Soft Robotics Podcast
Hey! I am Marwa ElDiwiny, the host and creator of the Soft Robotics podcast. I started this podcast for a reason, one of them was to ask the questions I always wanted to ask when I was in the lab and reignite my curiosity by talking to interesting people. I found my purpose in this podcast, I hope it may inspire someone somehow along this journey!
Latest episodes
Sep 7, 2024 • 56min
Hot Take on NEO Beta 1X Technologies
Hot Take on NEO Beta 1X Technologies by Marwa ElDiwiny
Jul 18, 2024 • 53min
Steve Tidball "Vollebak | Clothes From The Future"
Steve Tidball, CEO and co-founder of Vollebak, a pioneering British clothing brand known for its innovative approach to sportswear and adventure apparel.
https://vollebak.com
Jul 12, 2024 • 47min
Anders Lydik Garm: The Immortal Jellyfish & Starfish
Anders Lydik Garm: The Immortal Jellyfish & Starfish by Marwa ElDiwiny
Jun 10, 2024 • 1h 5min
Exclusive Interview "Unitree G1 - Humanoid agent AI avatar"
Exclusive Interview "Unitree G1 - Humanoid agent AI avatar" by Marwa ElDiwiny
May 26, 2024 • 41min
Pablo Molina "Kas, Avidbots" Autonomous Cleaning Robots
Pablo Molina "Kas, Avidbots" Autonomous Cleaning Robots by Marwa ElDiwiny
May 19, 2024 • 1h 1min
Mike Fiorito "For All We Know: A UFO Manifesto" New Book
Mike Fiorito is an editor, journalist and the award-winning author of eight genre-defying books: For All We Know, The Hated Ones, Falling from Trees, Sleeping with Fishes, Call Me Guido, Freud’s Haberdashery Habit, and Hallucinating Huxley.
To connect with Mike: https://mikefiorito.com
May 10, 2024 • 1h 5min
Hamed Rajabi "Mechanical Intelligence, Metamaterial, Crack Deflection, Insect Wings"
More about Hamed's work: https://hamedrajabi.com
What is Mechanical Intelligence (MI)?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202203783
Complexity Biomechanics: a novel framework for sustainable and regenerative design and development:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsfs.2023.0060
A few examples of how insect wings have inspired innovative designs:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2211861119
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05206-1
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202004383
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202004338
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-021-04310-5
Apr 21, 2024 • 1h 9min
Old episode "Jennifer Mather "My Octopus Teacher, Octopus Cognition"
Old episode "Jennifer Mather "My Octopus Teacher, Octopus Cognition" by Marwa ElDiwiny
Apr 16, 2024 • 49min
Corentin Coulais "Metamaterial, Geometric Imperfections, Instabilities"
Special thanks to Purvis Bedenbaugh, our podcast listeners who brought my attention to Corentin's work. Thank you Purvis!
More about Corentin Coulais's work:
-Endless domino effect
https://iop.uva.nl/content/news/2024/03/an-endless-domino-effect.html?origin=hqZwIY6%2FTt2p%2FbYjLQhlIg
-Locomotion in non-reciprocal materials
https://www.quantamagazine.org/wheel-made-of-odd-matter-spontaneously-rolls-uphill-20220615/
Plasticity and buckling
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04748
Apr 15, 2024 • 1h 14min
Bernt Børnich "1X Technologies Androids, NEO, EVE"
Thanks to Scott Walter for co-hosting this episode, you can follow him on X @GoingBallistic5
