Talking Robotics

Reflections & dialogues on robotics and its interaction with adjacent fields.
Organized by @si_tulli rlaha @nitin_rag @nkalavak

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@a_uselis @DJiafei Yes, we will be recording the session. It will be made available on our YouTube channel in about a week - https://t.co/w88pUmMmqc

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🤖Talking Robotics #89 - Jiafei Duan (UW/NUS); Beyond Imitation: VLMs as Rewards, Steerers, and Reasoners for Robot Learning.
📆 May 13, 2026 | 09:00 PDT | 18:00 CEST
💻Registration Link: https://t.co/EVsVlbKdhx
🔗 Details: https://t.co/PDKs4U5P6n

@DJiafei #Robotics #VLM

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We are very excited to host @DJiafei tomorrow at the Talking Robotics online seminar. Join us to hear more about TOPReward, Vision-Language Steering, and his latest work on MolmoAct2.

If you have not already registered, click on the Zoom registration link below.

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🤖Talking Robotics #89 - Jiafei Duan (UW/NUS); Beyond Imitation: VLMs as Rewards, Steerers, and Reasoners for Robot Learning.
📆 May 13, 2026 | 09:00 PDT | 18:00 CEST
💻Registration Link: https://t.co/EVsVlbKdhx
🔗 Details: https://t.co/PDKs4U5P6n

@DJiafei #Robotics #VLM

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🤖 Talking Robotics #88 - Merle Mirjam Reimann (KTH): how capability communication keeps human–robot conversation clear and natural.
🗓️ Apr 15, 2026 | 12:00 EDT | 18:00 CET
💻 Registration Link: https://t.co/caiiQAqr1v
🔗 Details: https://t.co/KU4JrWhHO1
#Robotics #ai

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Sebastian will be sharing lessons from his experiences as a robotics software engineer and an open source contributor.

If you are yet to register for our session tomorrow, now is the time! See you at 9 am PT/5pm GMT on Dec 10th via zoom🤖
#Robotics @roboticseabass

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🤖 Join us for Talking Robotics #87 with Sebastian Castro (RAI) to hear about lessons in approachable system design for robotics.

🗓️Schedule: Dec 10, 2025 | 09:00 PST | 18:00 CET
💻Zoom Registration: https://t.co/wIDxn0Bgxx
🔗Details: https://t.co/ZAsCxH8fzx
#Robotics #ai

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@roboticseabass @rai_inst

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🤖 Join us for Talking Robotics #87 with Sebastian Castro (RAI) to hear about lessons in approachable system design for robotics.

🗓️Schedule: Dec 10, 2025 | 09:00 PST | 18:00 CET
💻Zoom Registration: https://t.co/wIDxn0Bgxx
🔗Details: https://t.co/ZAsCxH8fzx
#Robotics #ai

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🤖 Join us for Talking Robotics #87 with Sebastian Castro (RAI) to hear about lessons in approachable system design for robotics.

🗓️Schedule: Dec 10, 2025 | 09:00 PST | 18:00 CET
💻Zoom Registration: https://t.co/wIDxn0Bgxx
🔗Details: https://t.co/ZAsCxH8fzx
#Robotics #ai

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🚀We are back for another season

🤖Join us for #86 with Nicolas Perrin-Gilbert from ISIR.

🔗Details: https://t.co/stmwxztbR4
📅Date: September 03, 2025 (Wed) at 18:00 CEST | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT
🖊️Zoom Registration: https://t.co/6L3wV3PV5K
#robotics #Reinforcementlearning

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🤖 Join us for Talking Robotics #85 with Vaibhav Unhelkar (Rice University) to discuss how to train humans to use robots effectively.

📅Schedule: July 23 | 09:00 PDT | 18:00 CEST
💻Zoom registration: https://t.co/mdggYNlnyL
📄Details: https://t.co/R8oWCWEym8

#robotics #hri

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Hear from Brittany Cates at Talking Robotics #84 to learn about Trust Issues: Modeling Lies and Deception in Artificial Agents!

📅Schedule: July 09| 09:00 PDT | 18:00 CEST
💻Zoom registration: https://t.co/tbOTjBFA4k
📄Details: https://t.co/N3Prjw9dbT

#robotics #trustworthyAI

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Catch Emile Kroeger discuss about social robots in the wild at Talking Robotics #83 tomorrow!
📅 Schedule: Jun 25 | 09:00 EDT | 12:00 EST | 18:00 CEST
💻 Zoom - free registration required: https://t.co/z5guaX8hVF
📄Details: https://t.co/1QuDFiUSFH

#robotics #socialrobots #AI

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🤖 Next Talking Robotics episode: Maria Pozzi from @UniSiena discussing soft robotics & embodied intelligence in manipulation!
📅 June 11 | 12:00 EST | 18:00 CET 💻 Online - Free registration required
📝 Register: https://t.co/Gpc5ga9QYL
#Robotics #SoftRobotics #TalkingRobotics

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🌟Join us next week for Talking Robotics #81 with Ravi Pandya from @ICL_at_CMU @CMU_Robotics

🤖Title: Influence-Aware Safety for Human-Robot Interaction
📅 04 June (Wednesday), 2025 - 09:00 PDT/12:00 EDT/18:00 CEST
💻 Register for free Zoom link: https://t.co/jnM2lMkH3U

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🌟Join us for #80 with @QianhuiMen from the University of Bristol to learn more about AI for Healthcare

📅Date: (Wednesday) 14 May 2025 - 09:00 PDT | 12:00 EDT | 17:00 BST | 18:00 CEST
🔗Register: https://t.co/f2Gi9AiqvG

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Join us for #79 with @jonarriza96 next week for Egocentric Decision-Making for Robot Autonomy

⏲️: 30 Apr 2025 - 09:00 PDT | 12:00 EDT
✍️: https://t.co/kbzed8KdZm
🤖: https://t.co/4BB4aNLTzF

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Don't forget to register for the session happening tomorrow 🤖

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Next week @_DamienRudaz discusses how interactional burden shifts to humans and how robot "transparency" reshapes dialogue. Don't forget to register!
✍️Registration: https://t.co/Pdkri8STCy
⏲️16 Apr 2025 at 12PM ET - 5PM CET

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Next week @_DamienRudaz discusses how interactional burden shifts to humans and how robot "transparency" reshapes dialogue. Don't forget to register!
✍️Registration: https://t.co/Pdkri8STCy
⏲️16 Apr 2025 at 12PM ET - 5PM CET

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Join us for talk #77 with Marta Skreta from University of Toronto discussing how language models can create robot chemists for self-driving labs 🤖
✒️Registration: https://t.co/8YZMS4uv4K
📅19 Mar 2025 at 12PM ET - 5PM CET
🧪Details: https://t.co/996LT6hDU5
#AIChemistry #Robot

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🚀Back for yet another season🚀

🤖Join us for #76 with Luis Figueredo from the Uni of Nottingham on Wednesday 💫

🖊️Registration: https://t.co/CEL66L6aCa
📅Date: 05 Mar - 09:00 PST | 17:00 GMT | 18:00 CET
🔗Details: https://t.co/g4uKYjWiVc

[patrícia alves-oliveira @p_alvesoliveira]

it was a pleasure talking with @talkingrobotics 💛 in this interview, i share how I went from #Psychology to #Robotics, my #teaching approach, and how I see social media being used for academic work https://t.co/nRjbnud13h @UMRobotics @UMengineering @UMich