#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design
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Simone Giertz is an inventor, designer, engineer, and roboticist famous for a combination of humor and brilliant creative design in the systems and products she creates. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00 ) – Introduction
(06:49 ) – Early creations
(23:42 ) – Sh*tty Robots
(38:40 ) – Robots and human connection
(40:55 ) – Dating AI
(44:14 ) – Proud parent machine
(46:05 ) – Creative process
(47:31 ) – Bubble wrap music box
(52:53 ) – Education
(58:27 ) – Difficult projects
(59:56 ) – TED talk
(1:06:13 ) – Brain tumor
(1:14:51 ) – Fear of death
(1:19:15 ) – Mass production
(1:34:40 ) – Truckla
(1:39:29 ) – Weapons
(1:43:29 ) – Consciousness
(1:45:33 ) – MMA
(1:49:36 ) – China, Kenya, and USA
(1:54:29 ) – Advice for young people
(1:58:21 ) – Meaning of life
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