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Wevolver Robots in Depth

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Robots in Depth (RID) is an interview series with everyone in robotics, from top entrepreneurs, investors and corporate leaders to researchers, political policy makers and domain experts. The episodes are 30-60 minutes long, and a new episode is published each week.The format of RID is that of a talk show with one host and one interviewee, both in the same space. The interviews are relaxed and conversational in style and cover every aspect of robotics.Per Sjöborg hosts Robots in Depth. He is an experienced interviewer in the field of robotics, interviewing robotics experts regularly since he started his podcast in 2010.Per is well connected in the robotics community and has attended the industry’s major events since 2008.

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Episodes

  1. Building millimeter sized robots w/Professor Julien Bourgeois

    Julien Bourgeois talks about self-reconfiguring modular robotics and how he is developing millimeter sized robots called Claytronics. Julien started out as a computer scientist. He was always interested in robotics privately but then had the opportunity to get into micro robots when his lab was...

  2. Rescue robotics & using machine learning to detect gasses w/Achim Lilienthal

    Achim talks about rescue robotics and how he is working with integrating sensors that can work and be useful in this challenging application like gas sensors. Achim got in to robotics from working in physics when the team hid did his PhD worked on gas sensors and he saw an opportunity to…

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  3. The impact of robots who start taking decisions like humans do. w/Cristina Andersson

    Cristina talks about the impact off the ever growing set of tasks that robots can perform and that they can start taking taking decisions like humans do. In 2013 she organized events in Finland during European robotics week and found that many people was very interested but that there was also a...

  4. Computer vision for field use in agriculture and recycling w/Michael Nielsen

    Michael talks about his work in computer vision for field use in agriculture and recycling. He started out in computer vision in the agriculture space doing machine vision and 3D reconstruction of plants. He then moved to the Danish Technological Institute when they expanded their work on machine...

  5. Understanding the world around you using game theory w/Nicole Immorlica

    Nicole talks about game theory and how she feels that it is her way to understand the world around her. Nicole talks about game theory, a way to understand how intelligent agents, humans or machines, interact and optimize their outcome in a particular context. Nicole discusses how this process…

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  6. The social robot revolution w/Gabriel Skantze

    Gabriel Skantze talks about how he works with human robot communication, and about how the social robot revolution makes it necessary to communicate with humans in a human ways through speech and facial expressions. This is necessary as we expand the number of people that interact with robots as...

  7. Learnings from working + 20 years in robotics as an entrepreneur, teacher, lecturer, and researcher w/Lars Dalgaard

    Lars Dalgaard shares his experiences developing robots in many different contexts. We hear about Lars’ early work with large mobile robotics in a commercial nursery garden handling the transfer of plants from the greenhouse to the field. He also speaks about the Hydra project a self…

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  8. Mimicking human decision making with algorithms w/Adjunct Professor Harri Ketamo

    Harri talks about AI and how he aims to mimic human decision making with algorithms. Harri has done a lot of AI for computer games to create opponents that are entertaining to play against. It is easy to develop a very bad or a very good opponent, but designing an opponent that behaves like a...

  9. Building Artificial Intelligence systems that can interact with humans w/VP of A.I Christian Guttmann

    Christian talks about AI and wanting to understand intelligence enough to recreate it. Christian discusses building systems that can interact with humans beyond regular computer interfaces. He started working with computers early, too early for advanced AI. He studied broadly, including…

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  10. Real world challenges with Artificial Intelligence w/Associate Professor Federico Pecora

    Federico talks about AI and how the computer decides what to do and when to do it. Federico finds many interesting research problems combining AI and robotics. Being out in the real world challenges the AI algorithms and makes real physical tasks possible. Federico talks about working on AI and...

  11. Future innovations at the Robotics and Mechatronics lab w/ Professor Stefano Stramigioli

    Stefano talks about how he leads the Robotics and Mechatronics lab at University of Twente. The lab focuses on inspection and maintenance robotics, as well as medical applications. Stefano got into robotics when he saw the robots in Star Wars, and started out building a robotic arm from scratch,...

  12. Bringing together academia, industry and end users in robotics w/ Sebastian_Weisenburger

    Sebastian tells us all about the ECHORD++ project, and describes how ECHORD++ works with application oriented research bringing together academia, industry and end users to bring robotics to market, under the banner “From lab to market” We also hear about Public end-user Driven Technological...

  13. Autonomous navigation and it's challenges w/BlueBotics CEO Nicola Tomatis

    Nicola talks about his long road into robotics and how BlueBotics handles indoor navigation and integrates it in automated guided vehicles (AGV). Like many, Nicola started out tinkering when he was young, and then got interested in computer science as he wanted to understand it better. Nicola…

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  14. Human-robot-collaboration w/Søren Peter Johansen from the Danish Technological Institute

    Søren Peter Johansen from DTI talks about implementing robotics solutions. He talks about how he got into robotics by starting to tinker with any electronics he could get his hands on. He worked in a mechanical workshop and added automation to the machines in the shop. As robots became more and...

  15. 3D printing metal components w/Hans Kimblad

    Hans talks about 3D printing metal or MAM, metal adaptive manufacturing. He describes how the different technologies that are used for MAM work. He then talks through the opportunities and challenges and what one needs to consider when designing for the Höganäs powder sintering MAM process. He…

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  16. How this robotics entrepreneur makes programming robots easier w/Sven Schmidt-Rohr

    Sven talks about how he always wanted to be a robotics entrepreneur and how ArtiMinds makes programming robots easier. Like so many, Sven got interested in robotics early. He found robots exciting as they could make his programs come to life and work outside the computer. They could do so much…

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  17. How to get benefits from being part of an open source robotics community w/Dirk Thomas

    Dirk talks about his work with ROS at the OSR Foundation. We hear about how programmers and roboticists can benefit from being part of and contributing to the open source community. Dirk discusses the development of ROS and how it is being used both in academia and in commercial projects. He also...

  18. Robot snakes to reach impossible places w/Andrew Graham

    Andrew Graham is Senior Technical Leader at OC Robotics, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of commercial snake-arm robots and software for confined and hazardous environments Andrew talks about snake arm robots that can get into impossible locations and do things no other system can....

  19. Merging robotics and fashion w/Anouk Wipprecht

    Anouk creates instinctual and behavioral wearables; essentially clothes that can sense, process and react. She creates dresses that move, including motors and special effects. They don´t follow the normal fashion cycle of becoming irrelevant after six months, since they can be updated and…

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  20. The next generation of robots w/Paul Ekas

    The EZGripper by SAKE Robotics is a tendon based gripper using Dyneema tendons and aluminum oxide eyelets to make it durable and able to handle rough environments. The EZGripper is under-actuated, the fingers stay straight when picking up small objects and wrap around large objects. You can…

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  21. How to deal with pattents early on in the innovation process w/Linda Thayer

    Linda Thayer talks about how to how to apply for, maintain and use patents. She tells us about the benefits of getting in touch with a patent attorney early in the innovation process. She then walks us through the process of applying for a patent, key dates and important steps. We also get to…

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  22. How a succesfull educational robotics system emerged from co-operating with Lego w/David Johan Christensen

    In this podcast, David talks about modular robotics and the Fable system. David Johan started early in robotics, getting involved already in high school. At university he found the EU project Hydra, that introduced him to modular robotics. In the Hydra project he participated in developing, among...

  23. What happens when non-engineer users are tasked with teaching robots new things w/Franziska Kirstein

    Franziska Kirstein talks about her experience as a linguist working with human robot interaction. We get to hear about what works and what doesn’t when non-engineer users are tasked with teaching robots different movements. Franziska also describes some of the challenges with kinestetic guidance...

  24. What termites can teach us about using autonomous swarms of robots w/Justin Werfel

    In this podcast, Justin Werfel talks about what termites can teach us about using autonomous swarms of robots. Termites have an amazing ability to create and maintain large, complicated structures with very limited capabilities. Justin talks about the opportunity to learn from the termites...

  25. Formal verification of computer systems and autonomous golf carts w/Jana Tumova

    Jana talks about formal verification of computer systems and synthesizing controllers from models. We get an introduction to the relatively new, especially when applied to robotics, field of formal verification. Jana talks about the requirements and limits of formal verification and how she feels...

  26. How do we prepare for co-existing with robots & AI w/Aseem Prakash

    In this podcast, he talks about a future with robots, rather than the future of robotics. Aseem talks about how we can prepare for co-existing with robots & AI. What will the future with robots look like & how can we prepare to maximize the benefit. He also talks about studying how tomorrow…

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  27. IOT and robotics & the next wave of startups w/Erin Bishop

    Erin Bishop talks about how the FIRST robotics competition was a natural and inspiring way into robotics and onward into her career in robotics. Erin talks to Per about her work in marketing for several startups. They discuss selling points, including examples from different industries, and...

  28. How a trip to Japan started Robotics Trends & RoboBusiness w/Dan Kara

    This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast, you can contact us at [email protected]

  29. Welcoming robots into our home and businesses, and how to get there. w/ Daniel Lofaro

    Daniel Lofaro’s PhD project made its public debut on an unlikely stage. His research in end-effector velocity control of non-planted robots (robotic throwing) enabled his HUBO humanoid robot subject to throw out the first pitch of the 2012 Major League Baseball season in front of 45,186 fans....

  30. How to make robotics systems more agile and easily adaptable w/Craig Schlenoff

    Craig Schlenoff is the Group Leader of the Cognition and Collaboration Systems Group and the Acting Group Leader of the Sensing and Perception Systems Group in the Intelligent Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He is also the Associate Program Manager of the...

  31. How to create autonomous vehicles from scratch (and existing models) w/Mel Torrie

    Mel Torie on LinkedIN ASI website Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast, you can contact us at [email protected]

  32. What areas are impacted by robotics in the near future? w/Andra Kaey

    Andra Kaey on Twitter Silicon Valley Robotics This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the...

  33. The lessons learned from building 1024 robots w/Michael Rubenstein

    Kilobot project page This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast, you can contact us…

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  34. Investing in consumer focussed robotics w/Valery Komissarova

    LinkedIn profile. This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast, you can contact us at...

  35. The benefits of open source in robotics and how ROS came to be an open standard w/Tully Foote

    Open Source Robotics Foundation Tully Foote TurtleBot This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring...

  36. Air, surface and underwater robots with professor of computer science Gregory Dudek

    Gregory Dudek website Mobile robotics lab This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the…

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  37. The impact of the robot revolution w/roboticist Henrik Christensen

    Henrik Christensen website. This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast, you can...

  38. From checkers playing robots to robotics and machine vision w/roboticist Peter Corke

    You can find Peters book here. On his web site you can also find many useful resources, including the MOOC Robot Academy, his Robotics Toolbox and the Machine Vision Toolbox This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to...

  39. How looking for an investment opportunity in robotics lead to developing a tracking index for the robotics industry w/Frank Tobe

    Frank Tobe Linkedin. The Robot report RoboGlobal This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the...

  40. The next frontier of research by mixing artificial animals with real ones w/professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Spring Berman

    Spring M. Berman is an associate professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and graduate faculty in Computer Science and Exploration Systems Design at Arizona State University (ASU). She is also a core faculty affiliate of the Global Security Initiative (GSI) at ASU and Associate Director…

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  41. Rescue robotics with Head of the Collaborative Robotics Lab Richard Voyles

    Prof. Voyles is head of the Collaborative Robotics Lab at Purdue University and Director of the Robotics Accelerator, Prof. Voyles knows robots! With expertise in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science, Dr. Voyles' research interest include novel robotic mechanisms,...

  42. Learning lessons from working with modular robots w/ Dave Rollinson

    You can find out more about Hebi and their products on www.hebirobotics.com This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are...

  43. Making research quality modular robots accessible to everyone w/founder Daniel Pizzata

    More information on https://www.modbot.com This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the…

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  44. How a lifelong robot builder went to running a $94 million VC backed robotics company w/Melonee Wise

    Fetch robotics website. Melonee Wise Linkedin. This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the...

  45. Safer human robot collaboration with a unique safety sensor w/Walter Wohlkinger

    Blue Danube website. This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com Promote your company in our podcast? If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast, you can contact us…

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  46. Innovating in modular robotics w/co-founder Andreas Bihlmaier

    More about Robodev. This podcast is part of the Wevolver network. Wevolver is a platform & community providing engineers informative content to help them innovate. Learn more at Wevolver.com

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Robots in Depth (RID) is an interview series with everyone in robotics, from top entrepreneurs, investors and corporate leaders to researchers, political policy makers and domain experts. The episodes are 30-60 minutes long, and a new episode is published each week.The format of RID is that of a talk show with one host and one interviewee, both in the same space. The interviews are relaxed and conversational in style and cover every aspect of robotics.Per Sjöborg hosts Robots in Depth. He is an experienced interviewer in the field of robotics, interviewing robotics experts regularly since he started his podcast in 2010.Per is well connected in the robotics community and has attended the industry’s major events since 2008.

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