Talking Robots - The Podcast On Robotics And Artificial Intelligence

In this episode we interview Luc Steels about language evolution, the cognitive and genetic basis for language, and the importance of embodiment and robot experiments for understanding communication.

In this episode we interview Francesco Mondada on his experience with starting a business in research robotics, on the potential of robots for creating bridges between disciplines and on nature as an inspiration and challenge for roboticists.

In this episode Barbara Webb presents her cricket robot, explains why it is sometimes easier to build a robot than a computer model, and speculates on the future of animal-robot hybrids.

In this episode we interview Uwe Zimmer about underwater robots and his work on autonomous under water submarine swarms.

In this episode we interview Terry Fong about peer-to-peer human-robot interactions in a team including a seam-welding humanoid robot, an inspection space rover, a remote support crew and two astronauts.

In this first episode we interview Dario Floreano, the initiator and editor in chief of Talking Robots, about his motivations for this podcast, and about the roots, the current trends and the future of robotics and artificial intelligence.