#97 – Sertac Karaman: Robots That Fly and Robots That Drive
May 20, 2020
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Episode 97 · May 20, 2020
#97 – Sertac Karaman: Robots That Fly and Robots That Drive
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#97 – Sertac Karaman: Robots That Fly and Robots That Drive
Summary
<p>Sertac Karaman is a professor at MIT, co-founder of the autonomous vehicle company Optimus Ride, and is one of top roboticists in the world, including robots that drive and robots that fly.</p>
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<p>EPISODE LINKS:<br />
Sertac’s Website: <a href="http://sertac.scripts.mit.edu/web/">http://sertac.scripts.mit.edu/web/</a><br />
Sertac’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sertackaraman">https://twitter.com/sertackaraman</a><br />
Optimus Ride: <a href="https://www.optimusride.com/">https://www.optimusride.com/</a></p>
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<p>Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p>
<p>OUTLINE:<br />
00:00 – Introduction<br />
01:44 – Autonomous flying vs autonomous driving<br />
06:37 – Flying cars<br />
10:27 – Role of simulation in robotics<br />
17:35 – Game theory and robotics<br />
24:30 – Autonomous vehicle company strategies<br />
29:46 – Optimus Ride<br />
47:08 – Waymo, Tesla, Optimus Ride timelines<br />
53:22 – Achieving the impossible<br />
53:50 – Iterative learning<br />
58:39 – Is Lidar is a crutch?<br />
1:03:21 – Fast autonomous flight<br />
1:18:06 – Most beautiful idea in robotics</p>