Best Isabelle Castro Podcasts (2024)

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Episode Ninety: Robot Talk Live — Robotically Augmented People 51:36

2M ago51:36

51:36

Robotics is helping to rehabilitate and increase human abilities in areas like mobility and stamina. Innovations in robotic devices, exoskeletons, and wearable tech aim to offer disabled people different perspectives and new experiences, as well as supporting humans more widely to access, inhabit and work safely in dangerous and extreme conditions.…

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Episode Eighty-Nine: Simone Schuerle 23:12

2M ago23:12

23:12

Claire chatted to Simone Schuerle from ETH Zürich all about microrobots, medicine and science. Simone Schuerle is Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where she heads the Responsive Biomedical System Lab. With her team, she develops diagnostic and therapeutic systems at the nano- and microscale with the aim of tackling a range of chall…

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Episode Eighty-Eight: Lord Ara Darzi 15:08

3M ago15:08

15:08

Claire chatted to Lord Ara Darzi from Imperial College London all about robotic surgery - past, present and future. Ara Darzi is Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery. In 2002, he was knighted for his services to medicine and surgery and in 2007 was introduced …

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Episode Eighty-Seven: Isabelle Ormerod 26:13

3M ago26:13

26:13

Claire chatted to Isabelle Ormerod from the University of Bristol all about human-centred design and women in robotics. Isabelle Ormerod is a PhD student at Bristol Robotics Lab in the Design and Manufacturing Futures Lab. Her professional path began in the medical product design industry, where she observed firsthand the application of human facto…

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Episode Eighty-Six: Mario Di Castro 17:44

3M ago17:44

17:44

Claire chatted to Mario Di Castro from CERN all about robotic inspection and maintenance in hazardous environments. Mario Di Castro has a Master’s degree in electronic engineering from the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and a PhD in robotics and industrial controls from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in Spain. Since 2011 he has led…

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Episode Eighty-Five: Margarita Chli 25:47

3M ago25:47

25:47

Claire chatted to Margarita Chli from the University of Cyprus all about vision, navigation, and small aerial drones. Margarita Chli is a professor of Robotic Vision and the director of the Vision for Robotics Lab, at the University of Cyprus and ETH Zurich. Her work has contributed to the first vision-based autonomous flight of a small drone and t…

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Episode Eighty-Four: Steve Benford 30:45

3M ago30:45

30:45

Claire chatted to Steve Benford from the University of Nottingham all about art, dance, and cat sitting robots. Steve Benford is the Dunford Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham where he co-founded the Mixed Reality Laboratory. His research explores artistic applications of digital technologies through performance-led metho…

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Episode Eighty-Three: Estelle Raffy 25:05

4M ago25:05

25:05

Claire chatted to Estelle Raffy from the University of Bristol all about animal behaviour, intelligence, and life-like artificial systems. Estelle Raffy is a PhD student at the University of Bristol. During her Bachelor's degree in neuroscience and cognitive science, the “brained body” of the octopus kept her wondering: how can nature start with si…

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Episode Eighty-Two: Chang Liu 31:12

4M ago31:12

31:12

Claire chatted to Chang Liu from Extend Robotics all about teleoperation, virtual reality, and software. Chang Liu is an entrepreneur from academia and high-tech start-ups. He is the founder, CEO and Chief Designer of Extend Robotics. He was previously a research associate in Imperial College London and University of Southampton on autonomous aeria…

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Episode Eighty-One: Vassia Simaiaki 18:40

4M ago18:40

18:40

Claire chatted to Vassia Simaiaki from Wayve all about computer vision, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars. Vassia Simaiaki is passionate about taking research into application and has spent the last decade of her career in computer vision. She leads AI research in vision and graphics at Wayve. Her focus is pushing the boundaries of nov…

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Episode Eighty: Danesh Tarapore 30:57

4M ago30:57

30:57

Claire chatted to Danesh Tarapore from the University of Southampton all about fault detection, division of labour, and robot swarms. Danesh Tarapore is an Associate Professor at the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Danesh has addressed a diverse range of challenges in fault detection and recovery in robo…

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Episode Seventy-Nine: Ella Maule 22:45

5M ago22:45

22:45

Claire chatted to Ella Maule from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory all about community robotics and the social side of robot design. Ella Maule is a PhD Student in Ethical & Sustainable Futures at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and a co-lead of Women in Robotics UK. Grounded in the principles of Responsible Innovation, her research explores the con…

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Episode Seventy-Eight: Stephen Oram 28:52

5M ago28:52

28:52

Claire chatted to Stephen Oram from Nudge the Future Fiction all about applied science fiction and the quirks and perils of new technology. Stephen Oram writes near-future science fiction, exploring the intersection of messy humans and imperfect technology. He also works with scientists and technologists on projects that explore possible future out…

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Episode Seventy-Seven: Patricia Shaw 22:50

5M ago22:50

22:50

Claire chatted to Patricia Shaw from Aberystwyth University about home assistance robots, and robot learning and development. Patricia Shaw is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Robotics at Aberystwyth University. Her current research interests include technology for assistive living and she is currently leading on establishing a new Smart H…

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Episode Seventy-Six: Andrew Starr 34:22

6M ago34:22

34:22

Claire chatted to Andrew Starr from Cranfield University all about robot maintenance and railway inspection robots. Andrew Starr holds a PhD in condition monitoring of robotic production systems and is a Chartered Engineer. His career started with British Aerospace, before working for the University of Manchester, University of Huddersfield, and th…

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Episode Seventy-Five: Antonia Tzemanaki 22:57

6M ago22:57

22:57

Claire chatted to Antonia Tzemanaki from the University of Bristol all about hand exoskeletons, robotic hands, and teleoperation. Antonia Tzemanaki is Senior Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Bristol and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory. Prior to this, she was Lecturer in Mechatronics at the University of the West of England. Her research in…

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Episode Seventy-Four: Edward Johns 29:15

6M ago29:15

29:15

Claire chatted to Edward Johns from Imperial College London, all about robotic manipulators, learning, and artificial intelligence. Edward Johns is the Director of the Robot Learning Lab at Imperial College London, where he is also a Senior Lecturer. He completed a PhD in Computer Vision at Imperial College and was then a Research Fellow in the Dys…

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Episode Seventy-Three: Maria Jose Galvez Trigo 28:05

6M ago28:05

28:05

Claire chatted to Maria Jose (Marisé) Galvez Trigo from Cardiff University all about human-robot interaction, machine learning, and accessibility. Maria Jose Galvez Trigo (Marisé) is a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, and part of the Human-centred Computing (HCC) Research Section and its Subgroup in …

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Episode Seventy-Two: Rafael Lopez 19:31

6M ago19:31

19:31

Claire chatted to Rafael Lopez from Robotnik Automation all about mobile robots, logistics, and inspection. Rafael Lopez has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering. He worked in research and development at Althea Productos Industriales before joining IBM as a System Engineer for wide area networks in Madrid and Barcelona. He co-founded Robotnik…

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Episode Seventy-One: Virginia Ruiz Garate 27:52

7M ago27:52

27:52

Claire chatted to Virginia Ruiz Garate from Mondragon University all about assistive robotics, mobility, and bio-inspired control. Virginia Ruiz Garate obtained her PhD in 2016 in bio-inspired control for leg exoskeletons at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. Later, she worked on new bio-inspired grasping methods for robotic …

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Episode Seventy: Josh Caputo 29:12

7M ago29:12

29:12

Claire chatted to Josh Caputo from Humotech all about robotic prostheses, exoskeletons and prototyping. Josh Caputo has a background as a multi-disciplinary engineer focused on robotics. He developed a passion for wearable technology working in the Experimental Biomechatronics Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University. His early work focused on stud…

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Episode Sixty-Nine: Elizabeth Sklar 36:12

7M ago36:12

36:12

Claire chatted to Elizabeth Sklar from the University of Lincoln all about agricultural robotics, human-robot teams, and sustainability. Elizabeth Sklar is a Professor of Agri-Robotics and Research Director at the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT), at the University of Lincoln, UK. Her research investigates the implementation of int…

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Episode Sixty-Eight: Rolf Mueller 28:54

7M ago28:54

28:54

Claire chatted to Rolf Mueller from Virginia Tech all about biomimicry, flapping-wing flight, sensing, and artificial intelligence. Rolf Mueller has studied bat biosonar from the perspectives of biophysics and bioinspired engineering for over 20 years. He has worked on statistical signal processing of sonar signals in complex, natural environments,…

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Episode Sixty-Seven: Kris Dorsey 18:41

8M ago18:41

18:41

Claire chatted to Kris Dorsey from Northeastern University all about wearable soft robots, healthcare and rehabilitation. Kris Dorsey is an associate professor in the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences and a core faculty member at the Institute for Experiential Robotics at …

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Episode Sixty-Six: Jims Marchang 29:22

8M ago29:22

29:22

Claire chatted to Jims Marchang from Sheffield Hallam University all about security, privacy, and trust in healthcare robots. Jims Marchang completed his Ph.D. from the CSCAN Research Laboratory, University of Plymouth, UK. He is currently a Sr. Lecturer in Cybersecurity and leads a Secure Intelligent Cyber research cluster and co-lead Digital, AI,…

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Episode Sixty-Five: Katarzyna Szopinska 23:58

9M ago23:58

23:58

Claire chatted to Katarzyna Szopinska from KUKA all about all about software and hardware for medical robotics. Katarzyna Szopinska studied medical and mechanical engineering in both Warsaw and Munich. She got her first professional experience at Brainlab in Munich and then at KUKA where she started as mechanical engineer to later switch to portfol…

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Episode Sixty-Four: Rav Chunilal 19:53

9M ago19:53

19:53

Claire chatted to Rav Chunilal from Sellafield all about robotics and AI for nuclear decommissioning. Rav Chunilal is the Head of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence at Sellafield Ltd, the UK's largest nuclear site. He is responsible for developing and deploying Robotics and AI technologies to decommission the site safely, efficiently, and cost-effe…

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The FCB - A Retrospective of Fintech in 2023 with Don Muir, Arc 29:00

9M ago29:00

29:00

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Don Muir, CEO and founder of Arc. This episode was a special one. It was the last one of a very busy year and I wanted to kind of take stock of what had happened and how it had affected the fintech ecosystem. Arc works closely with …

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Episode Sixty-Three: Ayse Kucukyilmaz 29:28

9M ago29:28

29:28

Claire chatted to Ayse Kucukyilmaz from the University of Nottingham about collaboration, conflict and failure in human-robot interactions. Ayse Kucukyilmaz is Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham and a founding member of the CHART research group. Her research focus is human-centered robotics, where …

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Alexis Copello - Deja de creer en ti 20:27

9M ago20:27

20:27

¿Crees en ti? Ante esta pregunta, apostaríamos a que la respuesta ideal sería, "Sí, por supuesto, claro que creo en mí", pero Alexis Copello no está preguntando la pregunta como se haría tradicionalmente, sino que está apuntando a un entendimiento mucho más profundo de lo que eres, de lo que crees que eres, a las posibilidades y limitaciones que cr…

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The FCB - Dani Fava, Envestnet 24:53

9M ago24:53

24:53

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I joined Dani Fava, Group President of Product Innovation at Envestnet, for my coffee break to talk about the promise of generative AI for financial advisory. With AI being one of the topics of the year for finance, I wanted to ask her how she sees the technolo…

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Episode Sixty-Two: Jorvon Moss 26:29

9M ago26:29

26:29

Claire chatted to Jorvon (Odd-Jayy) Moss from Digikey about making robots at home, and robot design and aesthetics. Commonly known as Odd-Jayy, Jorvon Moss is an accomplished Maker best known for his Robotic Oddities. Jayy’s art background, BFA in Illustration, and self-taught electronics skills have combined to help launch his career and promote t…

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Yasmín Matos - Escucha tu sentir 20:04

9M ago20:04

20:04

Quizá una de las cosas más difíciles que los seres humanos tenemos que aprender a hacer es escucharnos a nosotros mismos, pero para ello hay que entender de fondo que el escucharnos es escuchar nuestro sentir, más allá de todas las otras voces racionales e irracionales que conviven en nuestra cabeza. La buena noticia es que, mientras más lo hacemos…

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The FCB - Nico Simko, Clair 24:23

9M ago24:23

24:23

Hi Guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break, I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I shared my coffee break with Nico Simko, CEO and founder of Clair, an earned wage access and banking app. Now, I’ve covered earned wage access before, but Clair is a different player within the space. The company approaches earned wage access like a loan, also…

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Episode Sixty-One: Masoumeh Mansouri 30:24

10M ago30:24

30:24

Claire chatted to Masoumeh (Iran) Mansouri from the University of Birmingham about culturally sensitive robots and planning in complex environments. Masoumeh Mansouri is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham. Her research includes two complementary areas: (i) developing hybrid robot planning method…

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The FCB - Nicky Senyard and Alana Levine, FintelConnect 40:28

10M ago40:28

40:28

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Alana Levine and Nikki Senyard from Fintel Connect to talk about affiliate marketing and the role of the influencer in building big name financial brands. We spoke about what it takes to scale customer acquisition and how technology…

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Episode Sixty: Carl Strathearn 27:31

10M ago27:31

27:31

Claire chatted to Carl Strathearn from Edinburgh Napier University all about humanoid robots, realistic robot faces and speech. Carl Strathearn is a researcher interested in creating assistive social humanoid robots with embodied AI systems that appear, function, and interact like humans. He believes that creating realistic humanoid robots is signi…

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The FCB - Ed Mallon, Pagaya 29:24

10M ago29:24

29:24

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I shared my coffee break with Ed Mallon, Chief Investment Officer at Pagaya. This year has been difficult for lenders and the consumers they serve. Rates are at record highs, and ratings agencies are applying added pressure. Meanwhile, the heightened cost of li…

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Episode Fifty-Nine: Ffion Llewellyn 18:20

10M ago18:20

18:20

Claire chatted to Ffion Llewellyn from Oshen about sea-faring robots and ocean sensing. Ffion Llewellyn graduated from Imperial College London in 2022 with a masters in Aeronautical Engineering. Following this, she joined Oshen who are building low cost, autonomous micro-vessels for remote ocean sensing. Ffion has been focused on the integration an…

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The FCB - Andrew Jamison, Extend 31:05

10M ago31:05

31:05

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Andrew Jamison, co-founder and CEO of Extend. SMBs have continued to be underserved by the banking ecosystem, and have been hit with even more challenges as the year has rolled out. I spoke to Andrew about why the sector is still an …

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Episode Fifty-Eight: Lorenzo Jamone 27:51

10M ago27:51

27:51

Claire chatted to Lorenzo Jamone from Queen Mary University of London all about robotic hands, dexterity, and the sense of touch. Lorenzo Jamone is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics at Queen Mary University of London, where he is the founder and director of the CRISP group: Cognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People. He received a PhD de…

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Carolina Gallardo - Volverme a enamorar 21:02

10M ago21:02

21:02

Cuando el ser humano ha perdido toda esperanza en el otro y la desilusión se ha apoderado de su corazón, ¿a qué apunta eso? ¿Hay alguna salida de tan triste experiencia más allá de la aceptación y el darse por vencido? ¿Existe la posibilidad de volvernos a enamorar? Carolina nos invita, en este episodio, a acompañarla en su experiencia personal rec…

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The FCB - The DeFi Dip with Matthew Homer 36:54

10M ago36:54

36:54

This year DeFi seems to be going through a bit of a dip. Amid regulatory concerns of the crypto industry and the broken trust following the failure of large Cefi players last year, it looks like development has slowed. However, large financial institutions and fintechs are still engaging in the blockchain space, which had me wondering what is going…

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Episode Fifty-Seven: Kate Devlin 31:40

10M ago31:40

31:40

Claire chatted to Kate Devlin from King's College London about the social and ethical implications of robotics and AI. We touch on a range of different topics from concerns over job losses and privacy to issues of inequality, trust and power. In the second half of the interview, we talk a bit about robotics, AI and relationships. The conversation i…

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The FCB - Andrew Davies, ComplyAdvantage 30:48

11M ago30:48

30:48

This week, I sat down with Andrew Davies, global head of regulatory affairs at ComplyAdvantage. Fraud levels continue to affect the financial industry with statistics showing the estimated money laundering as a percentage of global GDP remaining the same for years. However, Andrew said now is a better time than any for that to change Comply advanta…

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Federico Hernandez Ruiz - Fecundo para crear y concebir 20:22

10M ago20:22

20:22

¿Cómo concibes el vacío? ¿Te horroriza? ¿Te atrae? ¿Lo entiendes fuera o dentro de ti? Imagínate de pronto descubrir que el vacío es parte esencial no nada más de tu vida, sino que es una de tus capacidades más importantes y necesarias, haciendo posible un sinfín de cosas, eventos, crecimiento, encuentro... En este episodio, Federico Hernández nos …

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Episode Fifty-Six: Guillaume Doisy 18:43

11M ago18:43

18:43

Claire chatted to Guillaume Doisy from Dexory about autonomous warehouse robots, mobile robotics, and software. Guillaume Doisy is the current Lead Systems Architect at Dexory, the leading UK robotics and AI company building state-of-the-art fully autonomous mobile robots for use in warehouses. Guillaume has a wide range of responsibilities includi…

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The FCB - Chirag Shah, Nucleus Commercial Finance 24:49

11M ago24:49

24:49

This week I spoke to Chirag Shah, CEO and founder of Nucleus Commercial Finance. Nucleus has been in the fintech space for some time, providing financing solutions for Small and medium businesses with a tech-focused vision. I caught up with him to get his views on the prospect of a super app for SMBs and how embedded finance, and particularly innov…

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Episode Fifty-Five: Sara Adela Abad Guaman 27:12

11M ago27:12

27:12

Claire chatted to Sara Adela Abad Guaman from University College London about adaptable robots inspired by nature. Sara Adela Abad Guaman is a Lecturer at University College London's Mechanical Engineering Department. She is also the head of the Adaptable Robotics Lab. Inspired by biological organisms, Sara aims to develop robots and mechanical sys…

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Luis Chacón - Todas las posibilidades, momento a momento 20:31

11M ago20:31

20:31

A pesar de que una parte de nuestra mente racional se empeñe en tratar de crear la ilusión de control y predictibilidad, en realidad los seres humanos vivimos inmersos en la incertidumbre. Dicho así, a bote pronto, pudiera sonar incluso alarmante, y sin embargo, también es verdad que la única manera de encontrar paz interior está en entrar en acuer…

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