Dr Kate Darling discusses her new role leading AI and Robotics Ethics at the AI Institute.
In this episode, we recap the recent RoboBusiness 2023 event and the recent news of Agility Robotics humanoid testing at Amazon.
Our featured interview on this episode is with Dr. Kate Darling, who is joining Marc Raibert in her dream job at the Boston Dynamics AI Institute to head up their AI and ethics research group.
We talk to Kate about everything from AI and humanoid robots to her kids’ love affair with the Marty Robot at the local Stop and Shop supermarket.
Note: This is a long episode, but there was so much to talk about with Kate, that we didn’t want to cut anything out.
Episode timeline
29:20 Florian Pestoni introduces us to the Robot Space in Mountain View California
35:33 Jenn Apicella update on the Pittsburgh Robotics Network
40:20 Featured Interview: Dr Kate Darling, Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab, VP of AI Ethics Research at Boston Dynamics AI Institute