154. Can Robots Get a Grip?

Ken Goldberg is at the forefront of robotics — which means he tries to teach machines to do things humans find trivial.

• SOURCES:
  • Ken Goldberg, professor of industrial engineering and operations research at U.C. Berkeley.

• RESOURCES:
  • "The Bitter Lesson," by Rich Sutton (UT Austin, 2019).
  • R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue, by Karel Capek (2019).
  • "The Robot in the Cloud: A Conversation With Ken Goldberg," by Quentin Hardy (New York Times, 2014).
  • Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence, by Hans Moravec (1990).
  • "Stochastic Plans for Robotic Manipulation," by Ken Goldberg (Carnegie Mellon University, 1990).
  • "The Two Cultures And The Scientific Revolution," by C. P. Snow (Cambridge University Press, 1959).
  • Dex-Net
  • Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology.
  • Ambi Robotics.
  • "The Telegarden."

• EXTRAS:
  • "Feeling Sound and Hearing Color," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
  • "Are Our Tools Becoming Part of Us?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
  • “My God, This Is a Transformative Power,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
  • "Drawing from Life (and Death)" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
  • "Aicha Evans Wants You to Take Your Eyes Off the Road," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).