{"id":9578,"date":"2025-06-22T21:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=9578"},"modified":"2025-06-22T21:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:16:14","slug":"robotic-speak-episode-126-why-are-we-constructing-humanoid-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=9578","title":{"rendered":"Robotic Speak Episode 126 \u2013 Why are we constructing humanoid robots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\" \">\n<p>     <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-214707\" src=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Panel_photo_3-sml-425x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Panel_photo_3-sml-425x283.jpg 425w, https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Panel_photo_3-sml-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Panel_photo_3-sml-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Panel_photo_3-sml-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Panel_photo_3-sml-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\"><\/p>\n<p>Analysis into humanoid robots is a quickly advancing subject, with corporations world wide striving to provide robots that look and act extra like us. However what&#8217;s it about recreating ourselves in robotic kind that we discover so charming? Why do humanoid robots each enthral and terrify us? And is our obsession with robotic people simply vainness, or may they play beneficial roles in our future society?<\/p>\n<p>On this particular reside recording at Imperial School London as a part of the Nice Exhibition Highway Competition, Claire chatted to Ben Russell (Science Museum), Maryam Banitalebi Dehkordi (College of Hertfordshire) and Petar Kormushev (Imperial School London) about humanoid robotics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36949875\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/ffffff\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ben Russell has been the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener follow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Science Museum<\/a>\u2019s Curator of Mechanical Engineering since 2004. He has curated six everlasting galleries and momentary exhibitions on the museum, together with Engineers (2023), Robots (2017), Cosmonauts (2015) and James Watt\u2019s Workshop (2011). He&#8217;s the writer of James Watt: Making the World Anew, (Reaktion Books, 2014), and editor of Robots (Scala, 2017), in addition to quite a few revealed and convention papers.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/maryam-banitalebi-dehkordi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener follow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Maryam Banitalebi Dehkordi<\/a> is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and AI on the College of Hertfordshire. She has a grasp\u2019s diploma in Mechatronics and Computerized Management Engineering from the College Expertise Malaysia and a Ph.D. in Perceptual Robotics from Scuola Superiore Sant\u2019Anna in Italy. Her experience spans assistive robots, cell robots, agricultural robots, industrial robots, humanoid robots, parallel manipulators, navigation, and outside autonomous autos.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/kormushev.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener follow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Petar Kormushev<\/a> is Director of the\u00a0Robotic Intelligence Lab\u00a0at Imperial School London and an Affiliate Professor in Robotics on the\u00a0Dyson Faculty of Design Engineering. His analysis focus is on reinforcement studying algorithms and their software to autonomous robots. Petar\u2019s long-term objective is to create robots that may be taught by themselves and adapt to dynamic environments. His machine studying algorithms have been utilized to quite a lot of humanoid robots, together with COMAN and iCub.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"xh2\"\/>\n<div class=\"pdxv  printhide\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/author\/robot-talk\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/robot_talk_16x9-150x150.png\" class=\"grayscale0\" style=\"float:left; margin: 0px 1.5em 0em 0px;  width:100px  \" alt=\"\">&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"minitext xh75 pdx\" style=\"min-height: 100px; \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/author\/robot-talk\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robotic Speak<\/a><br \/>\nis a weekly podcast that explores the thrilling world of robotics, synthetic intelligence and autonomous machines. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdxv  printshow\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/robot_talk_16x9-150x150.png\" class=\"grayscale\" style=\"float:left; margin: 0px 1.5em 0em 0px;  width:100px  \" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>     &#13;<br \/>\nRobotic Speak &#13;<br \/>\nis a weekly podcast that explores the thrilling world of robotics, synthetic intelligence and autonomous machines. &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis into humanoid robots is a quickly advancing subject, with corporations world wide striving to provide robots that look and act extra like us. However what&#8217;s it about recreating ourselves in robotic kind that we discover so charming? Why do humanoid robots each enthral and terrify us? 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