#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics
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4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 112 minutes
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(10:12) - Early robots
(15:15) - Legged robots
(33:55) - Boston Dynamics
(37:13) - BigDog
(45:20) - Hydraulic actuation
(47:12) - Natural movement
(52:59) - Leg Lab
(59:51) - AI Institute
(1:03:09) - Athletic intelligence
(1:11:04) - Building a team
(1:14:05) - Videos
(1:21:53) - Engineering
(1:25:21) - Dancing robots
(1:30:08) - Hiring
(1:34:00) - Optimus robot
(1:42:30) - Future of robotics
(1:47:24) - Advice for young people
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Mark Rybert, a legendary roboticist, founder and longtime CEO of Boston Dynamics and recently, the executive director of the newly created Boston Dynamics AI Institute that focuses on research and the cutting edge, |
| 0:17.0 | on creating future generations of robots that are far better than anything that exists today. |
| 0:23.5 | He has been leading the creation of incredible legged robots |
| 0:27.3 | for over 40 years at CMU at MIT, |
| 0:31.9 | the legendary MIT Legelab, and then of course Boston Dynamics with amazing robots like Big Dog Atlas |
| 0:38.4 | Spa and Handle. |
| 0:40.4 | This was a big honor and pleasure for me. |
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