Dr. Wendy Ju returns to the RoboPsych Podcast to discuss autonomous objects and their social ecosystems.

Show Notes

Ep. 61 - Dr. Wendy Ju on Autonomous Ecosystems

Dr. Wendy Ju returns to the RoboPsych Podcast to speak with Carla Diana and Tom about designing social objects and their ecosystems.

• Wendy’s new academic position at Cornell Tech
• Wendy's book: The Design of Implicit Interactions
• Wendy's previous RoboPsych Podcast appearance
• Hugh Dubberly’s Ecosystems Presentation
• Dubberly’s Ecosytem Diagram
• Black Mirror bees episode
• Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision
• Ken Goldberg's work at UC Berkeley
• The coming “service avatars” from Mike Kuniavsky’s book, Smart Things
• Clayton Christensen's "jobs to be done" model
• Connect with us via email
• Connect with us via Twitter

Ep. 60 - John Sullins, Ph.D. On Robot Ethics

Show Notes

Today, Carla and Tom have a conversation about issues in robot ethics with Sonoma State University philosophy professor John P. Sullins, Ph.D.

• John’s professional background
• John’s writings on Academia.edu
• Noel Sharkey remarks on robot personhood
• Heider and Simmel 1944 experiment with moving shapes
• Carla's Popular Science article
• Kitt from Night Rider
• Recent Uber fatality, implications of human and machine vision
• Man killed by police officers mistakenly believing he had a gun
• IEEE Autonomous System Design Standards document

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 kids from hitting robots
• Little Inu - a dinosaur-like robot toy
• Pleo study at University of Duisburg-Essen
• Kate Darling’s study on human-robot interaction and empathy
• ASPCA - Founded in 1866
• ASPCR - American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Robots
• Joanna Bryson - Summary of Reddit AMA
• Joanna Bryson - "Robots Should Be Slaves"
• EU considering “electronic personhood” for robots
• Cynthia Breazeal - Measuring Children’s Long-Term Relationships with Social Robots
• Immanuel Kant on animal rights
• I, Robot - film

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 Self Podcast: What to think about before posting family photos
• Neato Robovac
• Black Mirror: Shut Up and Dance
• Constance Fischer, Ph.D. on Privacy
• Glenn Greenwald TED Talk on Privacy
• Polycom Video Conference Cameras
• Farhad Manjoo NY Times article, "The Scary and Sublime Future of Cameras With A.I. Brains"

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, Netherlands. 

• Barry Fitzgerald’s website
• Superhero Science and Technology Journal
• Secrets of Superhero Science ebook
• Journal article: Using Hawkeye From the Avengers to Communicate On the Eye

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 calls, “RoboPsych.”

• Human-robot collaboration: Multiplicity
• Competencies: bundles of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal characteristics
• World Economic Forum Reskilling Revolution article
• Big Five Personality Model - Wikipedia article
• Big Five Personality Model - Instrument
• Dreyfus Novice - Expert Model
• Smarter Than You Think - Clive Thompson
• World Economic Forum - Eight Futures article
• Negative Attitudes About Robots Scale
• Accenture Reskilling Study
• Carla’s Popular Science Autopilot Article
• Madeline Gannon “Robot Whisperer” video
• Foundation for Responsible Robotics Workshop

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 Munich, Germany, January 15 - 17, 2018.

Show Notes:

• Beyond Tellerrand accessibility presentation: Marcy Sutton
• Carla’s Beyond Tellerrand Conference presentation: Video
• Dr. Andrea Thomasz RoboPsych Podcast interview
• Dr. Thomasz’s U. Of Texas Socially Intelligent Machines Lab
• Introducing Simon, a robot
• Leonardo, an early robot
• Designing Simon’s face
• Simon’s cousin, Curi
• Dr. Thomasz’s TEDx Talk
• Carla and Poli, a robot
• Carla’s NY Times “robots in ordinary products” slide show
• MacBook pulsating “breathing” light
• Neato BotVac

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 Munich, Germany, January 15 - 17, 2018.

Show Notes:

• Beyond Tellerrand accessibility presentation: Marcy Sutton
• Carla’s Beyond Tellerrand Conference presentation: Video
• Dr. Andrea Thomasz RoboPsych Podcast interview
• Dr. Thomasz’s U. Of Texas Socially Intelligent Machines Lab
• Introducing Simon, a robot
• Leonardo, an early robot
• Designing Simon’s face
• Simon’s cousin, Curi
• Dr. Thomasz’s TEDx Talk
• Carla and Poli, a robot
• Carla’s NY Times “robots in ordinary products” slide show
• MacBook pulsating “breathing” light
• Neato BotVac

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, Cheap & Out of Control
• Philip Tetlock's Superforecasting method
• Aubrey de Grey
• The Trolley Problem
• Bottlenose Dolphin intelligence article
• Wall Street Journal 2018 predictions article
• RadioLab "Driverless Dilemma" episode

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