Let's Talk Robotics

Joining me today (eps 150) is Gail Chatziyakoumis. Gail

Joining me today (eps 149) is Chris Flatau. Chris is the CEO and founder of Servbotics!

Joining me today (eps 148) is Paris Cockinos. Paris is the CEO of Sphere Drones, a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary technology company delivering an end-to-end ecosystem across the commercial drone market.

Joining me today (eps 147) is Dr Andrew Short. Andrew is the co-founder and Technical Director of Verbotics, where they create automatic programming software for welding robots.

Joining me today (eps 146) is Gregory Hunter and Michelle Keegan. We talk about the upcoming Element Summit which focusses on the future of mining This summit will focus on discovering what's shaping Australia's mining landscape with innovation and sustainability at its core.

Joining me today (eps 145) is Bern Grush. Bern is the Executive Director of the Urban Robotics Foundation and project lead for the draft technical standard ISO 4448 (Public-area Mobile Robots and automated pathway devices).

Joining me today (eps 144) is Mark Pivac. Mark is the primary inventor of FBR's automated bricklaying technology.

Joining me today (eps 143) is Mark Setrakian. Mark is one of the world's leading experts in animatronics and robotics.

Joining me today (eps 142) is Daniel Milford. Daniel is the Founding CEO of Chironix, a Software and Robotics Engineering company which develops technology to support deployed workforces around the world, with specific interests in the Defence, Manufacturing, Resources and Utilities sectors.

Joining me today (eps 141) is Greg Peters. Greg is an innovator, engineer and roboticist. He is the principal product engineer at the Laing O'Rourke Technology and Innovation group, leading the Robotics and Automation function.

Joining me today for eps 140 is Xavier Orr. Xavier is the CEO and co-founder of Advanced Navigation, an AI-based robotics and navigation technology company. 

Joining me today for episode 139 is Dr David Cole! David has been actively involved in the drone industry for over 10 years. In 2013 he founded a drone services company to provide contract drone services before pivoting the company to focus on developing the FlyFreely drone management software platform in 2018.

Joining me today for eps 138 is Yotam Rosenbaum. Yotam is a Venture Partner at 77 Partners and a Partner at the US based Access Fund.

Joining me for eps 137 is Lee Martin. Lee has been acknowledged for his visionary talent, abilities to take action that attains goals and to lead with an inclusive, positive, and a progressive attitude. It has been remarked that Lee has a “can do attitude”.

Joining me today (esp 136) is Dr Clyde Webster, CEO and founder of Crest Robotics.

Joining me today for the last episode (135) of 2023 is the hugely talented Stelarc! Stelarc is a performance artist who performs with prosthetics, robotics and online interactivity.

Joining me today (eps 134) is Heath May. Heath is the Vice President of International Markets and Managing Director of Australia for Innovation First International, the parent company to VEX Robotics and Rack Solutions.

Joining me today (eps 133) is Kate Dunne. Kate is a robotics engineer who specialises in mission control and perception systems.

Joining me today (eps 132) is Georgina North. Georgina is a global technology and innovation executive with over 12 years of experience in construction, resources, manufacturing, and translational research.

Joining me today (eps 131) is Oliver Gaunt. Oliver is a Principal in RSM's Corporate Finance division and is based in Melbourne. RSM is a sponsor of Robotics Australia Group!

Joining me today (eps 130) is Dario Valenza, the founder of Carbonix. He has a passion for design and design thinking. This is the common thread that has led him to build yachts, planes, and cars - As well as create the teams and company structures to turn vision into reality.

Joining me today (eps 129) is Colonel Robin Smith, OBE, CSC. Robin is the inaugural Director of the Army's Robotic & Autonomous Systems Implementation & Coordination Office (RICO) within Future Land Warfare Branch of the Australian Army HQ. RICO's role is to inspire, innovate, educate and lead the exploration of the application of emerging and disruptive technology for Army, including autonomy and AI, Quantum Technologies and alternative power and energy.

Joining me today (eps 128) is Jonathan Cook. Jonathan is currently the Electrical Engineering Manager for Intelligent Robotics. He enjoys working with customers to understand their problems and create new industrial automation solutions to drive value for their business.

Joining me today (eps 127) is Adam Stacey. Adam is a co-founder of Micromelon Robotics, an education company developing tools and resources to simplify the teaching of robotics, coding, and engineering

Joining me today (eps 126) is Jameson Harvey. Jameson is the founder of Red Dirt Robotics.

Joining me today (eps 125) is James Rennie. James founded Australian UAV in early 2013 after a 17 year career in technical roles in consulting engineering companies.

Joining me today (eps 124) is Adam Amos. Adam is an Australian Mechatronics Engineer and the founder of Robotic Systems, an on-demand manufacturer based in Newcastle, NSW.

Joining me today (eps 123) is Andrew Bate. Andrew is the creator and CEO of SwarmFarm Robotics. He is the chief visionary, leveraging his experience as a successful grain farmer to lead the 2015 launch of SwarmFarm Robotics

Joining me today (eps 122) is Ben Brayford. Ben is an executive director robotic technology entrepreneur with a blend of energy, skills and experience to translate innovative technologies to commercial success.

Joining met today (eps 121) is Louisa de Vries. Louisa is a Consulting Manager at Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions.

Joining me today (eps 120) is Tom Loefler. Tom is an inventor, industrial designer and tech innovator on a mission to use robots to improve ocean health

Joining me today (eps 119) is Saba Samiei. Saba is the founder and CEO of MACSO Technologies and Comfort.AI, companies that seek to realise the potential of AI and spread information about AI ethics.

Joining me today (eps 118) is Ellie Holmes. Ellie completed her honours degree in biomedical engineering at RMIT in the latter months of 2022, from then onwards they have worked with MEMKO.

Joining me today (eps 117) is Per Stigsson. Per qualified as an Electronics technician and started working with testing robotic at ASEA in Sweden in 1981.

Joining me today (eps 116) is Dr Fatma Al-widyan. She is a passionate educator and is currently the director of UTS Student Teams (FSAE Electric Car, FSAE Autonomous Car, The Rover Project, and The Rocketry Project).

Joining me today (eps 115) is Bernice Yeow. Bernice is an AI / Machine learning enthusiasts recently graduated from the University of Sydney. She loves applying statistics, technology, and management and applying them to projects and solving problems.

Joining me today (eps 114) is Assistant Professor Ray LC. RAY explores our own stories about the way we adapt to technologies. His interdisciplinary art-design-science practice creates interactions and narrative environments for building bonds between humans and machines.

Joining me today (eps 113) is Jack Hurley. Jack is the CEO of Firetail Robotics, a company focused on developing autonomous robots for air, land, and sea applications..

Joining me today (eps 112) is the hugely talented Rossana Bianchi. Rossana is a Senior Manager in Accenture's Applied Intelligence practice where she focuses on helping organisations in their data and AI-led innovation journey.

Joining me today (eps 111) is Brent Balinski, co-founder of @AuManufacturing. Brent finished a journalism degree in 2006 and has had a passion for manufacturing since he began writing about it in 2012.

Joining me today in episode 110 is Dr Lihong Zheng. Lihong is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Charles Sturt University who is enthusiastic about the power of data in shaping the world.

Joining me today for episode 109 is Dr Christina Kleinau.

Joining me today in episode 108 is Dr Gunel Gulmammadova. Gunel is an accomplished data scientist with a diverse background in academia and industry.

Joining me today in episode 107 is Dr Diana Benavides-Prado! Diana currently holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at the School of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Joining me today for episode 106 is Gek Huey Chua. Gek Huey is a data scientist who has made significant contributions in the fields of life science, healthcare, finance, and business. She obtained a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and from Nanyang Technological.

Eps 105: Joining me today is Dr Aim Sinpeng. Aim is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. An award-winning author and educator, her research focuses on the intersection of tech and politics with a regional focus on Southeast Asia.

Joining me today (eps 104) is Dr Wenjuan Chen. Wenjuan is a data scientist and a data science people leader at Capgemini. In her role as a consultant, she is assisting a client in optimizing their marketing campaign through the application of data science.

Joining me today for eps 103 is Ragja Palakkadavath. Ragja is a second year PhD student at Deakin University's Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2) where she is working on creating AI systems that can perform out-of-distribution generalization.

Joining me today for episode 102 is Dr Elahe Abdi. Elahe is a Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University. She is the Director of Robotics in Medicine and Interaction Laboratory and the Robotics Education Liaison Representative at the Australian Robotics and Automation Association.

Eps 101: Joining me today is passionate educator Dr Kulari Lokuge. She is the Director Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre (KIOSC) at Swinburne University of Technology based at Wantirna.

Eps 100: Joining me today is Deanna Hood. Deanna is the Australian Young Engineer of the Year 2022, former developer on ROS itself at Open Robotics in Silicon Valley, and a self-proclaimed maths nerd which is where it all started: starting university at 15 years old and going on to graduate top of her masters in robotics and computer vision.