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Welcome to the Convergent Science Network Podcast!
During the BCBT Summerschools (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) hosting professors Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott interviewed several speakers after their lectures. Interviews are also conducted on other occasions with various scientist in converging fields.
About the hosts: Paul Verschure is ICREA Professor at SPECS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.
The Convergent Science Network of biomimetic and biohybrid systems (CSN, www.csnetwork.eu) is a coordination action for the development of future real-world technologies. CSN is supported through the Future and Emerging Technology programs (FET) of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) work programme of Framework Programme 7 of the European Commission.
Audio (post-)production: Sytse Wierenga. Podcast site: Alberto Betella.
Thoughts, discussions, and achievements in neurobiology, biomimetic and biohybrid systems
We can learn a lot from brains and bodies when making machines and robots. But reversely, building complex machine systems can also give ideas about how brains and bodies have implemented their functioning over the evolution of ages. This podcast discusses various themes and aspects in-between robotics, neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, biology, and technology.
Interview with Kevin O'Regan
05-04-2018
Kevin O'Regan (Université Paris Descartes, France) theorizes building robots that can feel. Passing topics like sensory presence and sensorimotor laws, he and Paul Verschure reach the boundaries of what it means to 'feel'.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 87.14MB - Duration: 1:15:53 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Yoseph Bar-Cohen
05-04-2018
Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA) is an expert in the field of biomimetics. With Paul Verschure he discusses the influence of mountain goats on climbing robots, as well as the ways robotic technology is revolutionizing our society.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 66.21MB - Duration: 57:36 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Hillel Chiel
05-04-2018
Main topics in Hillel Chiel's research (Case Western Reserve University, USA) are control systems, and biomechanics. With Paul Verschure he discusses how studying completely soft body control, like of tongues, can lead to finding main principles.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 79.65MB - Duration: 1:09:21 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Joseph Ayers
05-04-2018
Joseph Ayers (Northeastern University) has moved from systems physiology to building robot lobsters, increasingly focusing on the interplay between the physiological, sensorimotor, and neural interplay of these animals' characteristics.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 76.66MB - Duration: 1:06:44 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Huoseng Hu
05-04-2018
Huoseng Hu (University of Essex, UK) moved from industrial to service & field robotics. He discusses the building of robot fish with Tony Prescott, but also the development of a semi-robotic wheelchair controlled with thoughts.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 35.83MB - Duration: 31:03 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Andy Phillipides
05-04-2018
Andy Philipides (University of Sussex, UK) studies insect navigation, as e.g. ants do. With Tony Prescott he discusses the importance of studying real ants in natural environments next to lab modeling, and themes like path integration and visual memory.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 31.84MB - Duration: 27:34 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Mitra Hartmann
05-04-2018
Mitra Hartmann (Northwestern University, USA) researches perception, particularly 'active sensing'. With Tony Prescott, a colleague in the field, she discusses what can be learnt from exploratory behavior like whisking, including behavior and biology.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 19.54MB - Duration: 16:49 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Federico Carpi
05-04-2018
Federico Carpi (University of Pisa, Italy) is an expert on robot body materials. With Tony Prescott he discusses the current development towards soft materials that can deform under electrical stimulation, and can act and sense at the same time.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 42.44MB - Duration: 36:50 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Frank Grasso
05-04-2018
Frank Grasso (Cognitive Robotics Lab, City University of New York) has extensively studied lobsters and cephalopods, and modeled with robots. With Tony Prescott he discusses sensing capabilities, control and learning capabilities of these animals.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 50.09MB - Duration: 43:31 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Bill Hansson
04-04-2018
Bill Hansson's research focuses on the the theme of olfaction, especially in insects. With Paul Verschure he discusses neural structures, but also the ways flowers have evolved to successfully deceive such olfactory systems.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 28.25MB - Duration: 49:22 m (80 kbps 44100 Hz)
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