In this episode, we interviewed Allison Okamura, a professor at the Mechanical Engineering Dept, Stanford University, and the leader of the CHARM LAB. Allison Okamura received the BS degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and the MS and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. She is Professor in the mechanical engineering department at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in computer science. She is an IEEE Fellow and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Her awards include the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics Early Career Award, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Academic Career Award, and the NSF CAREER Award. Her academic interests include haptics, teleoperation, virtual reality, medical robotics, soft robotics, rehabilitation, and education.