous robots in the real world yet?" How do you approach the ethical dilemma of military funding scientific research? I hope you enjoy listening to the episode.
Enjoyable conversation with Dr.David Boyce "On Being A Physics Teacher and Building Small Aircraft As A Hobby" Dr.David shares interesting anecdotes in physics on whether the universe should make sense to you. Also, life-changing advice from his teacher and how this changed him. I hope you enjoy listening
Thoughtful and enjoyable discourse with Herbert Shea, the head of LMTS: Soft Transducers Lab at EPFL. What are wishlist parameters and trade-offs for designing dielectric elastomers? What does it take artificial tentacles to solve a Rubik's cube? The challenge of designing convincing haptic illusion and linking human perception and actuation? Is it possible to design a low-power dielectric elastomer? The possibilities of active actuators vs pneumatic in the food industry.
"AI Pop Science" With Yannic Kilcher. Yannic shares with us his passion for creating engaging and fun youtube videos for explaining the interesting machine learning papers. He also shares his thoughts about peer-review and what could be alternatives solutions. I hope you enjoy listening
Yannic's Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZHmQk67mSJgfCCTn7xBfew
Interesting discourse with Prof.Zhigang Suo, a professor at Harvard University, It was a pleasure to have Prof.Suo on the soft robotics podcast to share his journey and anecdotes from Xi'an, China, and Harvard as a grad student with Prof. Hutchinson. The challenges of interfacial adhesion and integrated structure for designing electronic chips. How To Design Soft robots with high toughness for industrial applications. I hope you enjoy it :)
Video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XQj_46hopo&feature=youtu.be
Intriguing discussion with Dr.Ginger Campbell about Brain Science, The difference between innatism and learning? What is consciousness, memory? Can we upload data to the brain one day to master a skill? Do insects have an awareness? Can more glial cells make you smarter? Can we simulate the brain? I hope you enjoy the episode.
Dr.Ginger hosting the Brain science podcast for 13 years where she discusses with renowned neuroscientists the basic questions about the human brain. https://brainsciencepodcast.com/
Thoughtful discussion with Prof.Fumiya Iida (Round 2). Why is the agricultural soft robotics industry still not profitable? How can we apply multiple functionalities in one single material? What are the New aspects of Soft robotics manipulations? I hope you enjoy listening :)
Douglas Blackiston “Science has High Peaks And Also Long Low Valleys, Intelligence Has Many Facets”
Douglas Blackiston “The Beak of the Finch, Be Creative, Broaden Your Perspective Beyond What You Learned”
Douglas Blackiston “We Must Avoid That Aspects of Science Becoming A popularity contest, PI is the brand, and measuring success through Retweets”
Douglas Blackiston “Structure VS Unstructured Environment Effects on Living System Performance?”
Douglas Blackiston “How We Can Design Living Cells That Never Destructed Or Change Morphology?”
Douglas Blackiston “Living Cells Are Hard To Predict, Open Loop VS Feedback Living Cells Selection For Curing Cancer”
Douglas Blackiston “How To Design Living Systems? Why Do Creatures Have A Certain Morphology In Their Environment”
Douglas Blackiston “What is Biology And What Are The Interesting Facts About Metamorphosis?”
Intriguing discussion with Douglas Blackiston, a Senior Research Scientist and Primary Investigator working in the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University. What are living cells? How to design them? How do cells communicate with each other? How the morphology and the environment affect the living cells behavior. I hope you enjoy listening.
Jean-Eric Paquet "How Do EU Commission Envision Academic Research And Science After the Pandemic". Jean-Eric Paquet is the Director-General of DG Research and Innovation at EU commission.
The Bio:
Jean-Eric’s career at the European Commission started in 1993. Since then he contributed in shaping EU policy in various fields and achieved major breakthroughs, notably in DG Transport, where he led the development of the Trans-European Transport Network Policy and was responsible for Europe’s transport infrastructure policy and investment strategies, the single European rail area, inland waterways and port policy.
He also gained considerable experience at international level: in DG Enlargement, his portfolio covered Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. He was also EU Ambassador in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 2004 to 2007.
In 2015, he was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission, in charge of Better Regulation and Policy Coordination.
In all his endeavours, he puts co-creation and systemic change at the heart of the decision-making process, and strongly believes that citizens should be more involved in shaping public policy agendas.
Helmut Hauser “Is Soft Robotics Community Receptive About Morphological Computation Concept?”
Helmut Hauser "What Are The Significant Morphological Parameters For Enhancing The Traditional Controller?”
Clip: Helmut Hauser “How To Design Soft Bodies That Can Adapt Their Shape To The Environment”
Helmut Hauser: "Hard Experience Is A Great Motivator! Failure is inevitable and It is Part of The Process"
Thoughtful discussion with Helmut Hauser (Round 2), senior lecturer at University of Bristol, and the director of EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Autonomous and Robotic Systems: FARSCOPE). How to design soft bodies that could adapt the shape to the environment? Which growing machines are currently going towards? What Are the reliable approaches for morphological computations, and how can we capture the interesting dynamics for sake of cheap computation? Importantly, what makes PhD research successful? I hope you enjoy listening :)
Enjoyable discussion with Latif Nasser, the director, co-host at radio lab, and host connected TV series. The rewards of being dumb. How we are connected to each other and the universe? Latif shares his journey at Radiolab and hosting the Netflix connected TV series. I hope you enjoy listening :)
Netflix Connected trailer: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-aZrftUPlk
Robert MacCurdy “What I learned from Travelling Around The World For Wild Animal Conservation”
Robert MacCurdy “ On Maxwell’s Equation And Its Correlation With Dielectric Elastomer Actuators”
Michael Bartlett ”What Went Wrong While Increasing Liquid Metals Thermal Conductivity?”
Michael Bartlett” The conundrum of Soft and Stiff Behavior Simultaneously and Encapsulation: Smart Fabrics”
Michael Bartlett ”How to embed Multiple Sensors In The Materials? How Access The Beneficial Nonlinearities?
Michael Bartlett ”Can we do a Superior Bio-Inspiration Beyond What We Have In Nature? Gecko Adhesion?"
Michael Bartlett” Different ways to obtain The softness from the material and structure and even rigid parts”
"Everybody is wrong about everything all the time" Orthodox opinions are almost always wrong. I enjoyed this discussion w/ Steve Patterson the host of Patterson in Pursuit. How to Pursuit the Truth, How you to be an independent thinker and skeptical. I hope u enjoy listening :)
I urge you to listen to Steve's podcast: http://steve-patterson.com/podcast/
Thoughtful discussion with Robert MacCurdy, an Assistant Professor of Robotics and Systems Design at University of Colorado, Boulder. In this episode, Robert shares his thoughts on Modelling And Computation Continuum Machines. Can We Design Soft Electric Circuits That Don't Follow Moore's law? The recipe of Simple And Reproducible Soft Robotics Design Recipe, and what he learned from his work at Wild Animal Conservation. I hope you enjoy listening :)
The form to ask me anything :)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1hzWJZepPYkRbJvXfSPvBRL0Op71gZo1rZUlQlcd0BZitBQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&gxids=7757
Niels Aage “ When Machine Learning Fails To Solve Structure Optimization Problems? Topology Optimization Games”
Niels Aage “ What Are The Reliable Techniques For Simulating Soft Systems Functionalities?”
Niels Aage “ The Challenges of Morphological Computation in The Scope of Structure Optimization?
Niels Aage “ Inspired Topology Optimization From Nature And Challenging Surprising Problems”
Niels Aage “The Professor Who Inspired me & Accept That You Don't Know Anything” by Marwa ElDiwiny
Niels Aage “ Topology Optimization Is The Art Where You Place Holes In Your Structure?”
Mirko Kovac” Inspired Adaptive Morphology Structure and physical artificial intelligence”
Mirko Kovac” Nonlinearities of Materials and Structure Gives The Richness To Soft Systems and should not be controlled”
Mirko Kovac "The Challenges of Embodying Soft Sensors in the soft system, How to arrange them to get the key information?"
Mirko Kovac” Why is there always a trade-off between Mechanical Performance and Response Time?”
Mirko Kovac” How We Can Attract More Funding To Soft Robotics? Reproducibility and Validation"
Mirko Kovac” Artistic Mind: Flowing And Constraint “Different Ways To Succeed in Academia”
Thoughtful discussion with Prof.Metin Sitti the director of Physical Intelligence Department of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart about physical intelligence, Wireless soft miniature medical robots actuation, and computation, What are the unavoidable trade-offs in material design? The role of evolutionary methodology for designing responsive materials, how you get disruptive ideas. I hope you enjoy listening to the episode.
Intriguing discussion with Michael Bartlett "What are the adaptive materials? The challenges of designing fatigue-resistant and gecko-inspired adhesive materials? How we can reconfigure material microstructure and tune its physics?
Michael is the head of The Soft Materials and Structures Lab studies and creates soft materials with advanced properties and function at Virginia tech. I hope you enjoy listening :)
Very interesting discussion with Mirko Kovač, the Director of the Aerial Robotics Laboratory at Imperial College London and the Head of the Materials and Technology Centre of Robotics at the Empa Material Science Institute in Switzerland. In this episode, Mirko speaks about Adaptive Morphology Structure and physical artificial intelligence” and how to have an Artistic Mind: Flowing And Constraint “Different Ways To Succeed in Academia” How We Can Attract More Funding To Soft Robotics? Reproducibility and Validation" I hope you enjoy this episode :)
To learn more about Physical Artificial Intelligence Press release: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/208053/skills-development-physical-ai-could-cultivate/ Pdf of the article: https://rdcu.be/cavWu And the journal wrote an excellent editorial to support the article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-020-00262-2
Intriguing discussion with Christos Bergeles, the head of Robotics and Vision in Medicine Lab. It was enjoyable to discuss diverse thoughts, challenges, and limitations of Image-guided micro-surgical. I hope you find the episode informative.
The Bio:
Christos Bergeles received the Ph.D. degree in Robotics from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2011. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, and the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College, United Kingdom. He was an Assistant Professor at the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (which he co-founded) at University College London. He is now a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at King's College London, leading the Robotics and Vision in Medicine Lab. Dr. Bergeles received the Fight for Sight Award in 2014, and the ERC Starting Grant in 2016. His main research area is image-guided micro-surgical robotics.
Brian Keating "Eric Weinstein On Founding Institution Beyond Academia by Marwa ElDiwiny
You cand find the book: https://www.amazon.fr/Losing-Nobel-Prize-Cosmology-Ambition/dp/1324000910
I receive questions about why we started the soft robotics podcast, what was the motivation, in this clip what happened through two years and lead us to the soft robotics podcast idea. This is part of the conversation W/ Darren Lipomi on Molecular Podcasting
Janis Whitlock "Courage Isn't The Absence of Fear, It is the Belief In Something Greater Than Fear"
Janis Whitlock" How Can Academic Social Media Comparison Contribute To Mental Health Issues?"
Janis Whitlock " How To Spot Psychopath, Sociopath, Overt and Covert Narcissism Characters"
"Why We Started The Soft Robotics Podcast" My Interview On Molecular Podcasting W/ Darren Lipomi by Marwa ElDiwiny
Janis Whitlock "How To Keep Your Sanity Intact" Mental Health. Enjoyable discussion with Dr. Janis, a research director at Cornell university. Janis discussed what are the causes of mental health in academia and how we can protect ourselves mentally during the stress and pressure.
Dr.Janis's bio: https://www.human.cornell.edu/people/jlw43
Interesting discussion w/ Niels Aage "Soft Robotics Topology & Shape Optimization" Neils an Ass Prof at Technical University of Denmark. Why structure optimization is crucial, how we can design topology that access exploits material geometric nonlinearities. I hope you find it useful.
You can find the list of Topology optimization tools (open source) either games for topology optimization (which is fun) and also many tools that could be helpful: https://www.topopt.mek.dtu.dk/apps-and-software
Josh Bongard ”Exploiting the embodiment to make Sim2Real Gap narrower & Embracing Real2Sim”
Josh Bongard ”On Cracking The Bioelectric Code: To Which Level Cells Are Intelligent"?”
Very Interesting discussion with Prof.Josh Bongard (Round 2) Are There Beyond Structures and Morphology Of Xenobot?" Cracking The Bioelectric Code: To Which Level Cells Are Intelligent? Exploiting the embodiment to make Sim2Real Gap narrower. I hope you enjoy listening.
In this episode, we are excited to have prof. Brian Keating, the host INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE PODCAST. He is the Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego where he and his team study the origin and evolution of space, time, & matter.
He is the author of Losing the Nobel prize, selected as one of the Best Science Books by Science Friday, Amazon, Science News, Physics Today, and also selected as one of the best cosmology books of all time by Book Authority.
I felt touched by this episode since we discussed how childhood could affect you as a scientist, the motivation behind authoring the losing Nobel prize, we spoke about the hunger game in academia and the criticism of including scientists outside academia for scientific debates and discourses.
It shouldn't go without saying that prof. Brian has attracted many brightest mind in our scientist society for example not no limited to : Sir Roger Penrose who won the Nobel prize this year, Jim simons, Stephan Wolfram, Sylvester James Gates, and Eric Weinstein
Prof.Brian asked me a few questions in his signature question for each guest in his podcast and one thing I urge to think “What that thing that maybe was impossible for you and become possible or still aspire to have in your life”
I would like to thank Michael from podcast factory .transforma bxl for opening his podcast studio doors for recording this episode. You can also find the video format of this episode in prof. Brian youtube channel, I hope you enjoy listening
You can follow Prof.Brian Keating on Twitter: @DrBrianKeating Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-impossible-with-brian-keating/id1169885840?mt=2
Intriguing discussion with Marianne Alleyne “ The Fastest Insect In Nature" the head of ABC-lab's, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. How biological systems like insects can lead to innovative design in human society? How evolution figured out to develop insects that can store energy in their small bodies, do insects have a brain? And more compelling facts about entomology and bio-inspiration design, I hope you enjoy the episode :)
Katia Bertoldi "On Coupling Material and Geometric Nonlinearities And Controller Design"
Talia Moore "Can we Design Resilin Material "An Elastomeric Protein Found In Many Insects" And What is the first thing you have to look in the animal to understand their locomotion?
Talia Moore "How Do Lizards Regrow Their Lost Tail and How Does it Affect Their Energy". I think this part by Talia is very interesting to understand how the mechanism of regrowing limbs or fur happens. and why sometimes the regrowing could be imperfect.
Thoughtful discourse with Katia Bertoldi the head of Bertoldi group at Harvard University. In this episode, we spoke about Material And Geometric Nonlinearities To Design Novel Materials. Can we design a simple structure with advanced functionalities? What are the accessible features with nonlinearities and which material's nonlinearities could be accessible?
Designing Soft Robots To Test Biology Hypothesis" Very interesting research discussion w/ Talia Moore an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. In this episode, we discussed: What sort of optimum meta-materials we can design? how can reptiles regenerate lost body parts? I hope you enjoy listening :)
That was a blooper during the recording with Talia Moore! I don't know her dog hates the soft robotics podcast? we have to do a lot of cutting during recording. really inspiring discussion with Talia Moor
Thoughtful discussion with Prof. Ryan Calo, a professor of law at the University of Washington about Anti-racism in Robotics", what are the causes of racism? Is inclusion a cosmetic image, how we can move diversity to intellectual inclusiveness? Does the publish and perish model contribute to racism? What are the real solutions for facing racism? Would automated police robots be fairer than humans? ? I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Laura Blumenschein "It is important to be introspective as it helps us to focus on how do we get the biggest impact"
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-with-laura-blumenschein
Laura Blumenschein " "We have to be a careful as soft robotics what kind of Research We Export to the public"
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-with-laura-blumenschein
Laura Blumenschein " What Are Significant Elements To Design A Bio-inspired Growing Robots?"
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-with-laura-blumenschein
Laura Blumenschein” How To Design Soft Robotics That Could Adapt to The Unknown?”
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-with-laura-blumenschein
Joshuah Wolper “On Publish and Perish Culture and Academia Competitiveness”
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “What is The Accuracy of MPM vs FEM For Real World Applications?”
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “How To Simulate Multi-Material in Material Point Method? “
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “How To Figure Whether Machine Learning Can Enhance Simulation Design? “
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “Why modeling is challenging, What are the missing Pieces to close the gap between simulation and reality? “
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper " What Are The Techniques Used For Reduction The Simulation Computational Cost?"
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “Explicit VS Implicit Material Point Method?” What Does MPM facilitate over FEM?
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper "How To Simulate Anisotropic and Isotropic Soft Material in Material Point Method?"
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “Mesh VS Meshless Based Simulation Techniques”
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “How To Capture The Real World Physics of Material Simulation? “
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “What is the Material Point Method? “
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Joshuah Wolper “What is Simulation? Which Level of Simulation You Need To Understand Phenomena Physics?”
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/joshuah-wolper-which-simulation-techniques-are-reliable-for-simulating-continuum-soft-robots
Which Simulation Techniques Are Reliable For Simulating Continuum Soft Robots and how to select the Right Tool? Which route do we have to investigate: mesh or meshless based techniques? What are the limitations and challenges of simulating nonlinear viscoelastic materials; isotropic and anisotropic behaviors. In this episode, we have Joshuah Wolper, a senior Ph.D. researcher at the University of Pennsylvania to share his passion for simulation continuum soft materials. Josh is very knowledgeable, I hope you enjoy listening to him.
You can find Josh’s work here: https://joshuahwolper.com/ and if you want to connect with him via Twitter @JoshuahWolper
Rainhill Freitas "New Zero-Emission Concept Airbus Aircraft & How COVID-19 Would Change Aerospace Sector"
You can find the official announcement of New Zero-emission concept airbus here: https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/09/airbus-reveals-new-zeroemission-concept-aircraft.html
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-ai-topology-optimization-simulation-new-generation-airbus-aircraft
Rainhill Freitas "What is the most important technical element in the aerospace industry that makes it excel?"
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-ai-topology-optimization-simulation-new-generation-airbus-aircraft
Romaric Redon “What is OODA Loop Concept & Pushing The Limit of Intelligence At Airbus Aircraft”
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-ai-topology-optimization-simulation-new-generation-airbus-aircraft
Rainhill Freitas “Life Robotics, Automation For Standardized Airbus Aircraft Manufacturing”
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-ai-topology-optimization-simulation-new-generation-airbus-aircraft
Rainhill Freitas "How To Design Reliable Multiple Redundant Sensing System For Sensing of Airbus Aircraft"
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-ai-topology-optimization-simulation-new-generation-airbus-aircraft
Rainhill Freitas “ DFM for Designing Complex Shape Geometries of Airbus Aircraft's Parts
You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softrobotics/soft-robotics-ai-topology-optimization-simulation-new-generation-airbus-aircraft
Interesting discussion with Laura Blumenschein, an assistant professor at Purdue University. In this episode, Laura shares her research experience on growing robots, bio-inspired design. Her passion for philosophy is reflected in the way she addressing her research challenges. Besides sharing her thoughts about controller design for soft robotics whether we should consider new shcemes. I hope you would enjoy this episode:)
Have you ever asked yourself how do hackers hack? What is an ethical hacker? What is social engineering? My guest is the one and only Jack Rhysider, the host of Darknet diaries True stories from the dark side of the internet. In 2019 only, there were more than 8.2 million downloads. The story behind the podcast itself is inspiring, Jack’s show has an impact and real-life influence on the audience and how podcasting literally changed his life. I hope you enjoy listening, I do recommend subscribing to Darknet Diaries more details here: https://darknetdiaries.com/
We always wanted to bring these ideas and arguments to the forefront of the Soft Robotics community, and highlight many perspectives. That's why we started the soft robotics debate with the help of IEEE RAS and Soft Robotics TC.
In this audio, you are listening to the second debate "Bridging the Gap Between Soft Robots and Soft Materials: Discovering New Material Functionalities vs. Creating Architected Compliance There a gap still exists between cutting edge materials and implemented soft robots. In this debate, we will bring together experts in the fields of soft materials and soft robotics to discuss the necessary steps to bring more collaboration between these two fields. In this debate, panelists were trying to answer whether material development should focus on developing new functionalities for soft robots or on creating optimized materials to meet existing needs, allowing for easier rapid prototyping and technology transferability."
The first poll results are
Smart materials 27 % Architectured compliance 4% Gray zone 29% No answer 40%
The second poll results are:
Smart materials 22 % Architectured compliance 4% Gray zone 42% No answer 32%
Huge thanks to Hadi Sadati, Laura, Gina Olson, Alexis Simoes, Amy Reeder, Kathy Colabaugh, and Fumiya Lida, this debate was not possible without their dedication and effort.
We would love your feedback or any kind of contribution that you can provide so that we can pass this information onto the next debate so that series can grow and improve. I hope you enjoy listening
In this episode, we spoke about the story behind making IROS 2020 for free and the challenges behind making this decision possible. I spoke with Prof.Marcia, the program chair Prof.Marcia about how they came to this decision besides discussing the future of the conference, how we can go from traditional conferences habits to create creative solutions highlighted by Marcia in the episode.
The most important point is how we can afford inclusive conferences experiences in terms of attendance, publication. We also highlighted of peer review and how it could be improved, I hope you would find it useful Don't forget to sign up Thank you
Benjamin Gorissen "Why Do We Use Traditional Controller For Soft Robotics? Is it Really Needed In Our Research?" I find this subject is well articulated by Benjamin if you want to understand other alternatives beyond traditional control.
Benjamin Gorissen "Why Does The Clamping Design Is Critical For Your Soft Actuator/Sensor Characterization?"
Benjamin Gorissen "How To Design Bending Actuator Doesn't Stretch Too Much And Still Has A Significant Deformation?" Is That Sufficient To Use Linearized Material Models for Designing? Bridging The Gap Between Loading States and Material Models?
Benjamin Gorissen "How To Access The Beneficial Material And Geometry Nonlinearities For Your Soft Robot?"
Benjamin Gorissen "What is Structural Geometry Nonlinearities And How they can be Used For Storing The Energy?"
Compelling discussion with Benjamin Gorissen, a postdoc at Bertoldi Group at Harvard. In this episode, we discuss geometry and Material Nonlinearities, and how their functionalities can be exploited instead of using traditional controller. I hope you enjoy this episode :)
Kris Dorsey "Why Do We Focus on Demonstrating Materials Properties Instead of Asking What We Can Do out of them?"
Kris Dorsey" What Other Inspiring Living Creatures That Haven't Explored Yet? What is Origami-Inspired Pattern ?"
Don't forget to register for the first Smart Training Event For Understanding Smart Materials and Soft Robotics, you will have the opportunity to tune in with leading researchers in the field on Oct 20 for your days :) More info and registration: http://www.smartitn.eu/smart-training-event-1/
Thoughtful discourse with Kristen Dorsey the founder of MicroSmithieLab at Smith College. In this episode, Kristen shares her research expertise on smart materials design and Origami soft robots. Dorsey shares her vision about inclusion in terms of ideas and representation. I hope you enjoy this episode.
Carmel: What Are The Most Important Questions From Academic and Entrepreneurial Perspective
Carmel: What is an area or direction of research is promising but the community seems to disagree
Carmel Majidi “ How To Figure Out The Most Significant Parameters For Design Soft Materials”
Carmel's Thoughts on The First Soft Robotics Debate “Morphological Computation VS Traditional Control Techniques”
Carmel Majidi "How To Assess The Detrimental and Beneficial Nonstationarity & Nonlinearities For Your Soft Robot? "
Carmel Majidi “Were there any directions you thought would work out but empirical results proved otherwise?”
Carmel Majidi "14 years old “ What education and how much training needed to get into Soft Robotics?"
Carmel Majidi “ Is Ego Important? How can we enable a more inclusive culture around competition ideas?"
Carmel Majidi The Most Important Quality you have to maintain while being in Academia and Life-Changing Advice