DeepMind: Redefining Robotics with Carolina Parada

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In this episode, Hannah is joined by Carolina Parada, Senior Director and Head of Robotics at Google DeepMind. They explore the recent leap forward in robotic capabilities, highlighting advancements in multimodal understanding and embodied reasoning, which enable robots to interact with the physical world with unprecedented generality.



They dig into the two-system approach - ‘slow and fast thinking‘ - that enables both complex reasoning and rapid, reactive movements. Using examples from robots learning dexterous tasks such as tying shoelaces to adapting to entirely new scenarios in real-time, Parada highlights how key breakthroughs in understanding, dexterity, and control are now coming together to rapidly advance robotics unlike ever before.



Further reading/viewing:



https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-robotics/

https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/advances-in-robot-dexterity/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYmG7hTraZC4Mx6pEKr6FVJehafA7vWE



Timecodes:



00:00 Introduction

01:46 Carolina's background

02:57 Current state of robotics

05:20 Gemini robotics videos

12:45 Conceptual understanding & multimodal capabilities

16:50 Embodied reasoning

21:00 Thinking fast and slow

27:44 Emerging properties

24:53 Looking back

34:28 Sim2real gap

37:00 Safety

42:00 Work to be done

45:00 Hannah's thoughts

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Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:



Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Audio engineer: Richard Courtice



Production Manager: Dan Lazard

Studio Manager: Nicholas Duke

Video Director: Bernardo Resende

Video Editor: Alex Baro Cayetano, Bilal Merhi

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere

Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton

Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley

Commissioned by Google DeepMind



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