Soft Robotics Podcast

Steve Tidball, CEO and co-founder of Vollebak, a pioneering British clothing brand known for its innovative approach to 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

Thanks to Scott Walter for co-hosting this episode, you can follow him on X @GoingBallistic5

You can support UAPX expeditions here: https://www.uapexpedition.org/support-the-mission For volunteering: https://www.uapexpedition.org/volunteer-with-uapx Kevin Knuth's Sol talk: https://youtu.be/HlYwktOj75A?si=EpzCxl8zk6IQvHS7

Old Episode "Will Jackson: Engineered Arts, Ameca, Humanoid Robots" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Round2: Markus Buehler "Spider Web Secrets: Exploring Materials, Structure, Modeling, and Sound" by Marwa ElDiwiny

For more details about InDEEP Prize: https://www.herox.com/indeep

Clip: Scott Walter on Custom Linear and Rotary Actuator Design in Humanoid Robotics by Marwa ElDiwiny

You might have heard about Figure AI raising a whopping $675 million recently. Investors like Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI are all in on it. In this episode, we cover wide range topics on humanoid robotics in 2024.

Old Episode "XingXing Wang, Unitree Robotics" / "王星星, 优树机器人" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Dr. Kenny C. Cheung, as the technical lead on advanced materials and manufacturing at the Ames Research Center, directs interdisciplinary research at the Coded Structures Laboratory, focusing on applying digital materials and algorithms to aeronautical and space applications. Fore more details :https://www.nasa.gov/ames-cct/about-us/ Science robotics paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adi2746#core-collateral-share

Clip: Jacques Vallée "UFO Database, UFO Encounters, Human Consciousness" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Jacques Vallée"Why was the Trinity UFO case kept secret??" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Marc D'Antonio on UFO Data And Leveraging String Theory For Time Travel by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Garry Nolan on CIA and Testing Materials Recovered from UFOs Crashes by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip Curt Jaimungal "Collective Illusion, UFO Stigma" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Jacques Vallée "Aliens, Origin Of Universe" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal (YouTube channel): https://www.youtube.com/@TheoriesofEverything

Clip: Larry Howell On Faith by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Larry Howell On Mark Rober's Project by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip "Jacques Vallée on The Vatican And UFOs" by Marwa ElDiwiny

I am excited to share our partnership with Texas Instruments, I am delighted to also share there are two giveaway offered by Texas Instruments Robotics. The two giveaway went to: Manav Gagvani, high school student: https://youtu.be/iv4fYgG7RRY?feature=shared&t=71 Matt Devlin, PhD student: https://www.matthewdevlin.com

In this episode we had a chat with Matthias Thoma is the robotics system manager of the TI industrial systems team. He leads a team of systems experts who focus on helping customers develop robotics solutions with TI’s analog and embedded processing portfolios. Matthias received his master’s degree in micro and power electronics at the Electronics and Drives Center of Reutlingen University in Germany. Prior to his current role, Matthias worked for 4 years as a FAE focused on the industrial market. I hope you enjoy the episode!

For more details about electric sheep robotics: https://sheeprobotics.ai

Clip: Larry Howell "Redefining Intuition In Compliant Mechanism" by Marwa ElDiwiny

You can access the 3D printing of One Piece Compliant Blaster here: https://www.printables.com/model/540528-one-piece-compliant-blaster

You can find Larry Howell's research group resources for 3D printing compliant mechanisms here: https://compliantmechanisms.byu.edu/maker-resources The micro 3D printing company involved in world’s smallest nerf gun https://quartisis.com/

For more details about Kaushik Jayaram's lab: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/jayaram An interesting videos to check out: https://youtu.be/IzoDqWKOXxo?si=ljmNoCgGqnR1c277 https://youtu.be/9wbLL_0vYsY?si=yZaaLln5aSw2IljL

Old Episode "Tim Morrissey: From Lab to Market: Artimus Robotics"- Enhanced Audio by Marwa ElDiwiny

Felix Von Drigalski "Mujin, Inc. : MujinController, QuickBot" by Marwa ElDiwiny

It is wonderful to hear Soft Robotics Toolkit Competition 2023 is back after a break since 2018! Soft Robotics Toolkit is one of the most valuable resources for Soft Robotics, so don't miss this opportunity ;) Applications are still being accepted until October 31st. + You can apply as a participant or a judge. You can register you intent to compete here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4F6lJlYrCTSZLRjdFdBdMkbGEdWtLgNCoMKHxdvSKIYa8EA/viewform + Then you can fill the submission forum: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wW1WthyeGmBvDsz5_aoAIM1Yh9Jj3RsvCkKgkDJb7n4/viewform?edit_requested=true + If you are interested in helping judge the competition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-5yaGbkJNsJmVC1w6zvogl6dwy3eZqQJ-JNdhFAocaNVH5g/viewform?usp=sf_link + The SRT team would be happy to help in case you have questions: [email protected]

Life Doesn't Get Easier Or Forgiving You Just Get Stronger by Marwa ElDiwiny

Péter Fankhauser "ANYbotics, ANYmal X: The World’s First Ex-Proof Legged Robot" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Bradley Dickerson "Fruit Fly, Halteres" by Marwa ElDiwiny

(Old Episode) Marc Teyssier "Human-Like Artificial Skin Sensor" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Philippe Goldman Co-founder & CEO of Sananga Technology, and former CEO Pazzi, the world's first robots for fully automated restaurants. Sananga is recruiting, for any inquiries: [email protected]

Some parts of this conversation is done by AI voice cloning.

Old Episode: Hugh Herr Conversation (Enhanced Audio) by Marwa ElDiwiny

Barry Trimmer on Alien, Extraterrestrial Life by Marwa ElDiwiny

Barry Trimmer "Soft Robotics" by Marwa ElDiwiny

George Whitesidies On God by Marwa ElDiwiny

Michael Levin On Collective Intelligence Of Morphogenesis by Marwa ElDiwiny

I asked George Whitesides For Final Words, And This Was His Response :D by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Michael Levin Arguments about The Risk of AI And Diverse Intelligence by Marwa ElDiwiny