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Matt Beane is a writer, professor, and advocate for fostering a harmonious coexistence between humans and machines in the workplace. His influential TED Talk from 2018 has garnered over 1.8 million views, challenging conventional perspectives on AI's role in the workforce by highlighting its divergence from traditional human skill acquisition. As a co-founder and financier of Humatics, an IoT startup connected to MIT, Matt frequently shares his insights in esteemed publications such as Wired, MIT's Technology Review, TechCrunch, Forbes, and Robohub. His latest book, The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines, published by HarperCollins, has received accolades from notable figures like Adam Grant, Bob Sutton, Professor Ethan Mollick, and Reid Hoffman. Matt holds both a PhD and a master's degree from MIT's Sloan School of Management, along with a BA in philosophy from Bowdoin College. We are thrilled to welcome Matt to this episode of AI and the Future of Work. In this conversation, we discuss:The winding, non-linear career path that led to Matt's research on technology, skill-building, and the future of work—from dishwasher to high school math teacher to MIT researcher.How the advent of new technologies, like smartphones and email, changed workplace dynamics and the way teams interact.The "Skill Code" and the three Cs of learning—Challenge, Complexity, and Connection—and how these elements are crucial for building reliable skills under pressure.The difference between knowledge and skill, and why skill development requires more than just education—it requires real-world application, collaboration, and engagement.Matt's ethnographic approach to understanding work in diverse settings, from warehouses to operating rooms, and how he builds trust to gain insights into how people perform their jobs.The role of motivation, human relationships, and trust in skill-building, and how these factors drive us to improve and master new tasks.ResourcesSubscribe to the AI & The Future of Work NewsletterConnect with MattAI fun fact articleOn using AI to prevent students from cheatingBruce Feiler on AI and the Future of Work

As AI and automation reshape the workforce, the traditional way we pass down critical skills is under threat. Junior workers are losing the opportunity to learn directly from experienced mentors, putting essential human abilities at risk. Matt Beane, a leading researcher in machine intelligence, has spent a decade investigating this problem. In his latest book, The Skill Code, Beane uncovers the hidden dynamics of expert-novice relationships and explains why preserving these bonds is crucial for thriving in a tech-driven world.Matt Beane is an assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara, known for his groundbreaking research on the impact of robotics in the workplace. He holds a PhD from MIT and has delivered a TED talk with over 1.8 million views. His latest book, The Skill Code, highlights the importance and process of preserving human skills in the age of AI and automation.In this episode, Dart and Matt discuss:- The impact of tech on workplace learning- Technology management programs- Whether tech shapes behavior or vice versa- Using tech for scale development- The difference between knowledge and skill- Challenges in developing skills in tech-driven environments- Using positive deviance to grow at work- Human capital development's connection to productivity- And other topics…Matt Beane is an author and assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the Technology Management Program. He is known for his pioneering work on how robotics are transforming the workplace, particularly in the evolving relationship between humans and machines. His latest book, The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines, explores how technology is reshaping the workforce and highlights the importance of preserving essential human skills as automation and AI become more prevalent.Matt holds both a PhD and a Master's in Management Research from MIT's Sloan School of Management and is also a Digital Fellow at both Stanford and MIT. His work delves into how organizations and individuals adapt to intelligent technologies, focusing on sectors like healthcare and manufacturing. His research on robotic surgery was published in 2019 in Administrative Science Quarterly and Harvard Business Review, and his related TED talk has over 1.8 million views. Matt is also a regular contributor to popular outlets such as Wired, MIT's Technology Review, TechCrunch, Forbes, and Robohub.Resources mentioned:The Skill Code, by Matt Beane: https://www.amazon.com/Skill-Code-Ability-Intelligent-Machines/dp/0063337797 “Don't Let AI Dumb You Down,” by Matt Beane: https://www.wildworldofwork.org/p/dont-let-ai-dumb-you-down How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand: https://www.amazon.com/How-Buildings-Learn-Happens-Theyre/dp/0140139966 Connect with Matt:www.MattBeane.comwww.TheSkillCodeBook.comX: @mattbeanewww.SkillBench.com 

Claire chatted to Margarita Chli from the University of Cyprus all about vision, navigation, and small aerial drones. Margarita Chli 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. 'Humans 2.0: Robotically Augmented People' will be held at the V&A Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 16th June. Register for a free ticket now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/humans-20-robotically-augmented-people-tickets-879494560907  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: Sign up to our newsletter Share our competition post on social media: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads or Mastodon You can enter across multiple platforms. One lucky winner will be randomly selected each month!  Find out more: https://www.robottalk.org/t-shirt-competition/.

Competențele digitale sunt abilități cheie într-o lume în care tehnologia joacă un rol tot mai important în viața noastră de zi cu zi. Însă România ocupă ultimul loc în clasamentul DESI. Doar puțin peste 20% dintre români au competențe digitale de bază, față de peste 50% media europeană și 80% în țările aflate pe primele locuri. Mai poate fi România educată digital în acest context? Am încercat să aflăm împreună cu Radu Puchiu, Director of Technology and Society Program, Aspen Institute Romania, și moderator Digitalination by Upgrade 100, și invitatele sale cu experiență în domeniu: Ana-Maria Stancu, de la RoboHub, și Irinuca Văduva, de la ECDL România. Digitalination este un concept Upgrade 100 realizat în colaborare cu Aspen Institute România.

Nico, Emil, and Moritz founded ReRun with the mission of making powerful visualization tools free and easily accessible for roboticists. Nico and Emil talk about how these powerful tools help debug the complex problem scopes faced by roboticists. Tune in for more. Nikolaus West Co-Founder and CEO Niko is a second-time founder and software engineer with a computer vision background from Stanford. He's fanatic about bringing great computer vision and robotics products to the physical world. Emil Ernerfeldt Co-Founder and CTO Emil fell in love with coding over 20 years ago and hasn't looked back since. He's the creator of egui, an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust, that we're using to build Rerun. He brings a strong perspective from the gaming industry, with a focus on great and blazing fast tools. Links ReRun Download mp3 Subscribe to Robohub using iTunes, RSS, or Spotify Support us on Patreon

Conventional sheet metal manufacturing is highly inefficient for the low-volume production seen in the space industry. At Machina Labs, they developed a novel method of forming sheet metal using two robotic arms to bend the metal into different geometries. This method cuts down the time to produce large sheet metal parts from several months down to a few hours. Ed Mehr, Co-Founder and CEO of Machina Labs, explains this revolutionary manufacturing process. Ed Mehr Ed Mehr is the co-founder and CEO of Machina Labs. He has an engineering background in smart manufacturing and artificial intelligence. In his previous position at Relativity Space, he led a team in charge of developing the world's largest metal 3D printer. Relativity Space uses 3D printing to make rocket parts rapidly, and with the flexibility for multiple iterations. Ed previously was the CTO at Cloudwear (Now Averon), and has also worked at SpaceX, Google, and Microsoft. Links Machina Labs Download mp3 Subscribe to Robohub using iTunes, RSS, or Spotify Support us on Patreon

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Sebastian Scherer from CMU's Airlab gives us a behind-the-scenes demo at ICRA of their Autonomous Flight Control AI. Their approach aims to cooperate with human pilots and act the way they would. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPsJ4ArdtTk The team took this approach to create a more natural, less intrusive process for co-habiting human and AI pilots at a single airport. They describe it as a Turing Test, where ideally the human pilot will be unable to distinguish an AI from a person operating the plane. Their communication system works parallel with a 6-camera hardware package based on the Nvidia AGX Dev Kit. This kit measures the angular speed of objects flying across the videos. In this world, high angular velocity means low risk -- since the object is flying at a fast speed perpendicular to the camera plane. Low angular velocity indicates high risk since the object could be flying directly at the plane, headed for a collision. Links Download mp3 (19.3 MB) Subscribe to Robohub using iTunes, RSS, or Spotify Support us on Patreon

In questo audio il prezioso incontro con Roberto Sessa produttore cinematografico e Barbara Mazzolai scienziata.L'intervista con Roberto Sessa e Barbara Mazzolai è in Contemporaneamente a cura di Mariantonietta Firmani, il podcast pensato per Artribune. In Contemporaneamente podcast trovate incontri tematici con autorevoli interpreti del contemporaneo tra arte e scienza, letteratura, storia, filosofia, architettura, cinema e molto altro. Per approfondire questioni auliche ma anche cogenti e futuribili. Dialoghi straniati per accedere a nuove letture e possibili consapevolezze dei meccanismi correnti: tra locale e globale, tra individuo e società, tra pensiero maschile e pensiero femminile, per costruire una visione ampia, profonda ed oggettiva della realtà.Roberto Sessa e Barbara Mazzolai, ci parlano di mondo vegetale e narrazione, dalla robotica bioispirata all'intrattenimento. Un incontro per comprendere delle storie in cui il pubblico si riconosce, e del tentativo di sviluppare tecnologie utili a conoscere meglio gli ecosistemi. Un film nasce da un'idea, da un racconto, ed è un modo per raccontare la cultura, tra cinema e tv la differenza è nella scelta. Ed ancora, le radici affondano nella terra e comunicano con le altre piante e con gli altri elementi del mondo circostante. Con le nuove tecnologie, negli OTT (over-the-top) televisivi, come i servizi di streaming video, si affida la costruzione della narrativa agli algoritmi. Inoltre, l'intelligenza artificiale nei robot può monitorare, ma anche produrre azioni e soluzioni. Pertanto è importante implementare azioni sostanziali per la rinaturalizzazione dell'ambiente con progetti fattivi, onnicomprensivi e pluriennali, con scienza e conoscenza, e molto altro. ASCOLTA L'INTERVISTA!!BREVI NOTE BIOGRAFICHE DEGLI AUTORIBarbara Mazzolai, dopo laurea con lode in biologa all'università di Pisa(1995), collabora con il CNR di Pisa fino al 1998. Master internazionale in Eco-Management alla Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa nel 1998, dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria dei microsistemi Università Tor Vergata di Roma (2011). Oggi Direttore Associato per la Robotica e Direttore del laboratorio di Bioinspired Soft Robotics dell'Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). Dal 1999 al 2009 ricercatrice presso il CRIM Lab (il Centro di Ricerca in Microingegneria; ora Istituto di BioRobotica) della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.In fine, nel 2009 approda all'I.I.T., come Team Leader nel Centro di Micro-BioRobotica (CMBR) che dirige dal 2011 al 2021. Deputy Director dal 2012 al 2017 per supervisione e organizzazione della rete dei centri di I.I.T.. Nel 2012 coordina il progetto europeo Plantoide, il primo robot pianta al mondo capace di riprodurre il comportamento delle radici. Oggi è a capo del progetto GrowBot per la creazione di robot in grado di arrampicarsi e adattarsi all'ambiente circostante, come piante rampicanti, e del progetto I-SEED che mira a creare robot ispirati ai semi delle piante per il monitoraggio dell'aria e del suolo. Autrice e co-autrice di più di 270 articoli su riviste scientifiche internazionali, capitoli di libri e atti di convegno. Tiene relazioni plenarie a conferenze scientifiche nazionali e internazionali, e organizzato numerosi eventi scientifici nel settore della robotica bioispirata e della robotica soft. Nel 2019, pubblica “La Natura Geniale”.Membro dello Scientific Advisory Board del Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Tübingen and Stuttgart, Germany) 2016. Visiting Faculty presso Aerial Robotics Lab dell'Imperial College London (UK) 2017. Membro dell'Advisory Committee of the Cluster on Living Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems - livMatS (Freiburg, Germany), dal 2019.Medaglia del Senato della Repubblica Italiana per l'attività scientifica biomimetica e biorobotica nel 2013. Premio Marisa Bellisario “Germoglio D'Oro” nel 2010, per il progetto DustBot. Nel 2015 nominata tra le 25 donne della robotica da RoboHub (maggiore comunità scientifica internazionale degli esperti di robotica). International Award We Woman for EXPO nel 2015. Premio Fondazione Carla Fendi 2019 per il progetto Plantoide. Vince European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant 2020 con il progetto “I-Wood”, che mira a studiare la comunicazione tra le piante mediata da funghi (il Wood Wide Web) per la realizzazione di un nuovo paradigma di reti di robot e comportamento collettivo. Roberto Sessa produttore cinematografico Fondatore e Amministratore Picomedia S.r.l. società di produzione cinematografica. Fondatore e Amministratore di San Giacomo S.r.l., società specializzata nell'acquisto di programmi televisivi per il mercato italiano. Dal 1996 lunga carriera di successo in cui ha realizzato 66 produzioni TV, 8 tele novelas o industrial drama; 10 produzioni cinematografiche.Ed ancora, nel 1982 è assistente alla Nigeria Broadcasting Network di Londra, per la programmazione di contenuti Europei. Azionista e Amministratore Delegato di ARAN S.r.l., dal 1987 al 1996, in 6 anni si afferma società leader nel panorama della produzione di fiction. Dal 1999 al 2009 è Amministratore Delegato di Grundy Italia S.p.A. (FremantleMedia/ R.T.L. Group). Consigliere di Amministrazione di Grundy Espana S.A. Roma, Milano, Napoli, Madrid. Grundy è una società di produzione televisiva leader in Italia e in Spagna, specializzata in fiction e intrattenimento. Marketing Analist nel 1981 in Messaggerie Italiane, società di Ricerche di mercato e analisi per nuovi format televisivi. Inoltre, è amministratore Delegato di RIAN Corporation di New York, società di Acquisizione e vendita di programmi TV da e per gli Stati Uniti dal1983 al 1986.Nell'87 fonda Mastrofilm S.r.l. che si specializza nell'acquisizione dei diritti per il mercato italiano, di cui diviene proprietario e AD nel 1996, per poi venderla nel 1999 a Pearson TV, che diverrà più tardi Fremantlemedia / R.T.L. Group. Fondatore nel1996 di A.P.T. Associazione Produttori Televisivi. APT è la principale controparte istituzionale dei broadcaster, di cui è Direttore Generale dal 2002 al 2006 e Membro del Consiglio Direttivo fino al 2015. Vice Presidente di CEPI - European Coordination Indipendent Producers Responsabile per il coordinamento della legislazione TV Italiana ed Europea.Tra le produzioni TV più note Casa Vianello Canale 5/Rete 4, XFACTOR RaiDue, Un Posto Al Sole RaiTre (2.800 eps x 25', in produzione). Le ultime produzioni le serie TV Mare Fuori e Gli Orologi Del Diavolo. Film TV Natale In Casa Cupiello (2020) e La Bambina Che Non Voleva Cantare (2021) Nel 2010 Fonda PICOMEDIA S.r.l. realizzando 10 film in 10 anni. A partire da Venuto Al Mondo (2011) Regia di Sergio Castellitto con Penelope Cruz e Emile Hirsch; Loro Chi? (2015) , e molti altri. Le ultime produzioni cinematografiche: Lasciami Andare (2020), Una Storia D'amore (2020), La Scuola Cattolica (2021) con: Valeria Golino, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jasmine Trinca.

Robohub Podcast · Autonomously Mapping the Seafloor Anthony DiMare and Charles Chiau deep dive into how Bedrock Ocean is innovating in the world of Marine Surveys. At Bedrock Ocean, they are developing an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) that is able to map the seafloor autonomously and at a high resolution. They are also developing a data platform to access, process, and visualize data captured from other companies at the seafloor. Bedrock Ocean is solving two problems in the industry of Marine Surveying. 1. The vast majority of the seafloor is completely unmapped 2. The data that is captured from the seafloor is not standardized or centralized. Seafloor data conducted by two different companies with the same or different hardware to capture the data can vary significantly in the calculated seafloor profile Anthony DiMare Anthony previously founded Nautilus Labs, a leading maritime technology company advancing the efficiency of ocean commerce through artificial intelligence. While at Nautilus, Anthony helped global companies solve challenges with distributed, siloed maritime data systems and built the early team that launched Nautilus Platform into large publicly listed shipping companies. Charles Chiau Charles, Bedrock's CTO, was previously at SpaceX where he helped design the avionics systems for Crew Dragon. He also was a system integration engineer at Reliable Robotics working on their autonomous aviation system and was the CTO of DeepFlight where he worked on manned submersibles including ones for Tom Perkins, Richard Branson, and Steve Fossett. Links Download mp3 (48.0 MB) Subscribe to Robohub using iTunes, RSS, or Spotify Support us on Patreon

Dr. Kate Darling is a leading expert in Robot Ethics. She’s a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, where she investigates social robotics and conducts experimental studies on human-robot interaction. Kate explores the emotional connection between people and life-like machines, seeking to influence technology design and policy direction. Her writing and research anticipate difficult questions that lawmakers, engineers, and the wider public will need to address as human-robot relationships evolve in the coming decades. Forever interested in how technology intersects with society, Kate has a background in law & economics and intellectual property. She has researched economic incentives in copyright and patent systems and has taken a role as intellectual property expert at multiple academic and private institutions. She currently serves as intellectual property policy advisor to the director of the MIT Media Lab. Her passion for technology and robots has led her to interdisciplinary fields. After co-teaching a robot ethics course at Harvard Law School with Professor Lawrence Lessig, she began to work at the intersection of law and robotics, with a focus on legal and social issues. Kate is a former Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Yale Information Society Project, and is also an affiliate at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Kate’s work has been featured in Vogue, The New Yorker, The Guardian, BBC, NPR, PBS, The Boston Globe, Forbes, CBC, WIRED, Boston Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, Die Zeit, The Japan Times, and more. She was a contributing writer to Robohub and IEEE Spectrum and currently speaks and holds workshops covering some of the more interesting developments in the world of robotics, and where we might find ourselves in the future. Kate graduated from law school with honors and holds a doctorate of sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and an honorary doctorate of sciences from Middlebury College. In 2017, the American Bar Association honored her legal work with the Mark T. Banner award in Intellectual Property. She is the caretaker for several domestic robots, including her Pleos Yochai, Peter, and Mr. Spaghetti. She tweets as @grok_

Nicci Rossouw is the CEO of Exaptec, a start-up company she founded in 2015 to provide service robotics solutions to the Australian market. She is passionate about applying innovative technology such as artificial intelligence and automation to improve work-life balance and wellness overall by removing repetitive and boring work. She has provided numerous robotic telepresence solutions to educational facilities and businesses to augment communication and movement for disabled and incapacitated people. Nicci believes that well designed application of robotics will lead to the emergence of new business models that will change the way people work and play for the better. Noted as one of six women who “rock” robotics in Australia, and a regular speaker at events, Nicci is a passionate educator of how robots can augment your life for the better. Exaptec was one of Westpac's 2018 top 200 Businesses of Tomorrow winners, winner of episode two of “that startup show” season two 2018 and also one of four companies representing Australia at the International Cultural Fair in Shenzhen in 2019. Nicci was noted as “30 women you need to know about in robotics” in 2020. This is a global recognition and Nicci was one of two women in Australia to be awarded this accolade. Hello and welcome to the show Nicci Let's start at the beginning … tell be about the journey that led you to this point in time? What have been challenges that you have had to deal with and overcome? I want to talk about robots – I find it fascinating and where to start is a challenge. We see the portrayal of robots on the movies, how close is this portrayal to real life and where we are at with robots with now? What do your robots do? Break it down by the range that the company has - Telepresence and telecommunication, service, social, stem, AI In 2020 you were recognised as “one to watch in 2020” by Robotics research online communication platform Robohub – top 30 women in the world – congratulations! And Innovative Robotics Solutions Providers list included you and the company in its top 5 list. What do these types of accolades mean to women in robotics? What's the big vision Nicci and where do you see yourself in 5 years? Notes for Toni Telepresence - Communication is at the heart of any effective business, social or family network. That's why we're embracing new and emerging robotics technology that helps people develop stronger and more meaningful relationships. During office hours, our fleet of telepresence robots is tailored to provide effective solutions to business, education and healthcare providers. And when the work's done, our robots bring a new dimension to remote interactions with friends and family. Service - Hard to find good help? You might be looking in the wrong place. Recent technological developments mean robots can now perform more advanced tasks than ever before. We can supply mobile and highly intelligent robots to carry out numerous tasks for you or your business. Social - The seemingly autonomous and sentient robots we're familiar with from sci-fi movies are an example of what are referred to as social robots. While current technology is a little behind that of Hollywood, we're catching up fast! The social robots in our fleet will amaze with their ability to interact with their surroundings, carry out tasks and engage with people. No longer just a curiosity, social robots have a number of valuable real-world applications. They can act as personal assistants, virtual concierges, manage home and office automation, educate and entertain, and carry out roles in service and retail industries. Stem - Whether in the fields of medicine, education, industry or just around the house, robots are becoming indispensable. At Exaptec, we know an understanding of robotics, programming and coding is essential for the jobs of the future. This is why we want to help Australians, both young and old, equip themselves with the necessary skills to find meaningful employment. When it comes to learning about robotics and programming, we believe it's best to take a hands-on approach. That's why we provide educational robots that are fun to build and program.

Codice Beta. Protagonista del podcast è Barbara Mazzolai, direttrice del Centro di Micro Biorobotica dell'Istituto italiano di tecnologia, tra le 25 donne più geniali del settore, secondo Robohub, la comunità scientifica degli esperti di robotica. Ha creato il primo plantoide al mondo, il robot ispirato alle radici delle piante. Cura i robot che imitano le piante rampicanti o i semi. Ma ci parla anche dei robot che ricalcano le caratteristiche degli animali.

Barbara Mazzolai"La natura geniale"Come e perché le piante cambieranno (e salveranno) il pianetaLonganesi Editorewww.longanesi.it«Dopo aver letto questo libro guarderete un albero con occhi nuovi, perché non c'è barriera tra tecnologia e biologia.»Telmo PievaniUn libro denso di informazioni, curiosità e scoperte.Eleonora Barbieri, il GiornaleCosa hanno da insegnarci organismi apparentemente tanto diversi da noi come una quercia, una pianta rampicante o un polpo? Quali dei loro segreti potrebbero aiutarci a costruire un futuro migliore e meno fosco di quello che oggi iniziamo a intravedere? La tecnologia sarà mai in grado di riprodurre la potenza nascosta e pulita del mondo vegetale? La risposta a tutte queste domande è racchiusa nel lavoro pionieristico della donna che ha inventato il primo robot della storia ispirato al mondo delle piante.Perfettamente adattate al loro habitat, le piante rappresentano un'alternativa evolutiva quasi speculare a quella del mondo animale: mentre uomini e animali si sono evoluti privilegiando caratteristiche legate al movimento e alla velocità, il mondo vegetale ha fatto della lentezza l'origine della propria resilienza. Se fino a ieri non avevamo dubbi su quale tra le due fosse la strategia di maggior successo, oggi qualche dubbio c'è, sollevato dalla crisi ecologica globale che abbiamo scatenato.Dal suo eccezionale osservatorio di protagonista della rivoluzione tecnologica in atto Barbara Mazzolai ci conduce, con rigore scientifico e facilità divulgativa, in un'appassionante esplorazione della Natura, tra bizzarri animali, piante dalle capacità misteriose, enigmi naturali che ancora oggi arrovellano gli scienziati. Il suo libro offre spunti e riflessioni illuminanti per capire meglio il presente, e un valido aiuto per iniziare a immaginare il futuro del nostro bel «pianeta azzurro».Barbara Mazzolai, biologa con un Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria dei Microsistemi e un Master Internazionale in Eco-Management alla Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, dirige il Centro di Micro-Biorobotica dell'Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia di Pontedera.Nel 2015 Robohub, la maggiore comunità scientifica internazionale degli esperti di robotica, l'ha inclusa tra le 25 donne più geniali del settore. Ha ricevuto prestigiosi riconoscimenti quali il Premio Marisa Bellisario e la Medaglia del Senato della Repubblica Italiana.Nell'ambito del programma europeo FET (Future and Emerging Technologies), che finanzia le idee di ricerca più visionarie, ha coordinato il progetto che ha portato alla realizzazione del Plantoide,il primo robot al mondo ispirato alle radici delle piante, con applicazioni che vanno dall'esplorazione spaziale alla microchirurgia al monitoraggio ambientale. Oggi coordina il progetto europeo GrowBot, per trasformare la natura delle piante rampicanti in tecnologie intelligenti e sostenibili.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.it

Larry Smith, director and founder of the Problem Lab, tells us the common mistake entrepreneurs, governments and corporations make when trying to solve a problem. The University sent out another information bulletin on coronavirus that involves traveling to China on university business. The Beyond the Headlines lecture series will take a look at topics in the news. And the RoboHub meets Ironman, sort of. Links in this episode: Coronavirus information: www.uwaterloo.ca/coronavirus Campus Wellness news site: https://uwaterloo.ca/campus-wellness/news Have questions? Send an email to: coronavirus (at) uwaterloo (dot) ca Register planned travel with safetyabroad (at) uwaterloo (dot) ca Waterloo International: https://uwaterloo.ca/international/ The Age of A.I. documentary series, Episode 6: Will a Robot Take My Job?: https://youtu.be/f2aocKWrPG8 Grade 10 Family Night: https://uwaterloo.ca/future-students/grade-10-family-night Fantastic Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Retiree Day: https://athletics.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2015/1/14/FantasticAlumniDay.aspx Problem Lab: https://uwaterloo.ca/problem-lab/ UWaterloo Counselling Services - uwaterloo.ca/campus-wellness/counselling-services Empower Me Mental Health Resources: http://www.studentcare.ca/rte/en/IHaveAPlan_RRURoyalRoadsUniversity_EmpowerMe_EmpowerMe Here 24/7 here247.ca UWaterloo Health Services - Student Medical Clinic uwaterloo.ca/campus-wellness/he…ent-medical-clinic Grand River Hospital www.grhosp.on.ca St. Mary's Hospital www.smgh.ca Good2Talk good2talk.ca Crisis Services Canada www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/ Employee and Family Assistance Provider (Homewood Health) - 1-800-663-1142 Occupational Health https://uwaterloo.ca/occupational-health/

Welcome to the 300th episode of the Robohub podcast! You might not know that the podcast has been going in one form or another for 14 years. Originally called “Talking Robots,” the podcast was started in 2006 by Dario Floreano and several of his PhD students at EPFL, in Switzerland, including Sabine Hauert, Peter Dürr, and Markus Waibel, who are all still involved in Robohub today.  Since then, the podcast team has become international, with most of its interviewers in the United States and Europe, and all of its members being volunteers. To celebrate 300 episodes of our podcast, we thought we would catch up with some of our former, as well as current, volunteers from around the world to find out why and how they got involved in the podcast, how their involvement impacted on their lives and careers, and what they're doing in their day jobs now.

Seren and Tom speak with Dr Sabine Hauert, an Assistant Professor in the Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of Bristol. We discuss her work to design and build swarms across scales, from nanobots for cancer treatment to flocks of autonomous drones. We also talk about her outreach work as founder of Robohub.org, and her thoughts on the future of robotics. To find out more about the ongoing research at Sabine's lab, head to hauertlab.com. ---- Engenius is produced by a team of engineering students at the University of Bristol. To ask a question, submit an idea, or just say hi, email us at engeniuspodcast@gmail.com Intro/outro music kindly provided by @yemzo.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'll be speaking with Dr Sue Keay.Sue set up the world's first robotic vision Research Center, and she now leads CSIROs data 61 cyber physical systems program.Last year, she developed Australia's first robotics roadmap, highlighting how advances in robotics and AI will impact on every sector of the Australian economy. With a PhD in geo science and an MBA, Sue combines science with business. She has an interest in entrepreneurship and disruptive technologies and she started QUTs social robotics program.Sue serves on the board of the CRC for optimising resource extraction, Women in Robotics International and the expert advisory panel of Queensland AI.She's been recognized as one of Robohub’s 2018 ‘25 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About’ and as one of Queensland's Most Influential People in the Courier Mail Power 100.As a superstar of STEM in Australia, she's responsible for bringing the Grace Hopper celebration to Australia. She tells Helga how this shy girl transformed into an AI powerhouse.Boards Sue is on:CRC: https://www.crcore.org.au/Women in Robotics InternationalContact Sue or find out more about her: https://au.linkedin.com/in/sue-keay-b9a8933Resources Sue mentions: Queensland AI: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Queensland_AI/Grace Hopper Down under: https://womenindigital.org/members-area-event/hopper-down-under/Start with Why by Simon Sinek: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=enJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au

Most of us have no trouble telling the difference between a robot and a living, feeling organism. Nevertheless, our brains often treat robots as if they were alive. We give them names, imagine that they have emotions and inner mental states, get mad at them when they do the wrong thing or feel bad for them when they seem to be in distress. Kate Darling is a research at the MIT Media Lab who specializes in social robotics, the interactions between humans and machines. We talk about why we cannot help but anthropomorphize even very non-human-appearing robots, and what that means for legal and social issues now and in the future, including robot companions and helpers in various forms. Support Mindscape on Patreon or Paypal. Kate Darling has a degree in law as well as a doctorate of sciences from ETH Zurich. She currently works at the Media Lab at MIT, where she conducts research in social robotics and serves as an advisor on intellectual property policy. She is an affiliate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Among her awards are the Mark T. Banner award in Intellectual Property from the American Bar Association. She is a contributing writer to Robohub and IEEE Spectrum. Web page Publications Twitter TED talk on why we have an emotional connection to robots

In this episode, I talk with Alex Kirkpatrick about science communication. Our conversation ranges from: contemporary problems with communicating science to the general public; the importance of narrative to build rapport and trust between scientists and the public; and light-hearted speculation about artificial intelligence and its potential dystopian future.   Alex Kirkpatrick is a PhD Candidate in the field of Science Communication at Washington State University, and is a writer and editor for Robohub.org - a non-profit organization in the UK promoting engagement with the science and robotics of artificial intelligence. Alex holds a bachelors of science with honours in Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology from Lancaster University, and a masters of science in Science Communication from the University of the West of England.   For more of Alex, visit his personal website https://superluminalpi.com, and follow him on Twitter @superluminalpi. His views in this podcast are his own.   ---   If you enjoyed this content, subscribe on iTunes and Youtube, and visit thomaserandall.ca/tom-talks1.html. Thank you for your support!

Lyt med, når IDA Podcast sætter fokus på evolutionære algoritmer og kunstige neurale netværk. Det er kognitive teknologier, som er fuldstændigt centrale for udviklingen indenfor kunstig intelligens i dag - og ikke til at overse, når vi skal forstå det eksponentielt accelererende paradigme, vi lever i. Vi stiller også skarpt på spørgsmålet, om maskiner kan være kreative, og på den vigtige rolle, kunstig intelligens spiller i en verden, hvor datamængden og processorkraften bare vokser og vokser. Podcasten er produceret af Danmarks ingeniørforening, IDA, i samarbejde med Brain Gain Group. Episoden er den tredje i en serie om fremtidsteknologi. Medvirkende Sebastian Risi, Associate Professor ved ITU og co-director for forskningsenheden Robotics, Evolution and Art Laboratory (REAL): http://bit.ly/2kTEKOC Thomas Terney, ph.d. i kunstig intelligens, foredragsholder og iværksætter: http://bit.ly/2kOQlik Vært og tilrettelæggelse: Matias Seidler Producer: Tobias Ankjær Jeppesen Lyddesign: Alexander Clerici SHOW NOTES [00:23] IBMs Deep Blue blev den første computer som slog en stormester, Garry Kasparov, i skak. Det skete i 1997: http://bit.ly/2kIkvkB [01:32] Link til præsentation af Henry Lieberman, MIT Media Lab, som forklarer forskellen mellem symbolsk (klassisk) kunstig intelligens og subsymbolsk kunstig intelligens: http://bit.ly/2k4lN7X [02:05] For en frisk introduktion til Deep Learning, tjek WIREDs artikel, ‘Why We Need To Tame Our Algorithms Like Dogs’: http://bit.ly/2kIIqQV [02:45] Forskningsenheden på ITU, ‘Robotics, Evolution and Arts Lab’, kan du kigge nærmere på her: http://bit.ly/2ksAxAE [03:27] For en illustrativ oversigt over hvad biologisk inspirerede algoritmer har af anvendelsesmuligheder kan du tjekke tag-søgningen på Robohub.org ud: http://bit.ly/2knkZf1 [04:42] Der er flere internationale priser og konkurrencer om at løse ‘General Artificial Intelligence’-udfordringen. Se bl.a. denne på 35M$: http://bit.ly/2knrUVA [06:32] Thomas Terney taler om styrkeforholdet mellem neuroner (eller enheder i netværket). Det betegnes som ‘weights’ på engelsk. Her er der en tråd med en række forskelligartede, uddybende besvarelser: http://bit.ly/2k40vMx [08:51] Baidu er den kinesiske ækvivalent til Google og har i januar 2017 hyret nogle af Microsofts dygtigste AI-udviklere: http://bit.ly/2lrPuS1 [10:34] Se NASAs whitepaper ‘Automated Antenna Design with Evolutionary Algorithms’: http://go.nasa.gov/2llsiYO [11:32] MIT Technology Review har en interessant artikel med løsningsforslag på problematikken: ‘Algorithms That Learn with Less Data Could Expand AI’s Power’: http://bit.ly/2ksG1M2 [14:23] I 2016 trak Googles AlphaGo headlines i hele verden da den slog Lee Sedol i det - i forhold til skak usammenligneligt - komplekse spil, ‘Go’. Og AlphaGo bliver ved med at sejre, se bare her: http://bit.ly/2k4t7jK [19:57] Apple er i fuld gang med at anvende ‘unsupervised learning’-princippet i udviklingen af selvkørende biler: http://bit.ly/2lplN3e [21:23] ‘Do you think computers have minds?’ Det er ikke kun Sebastian Risi, som synes det spørgsmål er godt. Bevidsthedsfilosofien har søgt seriøse svar på det, helt siden Alan Turing formulerede sin berømte test i 1950. Det er blevet omdrejningspunktet for en filosofisk tradition, hvis mest interessante og udfoldede svar elegant beskrives i The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://bit.ly/2k4Bqw5

In this episode of Geek Friday, Faith and Jason talk about Super hero movies, Twitter, and they get a little weird. My Dick 5 Batmobiles through the years | New York Post 5 Batmobiles through the years | New York Post SUPERHEROES: A Never-Ending Battle | PBS Arts | PBS Ant-Man: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Paul Rudd Front-Runners for Role (EXCLUSIVE) | Variety AntMan.png (1024×724) Marvel reportedly prepping new suite of original shows for streaming services | The Verge Emoji News . Net Twitter now lets you receive direct messages from any follower | The Verge Robots Podcast: Giving rights to robots | Robohub