#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Prof. Lerrel Pinto from New York University about #robot learning and decision making.

Catch up here 🎧 - https://www.robottalk.org/2025/05/16/episode-121-lerrel-pinto/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

#Robots #Robotics #AI

A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the China Electric Power Research Institute have developed a microrobot that can guide, merge and split tiny liquid droplets, controlled externally using magnetic fields. It could be used for medical applications or handling dangerous chemicals. 🤖 https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-magnetic-microrobot #Robots #Robotics

The UK government has announced that it will be allowing limited pilots of self-driving cars on UK roads as early as next year. 🤖 https://www.wired.com/story/uk-self-driving-car-ambitions-wayve-uber/ #Robots #Robotics

What can dancing with robots teach us about robotics and engineering? 🤖 💃

In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Amy LaViers from The Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab about #robotics and dance.

Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod #Robots #Dance #PerformingArts

ETH Zurich spin-out company MESH has developed a robotic arm that can grip, bend, place, and weld steel bars used in the construction industry. Its software translates digital designs into robot movements to build reinforcement cages for complex concrete forms. 🤖 https://interestingengineering.com/photo-story/advanced-robotics-crafts-intricate-concrete-forms #Robots #Robotics

I had a fantastic time hosting Robot Talk live at the Great Exhibition Road Festival today! We talked about humanoid #robotics - the history and future of the field, what useful roles they can play & how we can ensure they’re safe and ethical. The episode will be out later this month. #ExRdFest

Today I'm at the Great Exhibition Road Festival to record a live episode of the podcast!

I'll be chatting to Petar Kormushev, Maryam Banitalebi Dehkordi, and Ben Russell about why we're building humanoid #robots and what roles they could play in our future societies.

https://greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/why-are-we-building-humanoid-robots/ #Robotics #ExRdFest

Here's a photo of 'Babyface', a performance and installation combining dance and robotics, presented by Kate Ladenheim and The RAD Lab at the Performance Arcade in Wellington, New Zealand. Photo by Colin Edson.

Find out more by listening to Episode 124 of Robot Talk - available on all major podcast providers: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod

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Amy LaViers works at the intersection of robotics and dance. She is Director of The Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab, a non-profit for art-making, commercialisation, education, outreach, and research. Her writing, choreography, and machine designs have been presented internationally at performing arts and engineering venues

Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/06/06/episode-124-amy-laviers/

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📢 New Episode Alert!

This week, I chatted to Dr. Amy LaViers from The Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab about the creative relationship between humans and machines. 🤖 💃

Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/06/06/episode-124-amy-laviers/ #Robots #Robotics #Dance

#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Prof. Emma Hart from Edinburgh Napier University about evolving #robot brains and bodies.

Catch up here 🎧 - https://www.robottalk.org/2025/05/09/episode-120-emma-hart/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Roboticists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have designed and built a four-legged robot called 'Raibo', which can do high-speed parkour manoeuvres, such as running up walls and jumping large gaps 🤖 https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-robot-high-parkour-autonomous-movement.html #Robots #Robotics

Researchers at ETH Zürich have developed a four-legged robot that can play badminton against a human. They trained the robot to move its camera to mimic a human player flitting their gaze during a match, and it eventually managed a streak of 10 successful shots in a single rally. 🤖 https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-robot-play-badminton-against-human-players #Robots #Robotics

Can simplifying robot programming lower the barrier to entry for robotics? 🤖

In the latest episode, I chatted to Nick Thompson from BOW about programming robots.

Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robots #Robotics #Software

Engineers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have developed a new self-healing robot muscle that mimics how human skin senses injury and repairs itself. 🤖 https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/us-engineers-make-soft-robot-muscle #Robots #Robotics

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a low-cost, desktop 3D printing system for making soft robots. They demonstrated the system by printing soft, air-powered robots that were able to walk straight out of the machine that made them. 🤖 https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-soft-robots-3d-printer.html #Robots #Robotics

@wcbdata 😂 You make a very good point! If you watch the video in the article, the robot only switches to wheels as it's coming in to land.

Here's a photo of a Lite3 robot performing a dance move, powered by BOW's software platform.

Find out more by listening to Episode 123 of Robot Talk - available on all major podcast providers: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robots #Robotics #Software

Nick Thompson is CEO at BOW, a company aiming to make robot programming seamless across any hardware. In 2022, he was recognised as one of the UK's 'Most Ambitious Business Leaders' by LDC Private Equity Group.

Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/05/30/episode-123-nick-thompson/

#Robots #Robotics #Software

📢 New Episode Alert!

This week, I chatted to Nick Thompson from BOW about software that makes #robots easier to program. 🤖

Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/05/30/episode-123-nick-thompson/ #Robotics #Software