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Robots with Renee McMillan-Tolley, Ian Peake and James Harland
Welcome to our first podcast episode!
Today we are talking about the future of robotics and how to get involved with robotics at RMIT.
I had the honour of talking to:
Renee McMillan-Tolley, Scrum Master for the Accenture's MyWizard AiOps team at Accenture. Former tutor and executive of the CSIT Society at RMIT.
Dr Ian Peake, founding lab manager of the RMIT VX labs, a robotics and virtual experiences laboratory at RMIT.
James Harland, a professor of computational logic, associate dean of student experience and well known lecturer at RMIT.
Highlights of the episode:
1:40: An Introduction to RMIT VX Labs by Lab Manager Ian Peake
3:50: Movements in robotics research
4:40: James Harland on COVID-19 testing with drones
5:50: Renee McMillan-Tolley on Roombas
14:30: Renee McMillan-Tolley on using chatbots for social check ups
16:30: James Harland on AWS and Robotics
19:30: Challenges in Robotic human interaction
27:50: James Harland on implications of interactions with large quantities of drones
33:40: Ian Peake on Rosie, RMIT's humanoid robot
37:20: How to get into robotics at RMIT
44:00: Upcoming club events
If you want to check out the VX labs more, check out the following:
https://facebook.com/vxlabrmit
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6EpN7H7GGKGefnfmq_Ynqw
https://rmit.edu.au/vxlab
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By Sam NolanWelcome to our first podcast episode!
Today we are talking about the future of robotics and how to get involved with robotics at RMIT.
I had the honour of talking to:
Renee McMillan-Tolley, Scrum Master for the Accenture's MyWizard AiOps team at Accenture. Former tutor and executive of the CSIT Society at RMIT.
Dr Ian Peake, founding lab manager of the RMIT VX labs, a robotics and virtual experiences laboratory at RMIT.
James Harland, a professor of computational logic, associate dean of student experience and well known lecturer at RMIT.
Highlights of the episode:
1:40: An Introduction to RMIT VX Labs by Lab Manager Ian Peake
3:50: Movements in robotics research
4:40: James Harland on COVID-19 testing with drones
5:50: Renee McMillan-Tolley on Roombas
14:30: Renee McMillan-Tolley on using chatbots for social check ups
16:30: James Harland on AWS and Robotics
19:30: Challenges in Robotic human interaction
27:50: James Harland on implications of interactions with large quantities of drones
33:40: Ian Peake on Rosie, RMIT's humanoid robot
37:20: How to get into robotics at RMIT
44:00: Upcoming club events
If you want to check out the VX labs more, check out the following:
https://facebook.com/vxlabrmit
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6EpN7H7GGKGefnfmq_Ynqw
https://rmit.edu.au/vxlab