To celebrate the UK Festival of Robotics, Robot Talk podcast is going LIVE!

This is your opportunity to join the audience for a virtual recording of the ninth episode of Robot Talk - the final episode of our first series - and ask your questions to our guests live on Zoom.

Claire will be talking to fascinating roboticists whose research has taken them 'into the wild':

• Sophie Armanini (TU Munich / Imperial College London)
• Matthew Ryan Tucker (University of Bristol)
• Ben Scott-Robinson (Small Robot Company)

Matthew Ryan Tucker is a Physics PhD Student at the University of Bristol, researching the use of ground based mobile robots for mapping radiation and finding radiation hotspots. Last year he was part of a University field trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion zone, where he deployed a Boston Dynamics Spot robot in a variety of different locations, including beneath the New Safe Confinement at the Chernobyl Power plant.

Sophie Armanini is an assistant professor at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and a guest researcher at Imperial College London, where she previously worked as a research associate. She obtained her PhD from Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), and has been a visiting researcher at Cranfield University and Cornell University (USA). Sophie’s research focuses on the dynamics and control of unconventional and bioinspired aerial vehicles, including flapping-wing and aerial-aquatic robots.

Ben Scott-Robinson is an accomplished digital entrepreneur focused on geospatial and mobility technologies. Ben co-founded the Small Robot Company in 2017 which endeavours to replace tractors with accurate, smart, lightweight robots. With 20 years experience in digital innovation, including the digital transformation of Ordnance Survey, Ben is also an experienced technology entrepreneur having founded two agencies, two consultancies, an app start-up and a phone for the blind.

This event is part of the UK-RAS Network Festival of Robotics (#RobotFest), a 7-day programme of events, competitions and activities for robot-lovers of all ages. The UK Festival of Robotics replaces the long-running and popular UK Robotics Week event.

You can find out more about the UK Festival of Robotics by visiting the UK-RAS website: https://www.ukras.org/robotics-festival/or following UKRobotics on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.