RoboPsych Podcast

74 - Dan Faggella on AI in Industry Today and Tomorrow

Nov 28 • 60 min

RoboPsych Podcast

73 - Don Coolidge, CEO of Elemental Path on Smart Toys

Nov 20 • 53 min

RoboPsych Podcast

72: How Close Are We To Having Intelligent Robots?

Nov 14 • 46 min

Show Notes This week, Carla and Tom talk about just how realistic our expectations of intelligent robots really are. We use Rodney Brooks’ essays on the subject to investigate. Rodney Brooks: “Steps Toward Super Intelligence IV, Things to Work on…

71 - Moxi: A Healthcare Robot From Diligent Robots

Oct 11 • 47 min

Show Notes This week, Carla and Tom speak with Drs. Andrea Thomaz, Vivian Chu, and Agata Rozga, the Executive Team of Diligent Robotics. Diligent Robotics recently launched Moxi, a robot designed to remove many of the tasks that healthcare workers…

70 - Dr. Dan Formosa On Designing With Gender In Mind

Sep 21 • 57 min

Ep. 70 - Dr. Dan Formosa on Designing with Gender in Mind Show Notes In this episode, Carla and Tom speak with our friend and colleague Dr. Dan Formosa about considering gender differences when designing products and services. We hope you enjoy the…

69 - Turtle Rover Robot with Founder Szymon Dzwonczyk

Sep 17 • 53 min

Ep. 69 - Turtle Rover robot with founder Szymon Dzwonczyk Show Notes This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello talk about the Turtle Rover robot, it’s origins and uses with company founder Szymon Dzwonczyk. Turtle Rover is an open source hardware…

68: Women In AI/Robotics

Aug 31 • 45 min

Ep. 68 - Women in AI and Robotics This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello talk about the opportunities for women in the AI/robotics field. Please send us your thoughts on this topic to tom@RoboPsych.com or contact us on Twitter @RoboPsychCom. …

67 - Byron Reese, Author of The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity

Aug 16 • 64 min

Ep. 67 - Byron Reese, Author of The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity Show Notes This week, Carla and Tom have a lively conversation with Byron Reese, Publisher of GigaOm and author of the must read, The Fourth…

66 - Brian Roemmele On The “Voice First” Revolution

Jul 26 • 89 min

Ep. 66 - Brian Roemmele on the “voice first” revolution Show Notes This week, Carla and Tom speak with voice interaction pioneer Brian Roemmele about the implications of interacting with intelligent objects with our voices. Rene Ritchie’s Vector…

65 - Robots and Deception with Dr. Julie Carpenter

Jul 12 • 50 min

Ep. 65 - Robots and Deception with Dr. Julie Carpenter Show Notes This week, Carla and Tom talk with former RoboPsych Podcast co-host Dr. Julie Carpenter about how AI and robots can deceive people, and how designers can prevent deception. Julie…

64 - Designing Places For People Living and Working With Robots

Jun 22 • 47 min

Ep. 64 - Designing Places For People Living With Robots Show Notes This week, Carla and Tom talk about the challenges of designing spaces for humans living and working with robots. Designing a child-friendly environment Designing a robot-friendly…

63 - Dr. Peter Asaro on Robots, Ethics, and the Campaign To Stop Killer Robots

Jun 11 • 53 min

Ep. 63 - Dr. Peter Asaro on Robots, Ethics, and the Campaign To Stop Killer Robots Show Notes This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello speak with Dr. Peter Asaro, Associate Professor of Media Studies at the New School in New York City. Dr. Asaro’s…

62 - Google Duplex

May 24 • 56 min

Ep. 62 - Google Duplex

61 - Wendy Ju on Autonomous Objects and Their Ecosystems

May 7 • 53 min

Ep. 61 - Dr. Wendy Ju on Autonomous Objects and Their Ecosystems

60 - John P. Sullins, Ph.D. on Robot Ethics

Apr 19 • 51 min

Ep. 60 - John P. Sullins, Ph.D. on Robot Ethics

59: Teaching Kids To Play Nice With Robots

Mar 28 • 49 min

Ep. 59 - Teaching Kids To Play Nice With Robots This week, Carla Diana (Twitter: @carladiana_) and Tom Guarriello (Twitter: @tomguarriello), talk about teaching children to play with robots non-aggressively. Show Notes Shelley - a robot to deter…

58: Cameras, Cameras Everywhere

Mar 8 • 53 min

Ep. 58 - Cameras, Cameras Everywhere This week, Carla Diana and I talk about the design and psychological implications of image capturing devices everywhere. Show Notes Fast Company article: “War on What’s Real” Right to be forgotten Note To…

57 - Superhero Tales and Robotics With Barry Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

Feb 28 • 22 min

Ep. 57 - Superhero Tales and Robotics with Barry Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Show Notes: Barry Fitzgerald has a Ph.D. in physics. He and Tom discuss the relevance of superhero stories for robotics from the Foundation For Responsible Robotics Workshop in Leiden,…

56: Reskilling To Collaborate With Robots

Feb 9 • 63 min

Ep. 56: Reskilling To Collaborate With Robots Show Notes This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello talk about the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal characteristics that will make humans superior collaborators with robots. This is what Tom…

55 Re-Post: Carla Diana Discusses Her Beyond Tellerrand Presentation

Jan 25 • 49 min

Ep. 55: Carla Diana’s Beyond Tellerand Presentation This week Carla takes listeners through her design and robotics presentation: Robotics in Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective, given at the Beyond Tellerrand conference in…

55: Carla Diana’s Beyond Tellerrand Presentation

Jan 25 • 49 min

Ep. 55: Carla Diana’s Beyond Tellerrand Presentation This week Carla takes listeners through her design and robotics presentation: Robotics in Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective, given at the Beyond Tellerrand conference in…

54 - Rodney Brooks Makes Accountable Predictions, with Carla Diana

Jan 12 • 51 min

Ep. 54 - Rodney Brooks Makes Accountable Predictions, with Carla Diana This week Carla Diana joins Tom Guarriello as the new co-host of the RoboPsych Podcast. Show Notes Carla Diana’s Homepage Rodney Brooks “My Dated Predictions” Article Fast,…

53 - Dr. Cory Kidd

Dec 15, 2017 • 60 min

Ep. 53 - Dr. Cory Kidd on Robots in Healthcare Catalia Health website Cory Kidd - LinkedIn profile Mabu - robot healthcare assistant Mabu Intro Video Julie Carpenter website Julie Carpenter Twitter

52 - Dr. David Gunkel on Robot Ethics

Dec 1, 2017 • 66 min

Ep. 52 - Dr. David Gunkel on Robot Ethics Giving Robots Personhood - The Verge The Machine Question - book by David David Gunkel Twitter homepage Mind The Gap article by David Shimon - a robot that writes and plays jazz “What Is An Author” -…

51 - China’s New Citizen Score System

Nov 10, 2017 • 44 min

Ep. 51 - China’s New Citizen Score System This week, Julie Carpenter and Tom Guarriello discuss the current pilot of the China Citizen Score system, slated for mandatory roll out to all 1.3 billion Chinese in 2020. Big data meets Big Brother as…

50: Dr. Kate Devlin - Sex, Robots, and AI

Oct 14, 2017 • 70 min

Ep. 50 - Dr. Kate Devlin - Sex, Robots, and AI Kate’s Wikipedia page Kate’s Twitter page Kate’s TEDx Warwick talk on Sex Robots RealDoll Homepage NY Times article: The Trouble With Sex Robots

49 - Richard Yonck on Emotional AI

Oct 5, 2017 • 66 min

Ep. 49 - Richard Yonck on Emotional AI Richard’s new book, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence Emotion AI Summit panel with Richard, Rana el-Kaliouby, and John C. Havens Rodney Brooks article, The…

48 - Robophobia

Sep 4, 2017 • 73 min

Ep. 48 - Robophobia Hurricane Harvey Red Cross Donation Best Friends animal rescue donation Robophobia newspaper article Aimee Mann robot video Rodney Brooks Techcrunch MIT conference video Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom Oxford study of job…

47 - Dr. Steve Omohundro on AI, Robots, and Empathy

Aug 12, 2017 • 65 min

Ep. 47 - Dr. Steve Omohundro on AI, Robots, and Empathy Steve’s Homepage Reinforcement and Inverse Reinforcement Learning Kate Darling on robots and empathy Video NPR Interview Video: Boston Dynamics robots getting knocked down, but getting up…

46: John Danaher on Artificial Offspring and our Collective Afterlife

Jul 28, 2017 • 57 min

Show Notes: Ep. 46 - John Danaher on Artificial Offspring and our Collective Afterlife John’s article: Why we should create artificial offspring: meaning and the collective afterlife John’s webpage John edited this forthcoming book, which…

45 - Chatbots for Mental Health Services

Jun 30, 2017 • 62 min

Ep. 45 - Chatbots for Mental Health Services Tom and Dr. Julie Carpenter discuss the use of chatbot programs in mental health service delivery. Karim provides support for Syrian children caught up in a brutal war Catfish: fake personal profiles…

44 - Dr. Joanna Bryson

Jun 15, 2017 • 64 min

Show Notes Dr. Bryson’s Homepage Dr.Bryson’s Reddit AMA Sackler Lectures, including referenced talk on recidivism Principles of Robotics, update/rewrite of Asimov’s laws Children abusing robot in experiment

43 - Ikea’s AI Survey

May 22, 2017 • 59 min

Show Notes IKEA Article Super Sad True Love Story Leave comments or survey answers on our Twitter or Facebook pages, or email us at either tom@RoboPsych.com or julie@RoboPsych.com

42 - Disney Robots

May 1, 2017 • 60 min

Ep. 42 - Disney Robots Tom and Dr. Julie Carpenter talk about the latest news of Disney filing a patent for a kind of soft robot for their theme parks. Send email to tom@RoboPsych.com for a chance to win a softcover copy of Sexbots, Killbots &…

Episode 41: Humans, Season 2, Episode 8 - Season finale with Josué Cardona

Apr 11, 2017 • 83 min

Show Notes Negative Attitude Towards Robots Scale - RoboPsych.com version AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol - Game 2, Move #37 (Video) Geek Therapy - Josué’s podcast and blog network

Episode 40: AI Diagnosticians? With new co-host, Dr. Julie Carpenter

Apr 10, 2017 • 65 min

Show Notes Welcoming Dr. Julie Carpenter as new co-host for RoboPsych Podcast Dr. Michael LaBoissiere Website Dr. LaBoissiere’s latest book: Sexbots, Killbots & Virtual Dogs: Essays on Ethics & Technology For a chance to win a paperback…

39: Humans, Robots, and Sextech with Cindy Gallop

Apr 6, 2017 • 60 min

Show Notes: Cindy’a TED presentation Makelovenotporn.com Makelovenotporn.tv Sextech Wikipedia page AllTheSky Holdings website Cindy’s email Sex and Robots: RoboPsych Podcasts Dr. Julie Carpenter Dr. Kathleen Richardson

38: Humans, Season 2, Episode 7 With Josué Cardona (Re-Upload)

Apr 2, 2017 • 70 min

Show Notes: AMC’s Humans Website Jibo Affectiva March 25 report on Arizona Uber crash

37 - Humans, Season 2, Episode 6 With Josué Cardona

Mar 30, 2017 • 74 min

Show Notes AMC’s Humans Website

36: Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe on latest in robotics

Mar 27, 2017 • 50 min

Show Notes: Aimee van Wynsberghe Dr. Van Wynsberghe’s homepage Foundation for Responsible Robotics Electronic sex toy maker pays users for unauthorized data capture Emotion recognition company, Affectiva AI diagnoses depression from Instagram…

35: Dr. Julie Carpenter on “rogue AI robots” and more

Mar 22, 2017 • 58 min

Show Notes: Patrick Meier - WeRobotics Drone Code of Conduct Wanda Holbrook killed by robotic device in factory Karol Čapek’s play, RUR, Rossum’s Universal Robots HITCHbot 1927 file, Metropolis “When Machines Go Rogue” article on Sweden…

34 - Dr. Charles A. Fritz - Teaching high schoolers about robots

Mar 20, 2017 • 22 min

Show Notes Newspaper article about Dr. Fritz’s class

33 - Humans, Season 2, Episode 5 with Josué Cardona

Mar 14, 2017 • 78 min

Show Notes Big Think - The Mind as Emergent, Self-Organizing System European Union document on “Electronic Citizens”

32 - Humans, Season 2, Episode 4 with Josué Cardona

Mar 7, 2017 • 74 min

Show Notes: AMC’s Humans - Episode 4 European Union Report on Electronic Citizenship for Robots

31 - Humans, Season 2 Episode 3

Feb 28, 2017 • 70 min

Humans, Season 2 Episode 3 AMC’s Website - Episode 3 European Parliament Report on AI, Ethics, and Electronic Personhood RoboPsych Podcast Ep. 27 - Dr. Julie Carpenter - Robots and Sexuality RoboPsych Podcast Ep. 28 - Dr. Kathleen…

30 - Humans - Season 2 Episode 2

Feb 26, 2017 • 72 min

RoboPsych Podcast - Humans Season 2 Episode 1 Josué Cardona Website AMC’s Humans Website - Episode 2 Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics

29 - Humans - Season 2 Episode 1 With Josué Cardona

Feb 22, 2017 • 90 min

Humans - AMC Website

28 - Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D. - Campaign Against Sex Robots

Feb 1, 2017 • 58 min

Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D. - February 1, 2017 - Show Notes Kathleen Richardson homepage Campaign Against Sex Robots Sex Dolls and Rape Culture - by Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D. Robots and ethics: the future of sex - TEDx Talk …

27 - Julie Carpenter, Ph.D. - Human-Robot Sexuality

Jan 13, 2017 • 72 min

Julie Carpenter, Ph.D. Show Notes • Dr. Carpenter’s website • Dr. Carpenter’s previous RoboPsych Podcast interview on military use of robots • Freud’s article, “The Uncanny” • Dr. Kathleen Richardson’s Campaign…

26 - Alain Kornhauser, Ph.D. - Self-Driving Vehicles Update

Jan 5, 2017 • 68 min

Alain Kornhauser Podcast Show Notes - 01/04/17 Dr. Kornhauser’s homepage Tesla May 7, 2016 fatal accident in Florida Tesla December 26, 2016 anticipating accident on Autobahn WAYMO, Alphabet’s Self-Driving…

25 - Josué Cardona: Tech Adoption Pace and Social Robots

Dec 5, 2016 • 71 min

Josué Cardona Show Notes - Episode 25 Josué Cardona’s Website, Twitter, PsychTech Podcast Everett Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Model - Wikipedia Horace Dedieu Technology Adoption Article and Graph Sales Funnel…

24: Pivot, with Jenny Blake

Sep 7, 2016 • 56 min

Jenny Blake Show Notes - September 7, 2016 Jenny Blake’s main page Pivotability Survey Fast Company article about Jenny Books Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Life After College Twitter: @jennyblake

23 - Tim Hornyak: Robots and Japanese Culture

Sep 1, 2016 • 58 min

Tim Hornyak Show Notes A conversation with author Tim Hornyak about the impact of Japanese culture on that nation’s approach and relationships with robots. Tim’s book, Loving The Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots Astro Boy,…

22 - Kevin Kelly

Jun 20, 2016 • 41 min

My guest this week is Kevin Kelly, author and Internet pioneer. We discuss his latest book, The Inevitable, and the implications of Artificial Intelligence. Kevin’s Homepage Kevin’s books on Amazon: The Inevitable What Technology Wants …

21: Brian David Johnson, Futurist and Robot Designer

May 17, 2016 • 55 min

Brian David Johnson Show Notes Brian’s Book: 21st Century Robot Brian’s Midwest Compute video on The Future of Technology Trossen Robotics Website: Jimmy The Robot Erector set John Markoff’s history of the PC…

20 - Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D.

Apr 26, 2016 • 44 min

Rana El-Kaliouby, Ph.D. Show Notes Rana El-Kaliouby - Wikipedia Page Rana named one of 25 Geniuses Who Are Creating The Future of Business by Wired Affectiva - Corporate Website Rana - TED Talk Affdex - Emotion…

19 - Tim Holmes

Apr 18, 2016 • 79 min

World renowned artist and thinker Tim Holmes join Tom for a lively discussion of artificial intelligence, robots and the “erotic crisis.” Tim Holmes Show Notes Tim Holmes - Website Tim Holmes - Wikipedia Tim Holmes - TEDx…

18: Andrea Thomaz, Ph.D.

Apr 7, 2016 • 47 min

The University of Texas website describes Andrea Thomaz, Ph.D., thusly: Shownotes: From the University of Texas website: “Andrea Thomaz is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at…

17: Wendy Ju, Ph.D.

Mar 29, 2016 • 56 min

Show Notes - Wendy Ju, Ph.D. Wendy Ju’s Website The Stanford University website describes Dr. Wendy Ju this way: “Wendy Ju is Executive Director of Interaction Design Research at Stanford University’s Center for Design Research. She is also…

Episode 16: Aimee van Wynsberghe, Ph.D.

Jan 4, 2016 • 55 min

Aimee van Wynsberghe, Ph.D. Show Notes Aimee van Wynsberghe, Ph.D. Homepage Foundation for Responsible Robotics Designing Robots for Care, Science and Engineering Ethics journal article Healthcare Robots: Ethics, Design and Implementation, by…

15 - Ben Brown of Howdy.AI

Nov 10, 2015 • 53 min

Ben Brown Show Notes This week I speak with Ben Brown of Howdy.AI, a Slack chatbot digital assistant. XOXCO homepage Slack homepage Oxford future of employment study Agile software development method Tom Guarriello, Ph.D.

14 - John C. Havens - Self-Driving Cars

Nov 2, 2015 • 87 min

John Havens Autonomous Vehicle Podcast Show Notes: John C. Havens’s homepage MIT Technology Review, Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill Heartificial Intelligence Volvo statement about autonomous…

Episode 13: Jenny Blake

Oct 13, 2015 • 62 min

Jenny Blake is an author, educator, consultant and former Googler who has written and spoken extensively about work and careers in the new economic world. She is deeply interested in how robots and AI will impact the work world. Jenny Blake…

12 - Steve Omohundro, Ph.D.

Aug 18, 2015 • 61 min

Steve Omohundro RoboPsych Podcast Show Notes This episode include spoilers for AMC’s Humans. AMC Humans website, including free episodes Steve Omohundro website Mickey Mouse in “The Sorcerer’s…

11 - Dr. Stefanie Tellex

Jul 13, 2015 • 46 min

Show Notes: Stephanie Tellex, Ph.D. - Homepage Giving robot trucks verbal commands - video DARPA Robotics Challenge Dean Kamen’s FIRST Program for kids Dr. Tellex training her cat - description and…

10 - EU Robot Attitude Survey Results

Jun 24, 2015 • 29 min

Complete survey and results. Pictures: Robot 1 and Robot 2

9 - Self-driving Cars with Dr. Alain Kornhauser

May 23, 2015 • 57 min

Alain Kornhauser Show Notes Dr. Alain Kornhauser is Professor of Operations Research & Financial Engineering at Princeton University. He is Director of the Transportation Program at Princeton and a long-time observer and expert in the field…

Episode 8 - Kate Darling - Robots and Ethics

May 18, 2015 • 57 min

Kate Darling Show Notes “Who’s Johnny?” research paper, PDF on robots, framing and empathy Heider & Simmel 1944, a study of interpersonal perception and attribution of human characteristics to objects Peter Singer, The…

Episode 7 - John C. Havens

May 11, 2015 • 80 min

An interview with author and speaker John C. Havens. Show notes: Happy - The Movie Palantir - Data analysis systems Project VRM - Doc Searls’s Vendor Relationship Management project acxiom - Data services The Cluetrain…

6 - Julie Carpenter, Ph.D.

Apr 17, 2015 • 70 min

Julie Carpenter’s Home Page The TALON Explosive Ordnance Disposal device

Episode 5 - Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D.

Apr 4, 2015 • 73 min

Show Notes This week, Tom interviews Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D., author of An Anthropology of AI and Robotics: Annihilation Anxiety and Machines. Dr. Richardson’s De Montfort University…

Episode 4 - Carla Diana Conversation

Mar 26, 2015 • 52 min

Show Notes: Here’s Carla Diana’s website Carla’s bio Simon the robot Simon’s cousin, Curi the robot Baxter, trainable robot Sawyer, Baxter’s younger brother Kismet, Wikipedia page Dopey, from Snow White Leo The Maker…

Episode 3 - Tery Spataro Conversation

Mar 2, 2015 • 60 min

AI, Robotics and Ethics

Episode 2: “Existential Risk” of AI?

Feb 10, 2015 • 36 min

What are these geniuses talking about?

RoboPsych Podcast - Episode 1 - What’s RoboPsych?

Jan 21, 2015 • 21 min

When robots become as common as smartphones, what will our relationships with them be like?

Episode 0 - Introduction

Jan 17, 2015 • 1 min

A new podcast exploring the psychology of human-robot interaction