Robot Talk
@robottalkpod.bsky.social
Weekly podcast hosted by @claireasher.bsky.social exploring the exciting world of #robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous machines. New episode every Friday.
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📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Prof. Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) from @ox.ac.uk and @waymo.bsky.social about machine learning for autonomous vehicles. 🤖 🚘
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e... #Robots #Robotics #SelfDrivingCars #AI #MachineLearning
This week, I chatted to Prof. Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) from @ox.ac.uk and @waymo.bsky.social about machine learning for autonomous vehicles. 🤖 🚘
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e... #Robots #Robotics #SelfDrivingCars #AI #MachineLearning
Last chance to send me your questions for Razanne!
What burning questions do you have about swarm robotics?
#Robots #Robotics
What burning questions do you have about swarm robotics?
#Robots #Robotics
Got questions about humans collaborating with multi-robot teams? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Razanne Abu-Aisheh from @bristoluni.bsky.social about how people feel about interacting with robot swarms.
Send me your questions for Razanne in the comments below! #Robots #Robotics
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Razanne Abu-Aisheh from @bristoluni.bsky.social about how people feel about interacting with robot swarms.
Send me your questions for Razanne in the comments below! #Robots #Robotics
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Researchers at MIT have developed an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee and follow gymnastic flight paths, performing repeated somersaults in mid-air. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-12... #Robots #Robotics
Aerial microrobot can fly as fast as a bumblebee
In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through tig...
techxplore.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Researchers at MIT have developed an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee and follow gymnastic flight paths, performing repeated somersaults in mid-air. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-12... #Robots #Robotics
Don't forget to send me your questions for Elmira!
What would you love to know about child-robot interaction?
#Robots #Robotics #HRI
What would you love to know about child-robot interaction?
#Robots #Robotics #HRI
What would you love to know about #robots for children and education? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Elmira Yadollahi from @lancasteruni.bsky.social about how children interact with and relate to robots.
Send me your questions for Elmira in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Elmira Yadollahi from @lancasteruni.bsky.social about how children interact with and relate to robots.
Send me your questions for Elmira in the comments!
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Watch the best robot videos of the week!
Can Lobster Tail Shells Work as Delicate Robotic Grippers?
Turns out langoustine exoskeletons can do more than hold lobsters together. Plus, what if your robotic EV car charging setup costs more than your car?
spectrum.ieee.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Watch the best robot videos of the week!
Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) is a Professor of Computer Science at @ox.ac.uk and a Senior Staff Research Scientist at @waymo.bsky.social UK. His research focuses on deep reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e...
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e...
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) is a Professor of Computer Science at @ox.ac.uk and a Senior Staff Research Scientist at @waymo.bsky.social UK. His research focuses on deep reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e...
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e...
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Prof. Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) from @ox.ac.uk and @waymo.bsky.social about machine learning for autonomous vehicles. 🤖 🚘
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e... #Robots #Robotics #SelfDrivingCars #AI #MachineLearning
This week, I chatted to Prof. Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) from @ox.ac.uk and @waymo.bsky.social about machine learning for autonomous vehicles. 🤖 🚘
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e... #Robots #Robotics #SelfDrivingCars #AI #MachineLearning
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Prof. Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) from @ox.ac.uk and @waymo.bsky.social about machine learning for autonomous vehicles. 🤖 🚘
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e... #Robots #Robotics #SelfDrivingCars #AI #MachineLearning
This week, I chatted to Prof. Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) from @ox.ac.uk and @waymo.bsky.social about machine learning for autonomous vehicles. 🤖 🚘
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/12/05/e... #Robots #Robotics #SelfDrivingCars #AI #MachineLearning
#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Anthony Jules from Robust AI about warehouse automation #robots.
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/11/07/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robotics #Automation
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/11/07/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robotics #Automation
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Anthony Jules from Robust AI about warehouse automation #robots.
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/11/07/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robotics #Automation
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/11/07/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robotics #Automation
Engineers at MIT have developed artificial tendons made from tough and flexible hydrogel, which they attached to lab-grown muscle to control the fingers of a robotic gripper. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-12... #Robots #Robotics
Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost
Our muscles are nature's actuators. The sinewy tissue is what generates the forces that make our bodies move. In recent years, engineers have used real muscle tissue to actuate "biohybrid robots" made...
techxplore.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Engineers at MIT have developed artificial tendons made from tough and flexible hydrogel, which they attached to lab-grown muscle to control the fingers of a robotic gripper. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-12... #Robots #Robotics
What can robots teach us about the human form? 🤖
In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about human-inspired #robot anatomy.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about human-inspired #robot anatomy.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What can robots teach us about the human form? 🤖
In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about human-inspired #robot anatomy.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about human-inspired #robot anatomy.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
Got questions about #robot astronauts? 🤖 🚀
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Jamie Palmer from Icarus Robotics about building a robotic labour force to perform routine and risky tasks in orbit.
Send me your questions for Jamie in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Jamie Palmer from Icarus Robotics about building a robotic labour force to perform routine and risky tasks in orbit.
Send me your questions for Jamie in the comments!
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Got questions about #robot astronauts? 🤖 🚀
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Jamie Palmer from Icarus Robotics about building a robotic labour force to perform routine and risky tasks in orbit.
Send me your questions for Jamie in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Jamie Palmer from Icarus Robotics about building a robotic labour force to perform routine and risky tasks in orbit.
Send me your questions for Jamie in the comments!
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Every component of this #robot is edible. It’s designed to feed medication to wild boars, but technically, you can eat it too. spectrum.ieee.org/soft-edible-...
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Every component of this #robot is edible. It’s designed to feed medication to wild boars, but technically, you can eat it too. spectrum.ieee.org/soft-edible-...
What would you love to know about #robots for children and education? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Elmira Yadollahi from @lancasteruni.bsky.social about how children interact with and relate to robots.
Send me your questions for Elmira in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Elmira Yadollahi from @lancasteruni.bsky.social about how children interact with and relate to robots.
Send me your questions for Elmira in the comments!
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
What would you love to know about #robots for children and education? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Elmira Yadollahi from @lancasteruni.bsky.social about how children interact with and relate to robots.
Send me your questions for Elmira in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Elmira Yadollahi from @lancasteruni.bsky.social about how children interact with and relate to robots.
Send me your questions for Elmira in the comments!
Don't forget to send me your questions for Christine!
What have you always wanted to know about robot senses?
#Robots #Robotics #Sensing
What have you always wanted to know about robot senses?
#Robots #Robotics #Sensing
What would you love to know about #robot hearing? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Christine Evers from @unisouthampton.bsky.social about helping robots understand the world around them through sound.
Send me your questions for Christine in the comments below!
#Robotics #Sensing
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Christine Evers from @unisouthampton.bsky.social about helping robots understand the world around them through sound.
Send me your questions for Christine in the comments below!
#Robotics #Sensing
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
📣 This festive season, I'm offering 50% off your first month's membership of the Robot Talk community on Patreon!
Just use the code 🎟️ WINTER25 to apply the discount to your chosen membership tier: www.patreon.com/ClaireAsher
Just use the code 🎟️ WINTER25 to apply the discount to your chosen membership tier: www.patreon.com/ClaireAsher
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
📣 This festive season, I'm offering 50% off your first month's membership of the Robot Talk community on Patreon!
Just use the code 🎟️ WINTER25 to apply the discount to your chosen membership tier: www.patreon.com/ClaireAsher
Just use the code 🎟️ WINTER25 to apply the discount to your chosen membership tier: www.patreon.com/ClaireAsher
Which is your favourite? 🤖
Top 10 most iconic space rovers that took humanity to new worlds
Explore the top 10 most iconic space rovers that transformed planetary science and redefined how humanity explores worlds beyond Earth.
interestingengineering.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Which is your favourite? 🤖
#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Edith-Clare Hall from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) about emerging and future #tech.
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/10/31/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robots #Robotics #HRI #Rehabilitation #WearableTech #3DPrinting
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/10/31/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robots #Robotics #HRI #Rehabilitation #WearableTech #3DPrinting
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Edith-Clare Hall from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) about emerging and future #tech.
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/10/31/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robots #Robotics #HRI #Rehabilitation #WearableTech #3DPrinting
Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/10/31/e... or wherever you get your podcasts!
#Robots #Robotics #HRI #Rehabilitation #WearableTech #3DPrinting
Roboticists at Seoul National University have developed an origami-inspired structure that can be smoothly folded and rolled up for compact storage. They used the structure to build an extendable robotic arm, and a mobile 3D-printing robot. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-11... #Robots #Robotics
Interlaced origami structure enables compact storage and high-strength robotic deployment
Researchers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, have applied the principle of interlacing to an origami-inspired structure and developed a "Foldable-and-Rollable co...
techxplore.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Roboticists at Seoul National University have developed an origami-inspired structure that can be smoothly folded and rolled up for compact storage. They used the structure to build an extendable robotic arm, and a mobile 3D-printing robot. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-11... #Robots #Robotics
Chapa Sirithunge is a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests span assistive robotics, soft robots and physical human-robot interaction.
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e...
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e...
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Chapa Sirithunge is a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests span assistive robotics, soft robots and physical human-robot interaction.
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e...
Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e...
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa. 🤖
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e... #Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
This week, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa. 🤖
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e... #Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa. 🤖
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e... #Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
This week, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa. 🤖
Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e... #Robots #Robotics #BioInspired
A new Robot Talk episode is out on Friday, but Patreon supporters can listen to it right now! 🤖
Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/episod... #Robotics
Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/episod... #Robotics
Episode 135 - Robot anatomy and design | Claire Asher
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November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A new Robot Talk episode is out on Friday, but Patreon supporters can listen to it right now! 🤖
Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/episod... #Robotics
Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/episod... #Robotics
Engineers at Caltech have developed a transforming drone that can switch between wheeled movement, walking, and flight. It launches from the back of a humanoid robot, which can walk across complex terrain to join the drone when it lands. 🤖 www.livescience.com/technology/r... #Robots #Robotics
New 'Transformer' humanoid robot can launch a shapeshifting drone off its back — watch it in action
Developed at Caltech, a new robot is a humanoid that can launch an M4 drone, switching between different modes of motion, with wheels that can become rotors.
www.livescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Engineers at Caltech have developed a transforming drone that can switch between wheeled movement, walking, and flight. It launches from the back of a humanoid robot, which can walk across complex terrain to join the drone when it lands. 🤖 www.livescience.com/technology/r... #Robots #Robotics
#ICYMI: In this month's bonus episode, I chatted to Dr. Krzysztof Szczurek and Dr. Konrad Maj about the technical challenges and potential impact of #humanoid robots, recorded live at the Poland 2.0 summit 2025! 🤖
🎧 Check it out: patreon.com/posts/bonus-... #Robots #Robotics
🎧 Check it out: patreon.com/posts/bonus-... #Robots #Robotics
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#ICYMI: In this month's bonus episode, I chatted to Dr. Krzysztof Szczurek and Dr. Konrad Maj about the technical challenges and potential impact of #humanoid robots, recorded live at the Poland 2.0 summit 2025! 🤖
🎧 Check it out: patreon.com/posts/bonus-... #Robots #Robotics
🎧 Check it out: patreon.com/posts/bonus-... #Robots #Robotics
Ever wondered what it takes to make your own robot from scratch? 🤖 🪛
In the latest episode, I chatted to Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac.bsky.social) from kevsrobots about building and programming #robots as a hobby.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robotics #3DPrinting
In the latest episode, I chatted to Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac.bsky.social) from kevsrobots about building and programming #robots as a hobby.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robotics #3DPrinting
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ever wondered what it takes to make your own robot from scratch? 🤖 🪛
In the latest episode, I chatted to Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac.bsky.social) from kevsrobots about building and programming #robots as a hobby.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robotics #3DPrinting
In the latest episode, I chatted to Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac.bsky.social) from kevsrobots about building and programming #robots as a hobby.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
#Robotics #3DPrinting
Got questions about humans collaborating with multi-robot teams? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Razanne Abu-Aisheh from @bristoluni.bsky.social about how people feel about interacting with robot swarms.
Send me your questions for Razanne in the comments below! #Robots #Robotics
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Razanne Abu-Aisheh from @bristoluni.bsky.social about how people feel about interacting with robot swarms.
Send me your questions for Razanne in the comments below! #Robots #Robotics
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Got questions about humans collaborating with multi-robot teams? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Razanne Abu-Aisheh from @bristoluni.bsky.social about how people feel about interacting with robot swarms.
Send me your questions for Razanne in the comments below! #Robots #Robotics
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Razanne Abu-Aisheh from @bristoluni.bsky.social about how people feel about interacting with robot swarms.
Send me your questions for Razanne in the comments below! #Robots #Robotics
Researchers at Peking University have developed the world's first portable underwater exoskeleton, which assists divers' knee movement, reducing air consumption and muscle effort during dives. The tech could extend dive duration, improve safety, and reduce fatigue. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
Innovative underwater exoskeleton boosts diving efficiency
A research team led by Professor Wang Qining from the School of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, Peking University, has developed the world's first portable underwater exoskeleton system that assi...
techxplore.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Researchers at Peking University have developed the world's first portable underwater exoskeleton, which assists divers' knee movement, reducing air consumption and muscle effort during dives. The tech could extend dive duration, improve safety, and reduce fatigue. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-11...