Let's Talk Robotics

Steve Nouri is a data science leader who has evolved the way people look at AI and innovations. An author, academic and technical leader by profession, he aims to inspire people through the latest technology trends.

He has recently founded AI4Diversity, a non-profit global initiative with more than 4000+ volunteers that engages and educates diverse communities about AI to benefit global society.

He is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, Australia's ICT Professional of the Year, and an accomplished influencer on LinkedIn with 300 million views the last year.

Steve is also involved in advising public policy and developing international standards towards a more ethically responsible AI.

Steve is also involved in advising public policy and developing international standards towards a more ethically responsible AI.

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Joining me in episode 60 is Associate Professor Teresa Vidal Calleja! Teresa is Associate Professor at the UTS Robotics Institute and Deputy Head of School (Research) of the School of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at UTS. She is also board member of the Australian Robotics & Automation Association (ARAA) and Senior member of the IEEE.

Teresa is a robotics expert focusing on enabling field robots and intelligent systems to be deployed in environments that are hazardous or difficult for people to access. She has made significant contributions in the area of robotic sensing and perception with extensive experience in leading fundamental and industry-funded projects. Her research in robotic perception has enabled technology to be deployed in the Sydney Water network and NSW train stations.

She obtained her PhD from the Technical University of Catalonia in Spain and held postdoctoral positions at LAAS-CNRS in France and the Australian Centre for Field Robotics at the University of Sydney before joining UTS where she held the prestigious UTS Chancellor’s postdoctoral research fellowship. She has been a visiting scholar at other world-class laboratories such as the Active Vision Lab at the University of Oxford, the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH-Zurich and the German Aerospace Centre (DRL).

Contact Teresa at [email protected]

Joining me today in episode 59 is Paris Cockinos, Founder and CEO Sphere Drones. Sphere Drones was created in 2011 to drive innovation in the UAV space while identifying drone technology that would not only meet the needs of a rapidly changing commercial and consumer market, but provide genuine and tailored solutions to the diverse applications that exist in each.

As an operating Director, Paris ensures that his team is always providing comprehensive drone solutions, offering objective and intelligent sales and industry advice, and providing service and repairs that get out clients’ drones back in the sky.

In addition, he oversees their research and development facility (R&D). This facility is unique in that it allows them the scope to develop (often) proprietary drone and drone equipment solutions for today’s expanding commercial applications.

Reach out to Paris at [email protected]

Joining me today in episode 58 is Kalpana Suraj Prajapati. Kalpana is an accomplished business Consultant and director of software company Neurapses Technology Pvt ltd. based in Melbourne, Australia.

Kalpana is interested in Robotics and Machine learning and possesses global implementation and project management experience in Logistics, Financial and Education industries spanning in USA, UK and India. She also specialises in customer relationship management and involved in strategy, development, and execution of multi-channel marketing initiatives.

Kalpana is very interested in exploring new places and learning about different culture! She received her Master of Advanced Computer Science from University of Leicester, UK, where she lived for 4 years. She has lived in different European countries for over 9 years and now in Australia for over 2 years.

Being a proud mother and a yoga teacher, she loves to teach kids yoga on her free time.

To contact Kalpana, email her at [email protected]

Jonathan is Professor in Robotics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Director of the Australian Cobotics Centre (also known as the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Collaborative Robotics in Advanced Manufacturing). He is also the Technical Director of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM Hub). His main areas of research are Field Robotics, Design Robotics and Medical Robotics. Before joining QUT, he was Research Director of CSIRO’s Autonomous Systems Laboratory. Jonathan is a Past President of the Australian Robotics & Automation Association Inc. He is the co-inventor of the UAV Challenge.

Contact Jonathan at [email protected] and please do follow him on LinkedIn!

Jeannie Marie Paterson is a Professor of Law at The University of Melbourne. Jeannie specialises in the areas of contracts and consumer protection, along with the law of emerging technologies.

Jeannie is the co-director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, a collaborative, interdisciplinary research, teaching and policy centre at the University of Melbourne involving the faculties of Engineering and Information Technology, Law, Arts and Science.

Jeannie holds a current legal practicing certificate and regularly consults to government and not-for-profit organisations, as well as speaking regularly on issues around AI, ethics and consumer protection. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. She is a member of the academic steering committees of the Minderoo Tech and Policy Lab (UWA), Cyber Security CRC (Canberra) and the Australian Society for Computers and the Law. She is an academic editor of the Australian Journal of Business Law and the Journal for Law, Technology and Humans.

To contact Jeannie, email her at [email protected]

Joining me in today’s episode is Michael Evans. Michael is an AI Strategist, and Principal at Evans AI, providing AI strategy, policy and governance advice to industry and government. His career is predicated on the notion that AI is going to be one of the most transformational technologies and factors of the 21st Century, and will require organisations, governments and multilateral institutions to re-evaluate their purpose, strategy and operations.

Holding a passion for helping his clients understand, navigate and leverage AI, Michael was a key author of the Australian National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap, contributed to the development of Australia's national approach to governing autonomous vehicles, and represented Australia at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, where he completed a policy fellowship examining the implications of AI and Automation for Australia.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Economics and Finance, Master in Applied Finance and Master of Management from the Queensland University of Technology.

Contact Michael at [email protected].

Joining me today is Dr Heba Khamis, CEO and co-founder of Contactile. Contactile is a Sydney-based start-up, making tactile sensors that give robots a human sense of touch to enable them to perform difficult material handling tasks.

Since 2014, Heba has been developing tactile sensors for robotic gripping that are inspired by the human sense of touch. Heba holds a PhD, B (Software) Engineering and B Medical Science and has been a researcher for over 10 years applying her expertise in biosignal processing, pattern recognition and machine learning to complex biomedical problems including epilepsy, cardiac diseases, malnutrition and human tactile physiology.

Heba sends out a monthly newsletter, Robotic Pulse Newsletter, covering all the latest happenings in robotics - contact Heba at [email protected] to subscribe.

For any other inquiries, including investment opportunities, contact Heba at [email protected]

My guest today is Dr Nicholas Nadeau. Nicholas is the CTO of Halodi Robotics, leading their engineering and worldwide expansion with the mission of bringing safe and capable humanoid robots to everyone.

He is a professional engineer (P.Eng.) and a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). Nicholas received his Ph.D. from École de technologie supérieure where his research combined machine learning and collaborative robotics to develop methods for safe robotic freehand medical ultrasound.

Nicholas has spent the last decade creating unique technologies for the biomedical, food robotics, collaborative robotics, and additive manufacturing domains.

Contact Nicholas at [email protected].

Joining me in today’s episode is Dr Sue Keay. Sue was my first guest on the podcast and I thought it only fitting that she kicks off the next 50 episodes!

Sue is the CEO of Queensland AI Hub following her role as Research Director for Cyber-Physical Systems at CSIRO’s Data61. She is responsible for bringing the Grace Hopper Celebration to Australia and led the development of Australia’s first Robotics roadmap, outlining how robotics and automation will impact on every sector of the Australian economy.

Sue was formerly the Chief Operating Officer for the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision and has an MBA from The University of Queensland Business School and a PhD in Earth Science from ANU. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, chairs the Boards of Robotics Australia Group and the Australia AI Collective and is an Adjunct Professor at QUT.

Contact Sue at [email protected]