In this week's episode of theScience Focus Podcast, commissioning editor Jason Goodyer speaks to Dr Carl Strathearn, a research fellow at the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University.
He's currently conducting research on realistic humanoid robots, specifically on more realistically synchronising their speech and mouth movements.
He tells us about how to get robots out of the Uncanny Valley, why the way a robot looks is so important, and why Data fromStar Trek is an inspiration for his work.
Let us know what you think of the episode with a review or a comment wherever you listen to your podcasts.
- Subscribeto theScience Focus Podcaston these services:Acast,iTunes,Stitcher,RSS,Overcast
- Read the full transcription of this episode [this will open in a new window]
Listen to more episodes of theScience Focus Podcast:
- How virtual reality is helping patients with phobias, anxiety disorders and more
- Dr Pete Etchells: Do video games encourage gambling behaviour?
- Rana el Kaliouby: What if computers could read our emotions?
- Ritu Raman: Can you build with biology?
- Dr Erin Macdonald: Is there science in Star Trek?
- Robert Elliott Smith: Are algorithms inherently biased?