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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 21h

How are advances in AI helping make planetary rovers more autonomous? 🤖 🪐

In the latest episode, I chatted to Prof. Frances Zhu from @coschoolofmines.bsky.social about space #robots.

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

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robohub @robohub.org · 1d

Women in robotics you need to know about 2025

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robohub @robohub.org · 1d

Robot Talk Episode 127 – Robots exploring other planets, with Frances Zhu

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Episode 128 - Making microrobots move | Claire Asher

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 1d

What would you love to know about #robot ethics? 🤖

Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.

Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 2d

The next episode of Robot Talk is out this Friday, but Patreon supporters can get early access now!

🎧 Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/episod... #Robots #Robotics #Microrobot

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 5d

Watch the week's best robot videos!

Drones Land on Vehicles Moving at 110 km/h

How does a robot hand moonwalk? See the playful experiment bringing robotic fingers to life. Plus a drone landing on a vehicle moving at 110 km/h.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 5d

Hi Robert! Just to let you know, my interview with Frankie Zhu, where she answered your questions about space robotics, published today: www.robottalk.org/2025/10/03/e...

Episode 127 – Robots exploring other planets - Robot Talk

Claire chatted to Frances Zhu from the Colorado School of Mines about intelligent robotic systems for space exploration.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 5d

Here's a photo of a rover moving toward a mock lander as part of the University Rover Challenge finals at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. Frankie advised the group of undergraduate students that designed the rover.

Find out more by listening to Ep.127 of Robot Talk: linktr.ee/robottalkpod

A shiny metal rover with pink wheels interacting with a larger white mock mars lander (a white metal box with blue legs and a pointed top). In the background there is a desert environment with sand and rocks.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 5d

Frances Zhu is an Assistant Professor at @coschoolofmines.bsky.social. Her lab focusses on mobile autonomous space robots, from satellites in orbit to planetary rovers on the Moon or Mars.

Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/10/03/e... #Robots #Robotics #Space #AI #Autonomy #Rover

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 5d

📢 New Episode Alert!

In the first episode of the new season, I chatted to Prof. Frances Zhu from @coschoolofmines.bsky.social about intelligent robotic systems for space exploration. 🤖 🪐

Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/10/03/e... #Robots #Robotics #Space #AI #Autonomy #Rover

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 5d

Australian companies Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology have developed a fully autonomous hexapod robot that can 3D print a house in 24hrs. The robot could help build low-cost, low-carbon housing, and perhaps assist in building on the Moon one day 🤖 interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...

Spider-like robot can 3D print homes in a day to fight housing crunch

Named Charlotte, this robot was developed by the Australian companies Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology.

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah I wasn't sure what they meant by that either!

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 6d

On the cusp of launching Season 6, Robot Talk has reached an exciting milestone: 50,000 downloads! 🎉

At this point, I'm running out of superlatives 😂. It's just amazing to see the podcast grow beyond what I ever imagined.

Thank you to everyone who's listened!

#Robots #Robotics #AI #Tech

Lightweight framework enables faster, more accurate object detection for UAV remote sensing

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 6d

Researcher at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a novel system that enables faster, more accurate object detection for drones, paving the way for their use in disaster management and search-and-rescue operations. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-09... #Robots #Robotics

Remote sensing object detection is a rapidly growing field in artificial intelligence, playing a critical role in advancing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for real-world applications such ...

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 6d

A brand new season of Robot Talk launches tomorrow, but Patreon supporters can get early access to the first episode now!

🎧 Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/episod... #Robots #Robotics #Space #Autonomy

Episode 127 - Robots exploring other planets | Claire Asher

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New disaster-response robot hauls 330-lb across rubble to save lives

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 7d

Researchers in Germany have developed a semi-autonomous robot designed to assist emergency workers by transporting heavy equipment across terrain that's too hazardous for conventional vehicles or stretchers. 🤖 interestingengineering.com/innovation/g... #Robots #Robotics

German engineers have designed a semi-autonomous robot to assist first responders with heavy load transport in disaster relief operations.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent question, thank you! I'll definitely ask Wami about this when we chat (and I agree they're cool either way!)

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 8d

Got questions about two-legged #robots? 🤖

In the new season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi from Ohio Northern University about bipedal robots that can walk and even climb stairs.

Send me your questions for Wami in the comments or on the website: robottalk.org/ask-a-question/

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AI-backed robot painting aims to boost artist income

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 8d

Canadian company Acrylic Robotics aims to help artists earn a living by making high-quality replicas of their work (with their consent) using an AI-powered robotic arm to meticulously replicate each brush stroke. 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-09... #Robots #Robotics #Art

Montreal-based artist Audrey-Eve Goulet was initially uncertain as she watched an AI-powered robotic arm reproduce one of her works, but said the outcome was "really impressive."

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 8d

...Dr. Ali Kafash Hoshiar (@universityofessex.bsky.social), Prof. Kaspar Althoefer (Queen Mary University of London), Dr. Didem Gurdur Broo (Uppsala University) and Anthony Jules (Robust.AI).

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 8d

Featuring Edith-Clare Hall (ARIA), Prof. Chad Jenkins (@umich.edu), Nick Thompson (BOW), Dr. @patrickmeier.bsky.social (Climate Robotics Network), Prof. Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)...

Wind-driven tumbleweed rovers could roll up to 1,740 miles on Mars

Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 8d

💡New bonus episode!

I asked robotics experts to tell me about the future technological breakthroughs that they think would be most impactful for #robotics.

Our conversations covered everything from material science to quantum physics!

🎧 Listen here: patreon.com/posts/bonus-... #Robots #Tech

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 9d

Engineers in Austria have developed a wind-powered mars rover inspired by tumbleweed. Fleets of these lightweight, spherical robots could roll across Martian landscapes, recording valuable long-term environmental data. 🤖 interestingengineering.com/photo-story/... #Robots #Robotics

European scientists test wind-driven tumbleweed rovers that could explore Mars cheaply and roll across rough terrain effectively.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 9d

📢 I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be hosting a panel discussion on humanoid robotics at the Poland 2.0 Summit in Amsterdam next month!

We'll discuss the current state of the field, technical challenges ahead, and the social & ethical implications.

Find out more: www.patreon.com/posts/embody...

A yellow sketch of a cityscape on a dark blue background, with a grey humanoid robot looking out at the view. Text reads: "Poland 2.0 Summit 2025. Beyond Innovation. The Edge of Possibility. 17-18 October. Amsterdam".