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. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
- LMNT: [ Ссылка ] to get free sample pack
- Athletic Greens: [ Ссылка ] and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil
- ROKA: [ Ссылка ] and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order
- Indeed: [ Ссылка ] to get $75 credit
- BetterHelp: [ Ссылка ] to get 10% off

EPISODE LINKS:
Boris's Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Boris's LinkedIn: [ Ссылка ]
Waymo's Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Waymo's YouTube: [ Ссылка ]
Waymo's Website: [ Ссылка ]

PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: [ Ссылка ]
Apple Podcasts: [ Ссылка ]
Spotify: [ Ссылка ]
RSS: [ Ссылка ]
Full episodes playlist: [ Ссылка ]
Clips playlist: [ Ссылка ]

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
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

SOCIAL:
- Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
- LinkedIn: [ Ссылка ]
- Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
- Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
- Medium: [ Ссылка ]
- Reddit: [ Ссылка ]
- Support on Patreon: [ Ссылка ]

свернуть