Oct 24, 2025

Claire chatted to Chad Jenkins from the University of Michigan about how robots can learn from people and assist us in our daily lives.

Odest Chadwicke Jenkins is a Professor of Robotics and a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. His research addresses problems in robot...

May 16, 2025

Claire chatted to Lerrel Pinto from New York University about using machine learning to train robots to adapt to new environments.

Lerrel Pinto is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at New York University (NYU). His research is aimed at getting robots to generalize and adapt in the messy world we live in. His...

Nov 15, 2024

Claire chatted to Gabriella Pizzuto from the University of Liverpool about intelligent robotic manipulators for laboratory automation.

Gabriella Pizzuto is a Lecturer in Robotics and Chemistry Automation at the University of Liverpool. She is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and ECR Co-Chair on the...

Feb 23, 2024

Claire chatted to Edward Johns from Imperial College London, all about robotic manipulators, learning, and artificial intelligence.

Edward Johns is the Director of the Robot Learning Lab at Imperial College London, where he is also a Senior Lecturer. He completed a PhD in Computer Vision at Imperial College and was then...

Mar 3, 2023

This week, Claire chatted to Maria Bauza Villalonga from DeepMind all about robot learning, transferable skills, and general AI. 

Maria Bauza Villalonga is research scientist at DeepMind. In 2022, she earned her PhD in Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Prof. Alberto Rodriguez.
Her...