How to be a robot whisperer
summary
Shows a specific claim: designers can reshape robotics by connecting sensors to motion — piping cameras and motion capture markers into an off-the-shelf industrial robot to give it sight and nuanced intent. Demonstrates a built system (a rescued robot called Mim) with altered motion that creates an illusion of life, draws over 100,000 visitors, and works well enough for safe, shared spaces and playful uses like a swing experiment in a lived-in warehouse.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Architecture to robot whispering
- 1:24Robots and AI merging
- 3:55Robots in shared spaces
- 5:45Emotional connections with machines
- 7:31Art and robots' origin
- 9:16Mimis the robot
- 11:49Illusion of life in motion
- 14:16Convincing machines
- 15:39Power of amateurism
- 16:20Playful experimentation
- 18:05Optimism in robotics
- 19:31Finding your north star
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