National Robotics Week
Created on April 5|Last edited on April 5
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Did you know that April 2 -10th is celebrated as National Robotics Week in the US? The idea behind this celebration is to inspire students in robotics and STEM-related fields and to share the excitement of robotics with audiences of all ages.
So we have something in store for you if you are interested in the intersection of Robotics and Machine learning - a podcast with Weights & Biases CEO- Lukas Biewald and Pieter Abbeel.
Pieter Abbeel
Pieter is the Chief Scientist and Co-founder at Covariant, where his team is building universal AI for robotic manipulation. Pieter also hosts The Robot Brains Podcast, in which he explores how far humanity has come in its mission to create conscious computers, mindful machines, and rational robots.
About this episode
Lukas and Pieter explore the state of affairs of robotics in 2021, the challenges of achieving consistency and reliability, and what it'll take to make robotics more ubiquitous. Pieter also shares some perspectives on entrepreneurship, from how he knew it was time to commercialize Gradescope to what he looks for in co-founders to why he started Covariant.
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