skinny.

Latest / Automated with Brian Heater

Daniele Pucci on Why Humanoid Robots Need a Sense of Touch

A humanoid robot’s skin can be part of its intelligence.

Daniele Pucci is building around that idea at Generative Bionics.

The company’s co-founder and CEO joins Brian Heater to explain GENE.01’s tactile skin and proximity sensing, and why a robot’s body and AI have to be designed together.

That becomes especially important when a machine is working in direct contact with a person. Pucci describes research using wearables to measure human fatigue, with the goal of having a robot recognize when a worker needs physical assistance.

He also explains why a welding humanoid and a hospital robot…

The skinny

The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.