Nicole Robinson, host of The AIR Code, provides a brief introduction to the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (AIR) Code Podcast.

#1 - Introduction to Podcast

Dr. Juxi Leitner, an intelligent robotics expert, discusses the current advances on robot grasping. 

Dr. Juxi Leitner is a Research Fellow at the Australian Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision (ACRV). Dr. Leitner's research focus is on integrating Robotics, Computer Vision and Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (AI) for robust grasping and manipulation in real-world scenarios. Dr. Juxi Leitner is the Amazon Robotics Challenge 2017 winner for robot grasping in a warehouse automation challenge. 

Dr. Leitner founded Brisbane.AI and the Brisbane Robotics Interest Group to promote the knowledge and engagement of robotics and AI in Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Leitner has also worked at the IDSIA Robotics Lab and received his PhD from the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) for his work on robotic learning for visual perception and actions on the iCub humanoid robot. Other work positions include Space Security and AI at the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency, and received a Masters of Space Robotics in a Joint European Master Programme (SpaceMaster) at Aalto (TKK) and the Kiruna Space Campus (LTU). 

Podcast topics: Robotic grasping and manipulation in both structured and unstructured environments, end effectors, soft skin robotics and warehouse automation.

#2 - Robot Grasping for New Objects with Dr. Juxi Leitner

Dr. Thierry Peynot speaks about the use of robotics and AI in the mining process. 

Dr. Peynot is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology. Dr. Peynot research focus is on Autonomous Ground Vehicles (AGV), planetary rovers, persistent autonomy, sensor data fusion, perception integrity, resilient perception using multiple sensing modalities and resilient navigation.

Previously, Dr. Peynot was a Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR), The University of Sydney, Australia and an Associate Lecturer (or fixed-term Assistant Professor) at the University Toulouse III between 2005 and 2007. Dr. Peynot received his PhD and MSc degrees from the Institut National Polytechnique (INP) of Toulouse in 2006 and 2002, respectively. In 2005, Dr. Peynot visited the NASA Ames Research Centre, in California, to work on the Collaborative Decision System (CDS) program, which was awarded the NASA Group Achievement Award in 2006.

Podcast topics: Mining, robotics, machinery, machine learning, underground operation, computer vision, autonomous vehicles, and mining techniques

#3 - Robotics and AI in Mining with Dr. Thierry Peynot

AIR Code: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (AIR) in byte-sized podcast episodes. Hosted by Nicole Robinson

#3 - Robotics and AI in Mining with Dr. Thierry Peynot

AIR Code - AI and Robotics Podcast

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