Majid Khadiv: The Future of Humanoid Robotics | Andreas Orthey #6

Majid Khadiv is Professor for AI Planning in Dynamic Environments at Technical University Munich (TUM). In this podcast, we talk about multiple topics connected to the future of humanoid robotics, including:- Which company is winning humanoid robotics?- What are the major application areas for humanoid robots?- The power of visualizing dynamical equations- How to recover on flat terrain by only a single step into the future.- The ideal education of students who want to study humanoid robotics.Enjoy the podcast!Outline01:05 Getting into University in Iran03:28 Visualizing Mathematical Equations13:35 PhD in Iran19:55 From Iran to Germany26:11 Humanoid Locomotion32:41 From PhD to Postdoc42:40 The Ideal Education48:55 Biggest Societal Problems50:06 Warfare and Technology53:10 Applications for Humanoid Robots54:49 General-Purpose vs Specific-Purpose Machines57:33 Moravec's Paradox01:01:20 Main Bottlenecks for Humanoid Locomotion01:12:23 Model Predictive Control01:14:35 Problem of Infinite Choice01:17:32 Contact Before Motion or Motion Before Contact01:20:05 Which Company Will Win Humanoid Robotics?01:23:16 When We Will Get Room Cleaning Robots01:24:11 Data Acquisition01:28:33 Quadrupeds at CERN01:30:21 Cleaning Rooms01:32:28 Problems With Unemployment01:35:48 Basic Income01:39:53 AI Taking Over01:41:24 Humanoid Robot Personalities01:43:24 Favorite Philosophers01:49:55 Current Research and Longterm VisionEpisode LinksMajid Khadiv Homepage: https://www.professoren.tum.de/en/khadiv-majidMajid Khadiv Lab Homepage: https://www.ce.cit.tum.de/en/aipd/home/Podcast LinksYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/andreasortheyX/Twitter: https://x.com/andreas_ortheySpotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/andreasorthey/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aorthey/Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/aortheyPersonal Website: https://aorthey.comPodcast Website: https://aorthey.com/src/podcast