Chatbot

By: IEEE Spectrum
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  • Summary

  • What kind of things do the people building the future of robots talk about when they're alone? IEEE Spectrum editor Evan Ackerman knows the robotics beat like no other journalist today: In Chatbot, he pairs up some of the world's best experts to ask each other the kind of questions no one else can.
    IEEE Spectrum 2023
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Episodes
  • Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

    Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can
    May 26 2023

    Host Evan Ackermans pairs Adam Bry, CEO of Skydio, and Davide Scaramuzza, director of the Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich, to probe the challenges of making drones that come with super-human piloting skills.

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    42 mins
  • How Labrador and iRobot Create Domestic Robots That Really Help

    How Labrador and iRobot Create Domestic Robots That Really Help
    May 26 2023

    Evan Ackerman pairs Mike Dooley, CEO and co-founder of Labrador Systems, with Chris Jones, CTO of iRobot. With the Roomba, iRobot created the first commercially successful domestic robot, and Labrador Systems is developing the Retriever, a semi-autonomous mobile table intended to help people live more independently. They quiz each about the challenges of bringing robots from the laboratory to the unpredictable environments of people's homes and making sure manufacturers are meeting actual user needs.

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    40 mins
  • Making Boston Dynamics' Robots Dance

    Making Boston Dynamics' Robots Dance
    May 4 2023

    A new podcast from IEEE Spectrum, where award-winning robotics reporter and editor Evan Ackerman pairs up leading experts to pose the kind of questions no-one can ask. In this first episode, the choreographer of Boston Dynamics' hit dancing robot videos, Monica Thomas, engages with Amy LaViers, director of the Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab, about the engineering and philosophy of robots doing the twist.
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    32 mins

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