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Boris Sofman - Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics

Tue, Nov 16, 2021 ·

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Boris Sofman is the Senior Director Of Engineering and Head of Trucking at Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car project. He was also the CEO and co-founder of Anki, a home robotics company.

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1:08 - Robots in science fiction
6:49 - Cozmo
32:04 - AI companions
38:59 - Anki
1:04:33 - Waymo Via
1:36:10 - Sensor suites for long haul trucking
1:46:06 - Machine learning
2:04:03 - Waymo vs Tesla
2:14:38 - Safety and risk management
2:23:42 - Societal effects of automation
2:34:47 - Amazon Astro
2:39:12 - Challenges of the robotics industry
2:43:39 - Humanoid robotics
2:50:42 - Advice for getting a PhD in robotics
2:58:13 - Advice for robotics startups
3:09:19 - Advice for students

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#241 Boris Sofman - Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics

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