Soft Robotics Podcast

Robot Garden: A Collection of Industrial Robots by Marwa ElDiwiny

The Shadow Knows: Why Did Unitree Go with a 45-Degree Anhedral Angle in the Waist? by Marwa ElDiwiny

This episode was never published and was recorded two years ago, and her insights are still relevant today.

How Neura Robotics Is Rethinking Humanoid Bot Design | Full Interview with David Reger by Marwa ElDiwiny

The Articulated Toe: Why Humanoid Robots Need It? by Marwa ElDiwiny

The Quaternion Drive: How This Mechanism Could Be Game-Changing for Humanoid Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny

ETs, Government Secrets, and Hidden Agreements | Danny Sheehan by Marwa ElDiwiny

Singularity in Robotics: What It Is and How to Design Around It by Marwa ElDiwiny

The Great Rotary vs. Linear Debate: Who Will Win? by Marwa ElDiwiny

Cold Shoulder: Why Novel Shoulder Designs Are Being Ignored? by Marwa ElDiwiny

What's Up with 4NE-1's Knees? How Neura Robotics Is Rethinking Humanoid Bot Design by Marwa ElDiwiny

Walk This Way: How Humanoid Gait Can Be Designed to Walk More Like Humans by Marwa ElDiwiny

For more about Wyyt AI, check out their website: https://wyyt.ai/ You can follow Artem Burachenok on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aburachenok

Waist Not, Want Not – How Important Is the Waist in Humanoid Robot Design? by Marwa ElDiwiny

It's All in the Hips: Ever wondered how hip design impacts a humanoid robot's movement? by Marwa ElDiwiny

Tad McGeer: The Man Behind Passive Dynamic Walking & Boeing Insitu ScanEagle by Marwa ElDiwiny

How to Build a Humanoid Robot: Part 2 by Marwa ElDiwiny

BIG NEWS: We're Launching a Humanoid Robot Company?!

Every Thing Happens For A Reason by Marwa ElDiwiny

This is a conversation with Dennis Kochmann, a professor at ETH Zurich. This is a shortened version of our interview. For more about his work, visit: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2023/12/artificial-intelligence-for-safer-bike-helmets-and-better-shoe-soles.html

What Are the Barriers to Inclusion? Overcoming Challenges in the Soft Robotics Field by Marwa ElDiwiny

Jacques Vallée "Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Cracking the Code: "What's Missing in Hand Design for Most Humanoid Robotics Companies?" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Removing CMC Joint in Hand, Why? Humanoid Robotics Updates: Clone Robotics, Figure AI, 1X by Marwa ElDiwiny

PM01, ENGINEAI: Real or CGI? by Marwa ElDiwiny

Dennis Kochmann "The Inverse Design Challenge: Metamaterials For Better Shoe Soles" by Marwa ElDiwiny

How is Humanoid Robot Training Done? Teleoperation Demos with VR Headsets With Scott Walter by Marwa ElDiwiny

Caleb Appleton "What Drives Bison Ventures' Investment in Robotics and Deep Tech?" by Marwa ElDiwiny

More about Lieven here: https://www.lievenscheire.be His Nerdland's podcast: https://podcast.nerdland.be His books: https://www.lievenscheire.be/boeken

Clip: Lieven Scheire on Flemish Culture and Physics Jokes by Marwa ElDiwiny

IRON XPENG Humanoid Marvel of Engineering or Just Hype? by Marwa ElDiwiny

Halloween Robotics Videos: Optimus' New Use Case, Figure Hand (Thing), Pudu, Meta AI, & Pi Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny

More about Sutro: https://mysutro.com/

Denavit–Hartenberg Heretics! By Scott Walter by Marwa ElDiwiny

Recently, I was on a panel at IROS 2024 on Silicon Savannah, Robotics in Africa with Paul Amayo from University of Cape Town. In this episode, he shares his experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting that agriculture is the most common application of robotics. More about Paul Amayo: https://ebe.uct.ac.za/department-electrical-engineering/contacts/paul-amayo

Decoding Tesla's Robotic Hand: Highlights from the We Robot Event with Scott Walter and Marwa ElDiwiny

For more information about Serpentine Ventures: https://www.serpentine.vc

Old Episode "Jacques Vallée UFO, Trinity, Aliens, Religions, Consciousness" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Old Episode "Kevin Knuth "UFO Physics" by Marwa ElDiwiny

How to Do Physics Simulations in Robotics by Scott Walter by Marwa ElDiwiny

Andrew Ashur "Lucid bots: Cleaning And Window Washing Drone" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Uncovering the 1X NEO Humanoid Tendon-Driven Arm: Scott Walter's In-Depth Investigation by Marwa ElDiwiny

Hot Take on NEO Beta 1X Technologies by Marwa ElDiwiny

Steve Tidball, CEO and co-founder of Vollebak, a pioneering British clothing brand known for its innovative approach to men's sportswear and adventure apparel. https://vollebak.com

Anders Lydik Garm: The Immortal Jellyfish & Starfish by Marwa ElDiwiny

Exclusive Interview "Unitree G1 - Humanoid agent AI avatar" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Pablo Molina "Kas, Avidbots" Autonomous Cleaning Robots by Marwa ElDiwiny

Mike Fiorito is an editor, journalist and the award-winning author of eight genre-defying books: For All We Know, The Hated Ones, Falling from Trees, Sleeping with Fishes, Call Me Guido, Freud's Haberdashery Habit, and Hallucinating Huxley. To connect with Mike: https://mikefiorito.com

More about Hamed's work: https://hamedrajabi.com What is Mechanical Intelligence (MI)? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202203783 Complexity Biomechanics: a novel framework for sustainable and regenerative design and development: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsfs.2023.0060 A few examples of how insect wings have inspired innovative designs: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2211861119 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05206-1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202004383 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202004338 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-021-04310-5

Old episode "Jennifer Mather "My Octopus Teacher, Octopus Cognition" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Special thanks to Purvis Bedenbaugh, our podcast listeners who brought my attention to Corentin's work. Thank you Purvis! More about Corentin Coulais's work: -Endless domino effect https://iop.uva.nl/content/news/2024/03/an-endless-domino-effect.html?origin=hqZwIY6%2FTt2p%2FbYjLQhlIg -Locomotion in non-reciprocal materials https://www.quantamagazine.org/wheel-made-of-odd-matter-spontaneously-rolls-uphill-20220615/ Plasticity and buckling https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04748