Robot Talk
Join us each week as we explore the exciting world of robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous machines. Each episode, Dr Claire Asher — science communicator and robot enthusiast — chats with robotics scientists from across the UK to find out how their cutting-edge research is influencing the future of every aspect of science, technology, and engineering, from the mundane to the extraordinary.
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Episode 103: Keenan Wyrobek - delivering medicine by drone
12/20/2024
Episode 103: Keenan Wyrobek - delivering medicine by drone
Claire chatted to Keenan Wyrobek from Zipline about drones for delivering life-saving medicine to remote locations. Keenan Wyrobek is co-founder and head of product and engineering at , the world’s first drone delivery service whose focus is delivering life-saving medicine to the most difficult to reach places on earth. Prior to Zipline, Keenan was a co-founder and director of the Personal Robotics Program at Willow Garage. He was involved in launching the Robot Operating System (ROS) and shipping PR2, the first personal robot for software R&D. Keenan has spent years delivering high tech products to market across a range of fields including consumer electronics and medical robotics. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 102: Isabella Fiorello - soft robots inspired by plants
12/13/2024
Episode 102: Isabella Fiorello - soft robots inspired by plants
I chatted to Isabella Fiorello from the University of Freiburg about plant-inspired robots made from living materials. is a Junior Group Leader and Principal Investigator of the Bioinspired Plant-hybrid Materials group at the University of Freiburg in Germany. She has a Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology from the University of Turin in Italy and a PhD in Biorobotics from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy. Her research focusses on the development of biologically-inspired microfabricated living materials able to precisely interact with complex unstructured surfaces for applications in precision agriculture, smart fabrics, space, and soft robotics. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 101: Christos Bergeles - microscopic surgical robots
12/06/2024
Episode 101: Christos Bergeles - microscopic surgical robots
Claire chatted to Christos Bergeles from King's College London about micro-surgical robots to deliver therapies deep inside the body. received his PhD in Robotics from ETH Zurich in Switzerland in 2011. As a Professor at King’s College London, he directs the “Robotics and Vision in Medicine Lab” whose mission is to develop micro-surgical robots that deliver regenerative therapies deep inside the human body. He holds funding for the development of instrumentation that delivers stem cells to diseased retinal layers in the eye. He and his team are very active in public engagement and patient involvement activities, such as New Scientist Live and the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 100: Mini Rai - robots in space
11/29/2024
Episode 100: Mini Rai - robots in space
Claire chatted to Mini Rai from Orbit Rise about orbital and planetary robots. is the founding Director of Orbit Rise Ltd and an honorary Professor at the University of Lincoln. Previously, she was the Global Chair in Robotic Engineering at the University of Lincoln and an Associate Professor at the Surrey Space Centre. Mini has over 27 years of research and innovation experience in Space Engineering and Technology. With deep-rooted expertise in robotics, automation, control and systems engineering, she has led a large and diverse portfolio of national and international programmes on space robotic missions, spanning orbital and planetary robotics. To celebrate the 100th episode, I'm offering new members 25% off Patreon memberships with the code ROBO100. To claim your discount and get access to the monthly bonus episodes (including the full back catalogue), sign up here:
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Episode 99: Joe Wolfel - robots mapping the deep ocean
11/22/2024
Episode 99: Joe Wolfel - robots mapping the deep ocean
Claire chatted to Joe Wolfel from Terradepth about autonomous submersible robots for collecting ocean data. is the CEO and founder of Terradepth. He is passionate about helping people make better and faster decisions regarding what we do (and don't do) in the ocean. Terradepth designs and builds ocean-going robots at scale, deploys them, and delivers data through an ocean data platform tailored for the maritime community. Prior to Terradepth, Joe has helped start a couple other companies, worked as a management consultant, and served as a US Navy SEAL officer with deployments throughout the Middle East and Africa. Joe was educated at the US Naval Academy. Check out the fascinating about Terradepth's mission to chart the deep ocean. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 98: Gabriella Pizzuto - robotic chemists to discover new materials
11/15/2024
Episode 98: Gabriella Pizzuto - robotic chemists to discover new materials
Claire chatted to Gabriella Pizzuto from the University of Liverpool about intelligent robotic manipulators for laboratory automation. is a Lecturer in Robotics and Chemistry Automation at the University of Liverpool. She is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and ECR Co-Chair on the EPSRC AI Hub in Chemistry. She has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, where she was also a Marie-Sklodowska Curie early stage researcher and a visiting scholar at the University of Edinburgh and Italian Institute of Technology. She was then a postdoctoral research associate at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, prior to joining the University of Liverpool. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 97: Pratap Tokekar - robot swarms for environmental monitoring
11/08/2024
Episode 97: Pratap Tokekar - robot swarms for environmental monitoring
Claire chatted to Pratap Tokekar from the University of Maryland about how teams of robots with different capabilities can work together. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland, and an Amazon Scholar. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the GRASP lab of University of Pennsylvania and later, an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech. He has a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from the College of Engineering Pune in India and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. He received the Amazon Research Award in 2022, and the NSF CAREER award in 2020. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 96: Maria Elena Giannaccini - soft robots in medicine and healthcare
11/01/2024
Episode 96: Maria Elena Giannaccini - soft robots in medicine and healthcare
Claire chatted to Maria Elena Giannaccini from the University of Aberdeen about soft and bioinspired robotics for healthcare and beyond. has a degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Università di Pisa in Italy. She conducted her Master’s thesis at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna as part of the EU-funded OCTOPUS project. In 2015, she obtained her PhD in Robotics at the Bristol Robotics, where she focussed on developing safe, variable stiffness robotic devices. She worked at the University of Bristol on the soft, bioinspired Tactip sensor and a soft robotics artificial larynx. In 2019, Elena was appointed as a Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Aberdeen where she pioneered research in soft robotics. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 95: Jonathan Walker - helping companies grow with robotics
10/25/2024
Episode 95: Jonathan Walker - helping companies grow with robotics
Claire chatted to Jonathan Walker from Innovate UK about translating robotics research into the commercial sector. Jonathan Walker is the Innovation Lead for Robotics and Sensors at . He is working with government, universities, businesses and cross-sector teams to accelerate the development and uptake of robotics in the UK. Areas of particular interest are the built environment, circular economy, and helping people live independently for longer. Jonathan wants to support these themes through cluster development, funded collaborative R&D, skills programs from school outreach, apprenticeships and T-levels to CDTs, business support and leveraging private investment. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 94: Esyin Chew - humanoid robots for health and social care
10/18/2024
Episode 94: Esyin Chew - humanoid robots for health and social care
Claire chatted to Esyin Chew from Cardiff Metropolitan University about service and social humanoid robots in healthcare and education. is the Director of the , one of 11 specialist robotics centres in the UK, impacting underprivileged communities with over 120 humanoid robots. She has led million-pound government or industrial-funded global projects across the UK, EU, Australia, Malaysia, China and Indonesia, including the British Council award-winning Global PIE programme for Women in STEAM-H. Esyin has impacted numerous underprivileged communities, particularly girls and women in education and healthcare sectors, refugees and Orang Asli (Indigenous people). Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 93: Matt Beane - robots and AI in the workplace
10/11/2024
Episode 93: Matt Beane - robots and AI in the workplace
Claire chatted to Matt Beane from the University of California, Santa Barbara about how humans can learn to work with intelligent machines. conducts field research on robots and AI in the workplace, focusing on positive exceptions applicable to the broader world of work. He has published his award-winning research in top management journals and presented on the TED stage. He's been recognized as a Human-Robot Interaction Pioneer and named to the Thinkers50 Radar list. Matt is an assistant professor in the Technology Management department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and as a Digital Fellow with Stanford's Digital Economy Lab and MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy. Check out Matt's TED Talk on ''. Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 92: Gisela Reyes-Cruz - trust and acceptance of robots
10/04/2024
Episode 92: Gisela Reyes-Cruz - trust and acceptance of robots
Claire chatted to Gisela Reyes-Cruz from the University of Nottingham about how humans interact with, trust and accept robots. investigates human-computer and human-robot interaction to understand everyday life interactions with technologies, as well as trust in them and public acceptance. These technologies include autonomous and robotic systems: from mobile apps that have, or may have, a component that works autonomously, to robots that can navigate a physical space on their own, such as telepresence robots. The goal of Gisela's work is to inform responsible system design and design practices. Find out more about the Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham: Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Episode 91: John Leonard - robot navigation on land and in water
09/27/2024
Episode 91: John Leonard - robot navigation on land and in water
Claire chatted to John Leonard from Massachusetts Institute of Technology about autonomous navigation for underwater vehicles and self-driving cars. is a Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His research addresses the problems of navigation and mapping for autonomous underwater vehicles, self-driving vehicles, and other types of mobile robots. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Science from the University of Pennsylvania and PhD in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. He is a Technical Advisor at Toyota Research Institute. Check out John's TEDx Talk on '', and this Toyota Research Institute video of . Find out more about the Marine Robotics Group at MIT: Join the Robot Talk community on Patreon:
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Robot Talk Season 5 coming soon!
09/20/2024
Robot Talk Season 5 coming soon!
Robot Talk will be back for a new season on the 27th September 2024 — make sure you're subscribed to be the first to hear the latest episodes!
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Episode 90: Robot Talk Live - Robotically Augmented People
06/21/2024
Episode 90: Robot Talk Live - Robotically Augmented People
Robotics is helping to rehabilitate and increase human abilities in areas like mobility and stamina. Innovations in robotic devices, exoskeletons, and wearable tech aim to offer disabled people different perspectives and new experiences, as well as supporting humans more widely to access, inhabit and work safely in dangerous and extreme conditions. What does the future hold for these technologies and the people they will become a part of? In this special live recording at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival, Claire chatted to Milia Helena Hasbani (Imperial College London), Benjamin Metcalfe (University of Bath) and Dani Clode (Cambridge University) about robotic prosthetics and human augmentation. is a researcher in assistive technology at Imperial College London. She is passionate about improving people’s lives through innovation in healthcare and technology in multi-disciplinary environments interfacing with engineers, clinicians, and patients. Her research focuses on the control of active prosthetic arms, combining user intention for wrist movements with a computer vision system for dynamically selecting the grasp type to be used. is a biomedical engineer who specialises in neural interfaces and implanted devices. He is Head of the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath and Deputy Director of the Bath Institute for the Augmented Human. He is also Vice-President (Academic) of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. His interests explore the collision between technology and biology and the extent to which engineering can be used to augment and enhance human performance. is an augmentation and prosthetics designer. She is the Senior Technical Specialist at the Plasticity Lab at Cambridge University and a collaborator of the Alternative Limb Project. Dani’s work investigates the future architecture of our bodies, challenging the perception and boundaries of extending the human form. Her main project the ‘Third Thumb’ is currently being utilised in collaboration with neuroscientists at Cambridge University, investigating the brain’s ability to adapt to human augmentation.
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Episode Eighty-Nine: Simone Schuerle
06/14/2024
Episode Eighty-Nine: Simone Schuerle
Claire chatted to Simone Schuerle from ETH Zürich all about microrobots, medicine and science. is Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where she heads the Responsive Biomedical System Lab. With her team, she develops diagnostic and therapeutic systems at the nano- and microscale with the aim of tackling a range of challenging problems in medicine. One major focus of her current research is addressing limitations in drug delivery through scalable magnetically enhanced drug transport. In 2014, she co-founded the spin-off MagnebotiX that offers electromagnetic control systems for wireless micromanipulation. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be at the Great Exhibition Road Festival this Sunday (16th June) for '' at the V&A Museum. Register for a FREE ticket: Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , , , , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-Eight: Lord Ara Darzi
06/07/2024
Episode Eighty-Eight: Lord Ara Darzi
Claire chatted to Lord Ara Darzi from Imperial College London all about robotic surgery - past, present and future. is Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery. In 2002, he was knighted for his services to medicine and surgery and in 2007 was introduced as Lord Darzi of Denham to the UK’s House of Lords as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health. Professor Darzi leads a large multidisciplinary academic and policy research team, focused on convergence science across engineering, physical and data sciences, specifically in the areas of robotics, sensing, imaging and digital and AI technologies. He is Chair of the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society, and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be at the Great Exhibition Road Festival in June for '' at the V&A Museum in London, at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Register for a FREE ticket: Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , , , , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-Seven: Isabelle Ormerod
05/31/2024
Episode Eighty-Seven: Isabelle Ormerod
Claire chatted to Isabelle Ormerod from the University of Bristol all about human-centred design and women in robotics. is a PhD student at Bristol Robotics Lab in the Design and Manufacturing Futures Lab. Her professional path began in the medical product design industry, where she observed firsthand the application of human factors (HF) processes for dextrous and high-risk procedures. This experience sparked her interest in leveraging data-driven HF approaches in product design. Isabelle is also part of the Leadership team of . This organization is committed to fostering an inclusive community for women and non-binary individuals in the robotics field in the UK. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be at the Great Exhibition Road Festival in June for '' at the V&A Museum in London, at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Register for a FREE ticket: Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-Six: Mario Di Castro
05/24/2024
Episode Eighty-Six: Mario Di Castro
Claire chatted to Mario Di Castro from CERN all about robotic inspection and maintenance in hazardous environments. has a Master’s degree in electronic engineering from the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and a PhD in robotics and industrial controls from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in Spain. Since 2011 he has led the Mechatronics, Robotics and Operation section at CERN. The section is responsible for the design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of robotic systems used for remote maintenance at the CERN accelerator complex. His research interests include tele-robotics, machine learning, and precise motion control in harsh environments. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be returning for another live episode recording this June, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. '' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Register for a free ticket now: Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-Five: Margarita Chli
05/17/2024
Episode Eighty-Five: Margarita Chli
Claire chatted to Margarita Chli from the University of Cyprus all about vision, navigation, and small aerial drones. is a professor of Robotic Vision and the director of the Vision for Robotics Lab, at the University of Cyprus and ETH Zurich. Her work has contributed to the first vision-based autonomous flight of a small drone and the first demonstration of collaborative monocular SLAM for a small swarm of drones. Margarita has given invited keynotes at the World Economic Forum in Davos, TEDx, and ICRA, and she was featured in Robohub's 2016 list of "25 women in Robotics you need to know about". In 2023, she won the ERC Consolidator Grant to research advanced robotic perception. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be returning for another live episode recording this June, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. '' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Register for a free ticket now: Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-Four: Steve Benford
05/10/2024
Episode Eighty-Four: Steve Benford
Claire chatted to Steve Benford from the University of Nottingham all about art, dance, and cat sitting robots. is the Dunford Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham where he co-founded the Mixed Reality Laboratory. His research explores artistic applications of digital technologies through performance-led methods that engage artists in creating, touring and studying unique interactive experiences. He directs the EPSRC-funded Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training and the University’s newly founded Cobot Maker Space that is exploring human interaction with robots. He is also a keen musician. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be returning for another live episode recording this June, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. '' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-Three: Estelle Raffy
05/03/2024
Episode Eighty-Three: Estelle Raffy
Claire chatted to Estelle Raffy from the University of Bristol all about animal behaviour, intelligence, and life-like artificial systems. is a PhD student at the University of Bristol. During her Bachelor's degree in neuroscience and cognitive science, the “brained body” of the octopus kept her wondering: how can nature start with similar basic principles and end up with massive decentralized systems that we still call intelligent? She did a Master in epistemology and history of science where she addressed what embodiment principles tell us about biological and artificial systems' design and behaviour. Building on this, her PhD research aims to contribute to finding the ingredients for adaptive, 'life-like' behaviours in novel artificial systems." Check out the MorphoTalks YouTube channel: Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be returning for another live episode recording this June, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. '' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , , , , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-Two: Chang Liu
04/26/2024
Episode Eighty-Two: Chang Liu
Claire chatted to Chang Liu from Extend Robotics all about teleoperation, virtual reality, and software. Chang Liu is an entrepreneur from academia and high-tech start-ups. He is the founder, CEO and Chief Designer of . He was previously a research associate in Imperial College London and University of Southampton on autonomous aerial robot navigation. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be returning for another live episode recording this June, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. '' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , , , , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty-One: Vassia Simaiaki
04/19/2024
Episode Eighty-One: Vassia Simaiaki
Claire chatted to Vassia Simaiaki from Wayve all about computer vision, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars. Vassia Simaiaki is passionate about taking research into application and has spent the last decade of her career in computer vision. She leads AI research in vision and graphics at . Her focus is pushing the boundaries of novel view synthesis and continuing to accelerate the driving performance of autonomous vehicles. Vassia has a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and MSc in Neuroscience from Imperial College London. She thrives on solving hard problems and building high-performing teams of engineers and scientists focusing on AI applications. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be returning for another live episode recording this June, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. '' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , , , , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Eighty: Danesh Tarapore
04/12/2024
Episode Eighty: Danesh Tarapore
Claire chatted to Danesh Tarapore from the University of Southampton all about fault detection, division of labour, and robot swarms. is an Associate Professor at the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Danesh has addressed a diverse range of challenges in fault detection and recovery in robot swarms. He is also keen to push robot swarms out of their carefully controlled laboratory environments and into the real world, pursuing applications for robot swarms in marine exploration and in forest monitoring. Research on resilient robots that he has collaborated on has been featured on the front cover of the Nature magazine and received widespread media coverage. Join the live audience! Robot Talk will be returning for another live episode recording this June, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. 'Humans 2.0: Robotically Augmented People' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Find out more: Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , , , , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Seventy-Nine: Ella Maule
04/05/2024
Episode Seventy-Nine: Ella Maule
Claire chatted to Ella Maule from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory all about community robotics and the social side of robot design. is a PhD Student in Ethical & Sustainable Futures at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and a co-lead of Women in Robotics UK. Grounded in the principles of Responsible Innovation, her research explores the concept of Community Robotics, which centres communities as users of, and stakeholders in, robotic technology innovation. She is passionate about increasing equity, accessibility and inclusivity in robotics and, alongside her Women in Robotics UK colleagues, has developed and delivered workshops and events across the country. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , , , , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Seventy-Eight: Stephen Oram
03/22/2024
Episode Seventy-Eight: Stephen Oram
Claire chatted to Stephen Oram from Nudge the Future Fiction all about applied science fiction and the quirks and perils of new technology. writes near-future science fiction, exploring the intersection of messy humans and imperfect technology. He also works with scientists and technologists on projects that explore possible future outcomes of their research through short stories. He is published in several anthologies, including the Best of British Science Fiction 2020 and 2022, and has two published novels and three collections of sci-fi shorts. His recent collection – Extracting Humanity – includes stories from the projects with scientists. Robot Talk will be taking a break next week, but we’ll be back in April with more interesting guests and cool robots. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Seventy-Seven: Patricia Shaw
03/15/2024
Episode Seventy-Seven: Patricia Shaw
Claire chatted to Patricia Shaw from Aberystwyth University about home assistance robots, and robot learning and development. is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Robotics at Aberystwyth University. Her current research interests include technology for assistive living and she is currently leading on establishing a new Smart Home Lab at the university. This new lab will be used to research, develop and test a wide range of sensing technology for monitoring activities in the home as well as robots ranging from companions to assistants around the home. She strongly supports public engagement and has been coordinating regional robotics week events for the last 6 years. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Seventy-Six: Andrew Starr
03/08/2024
Episode Seventy-Six: Andrew Starr
Claire chatted to Andrew Starr from Cranfield University all about robot maintenance and railway inspection robots. holds a PhD in condition monitoring of robotic production systems and is a Chartered Engineer. His career started with British Aerospace, before working for the University of Manchester, University of Huddersfield, and the University of Hertfordshire. At Cranfield University he is Professor of Maintenance Systems, and former Head of the Centre for Life-cycle Engineering and Management. His research is in monitoring of mechanical systems with special interests in railways, aero gears, sensor systems, and maintenance optimisation through data fusion. Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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Episode Seventy-Five: Antonia Tzemanaki
03/01/2024
Episode Seventy-Five: Antonia Tzemanaki
Claire chatted to Antonia Tzemanaki from the University of Bristol all about hand exoskeletons, robotic hands, and teleoperation. is Senior Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Bristol and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory. Prior to this, she was Lecturer in Mechatronics at the University of the West of England. Her research includes human and robot hands, hand exoskeletons, haptics and wearable robotics, especially with applications in surgery, preventative medicine, rehabilitation, physiotherapy and dexterous tele-operation, as well as extreme environments (nuclear and space). Win a Robot Talk T-shirt For a chance to win your very own organic cotton Robot Talk t-shirt, all you have to do is: Share our competition post on social media: , or You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month! Find out more: .
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