Transitioning from HRI research to the industry/Getting started with workPart 1May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
In Search of the Grammar of Robot ApplicationsI’ve been searching for ways to make robot application programming easy[¹]. Here are my insights on the challenges in programming robot…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
Finishing the Graduate School as a ParentI was a graduate student when my son was born. As much as I was euphoric about my son’s arrival, reality hit me hard. I was not ready. It…Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
Job Searching for an Industry Position after Graduate SchoolEarlier this year, I started to look for a job and one of my friends recommended this post written by Bharath, a former Uber ML engineer…Nov 15, 2020Nov 15, 2020
I hate robots that tell jokesI don’t like robots that tell jokes. Humor is a complex concept and I don’t think even we humans don’t fully understand how it works so…May 25, 2020May 25, 2020
Consumer Robots are Dead, Long Live DIY Robots!In the span of a year, we have witnessed the death of major consumer robot companies. What went wrong? Guy Hoffman, a robotics expert…Jun 23, 2019Jun 23, 2019
Collaborating with Undergraduate Students as a Graduate Student in ResearchAlthough there are great blog posts on this topic of “how to work with undergraduate students” from veterans in the field [1,2], I have my…Jun 10, 2019Jun 10, 2019
Implementing a finite state machine in Cycle.jsThis article is also available at GitHub or on the DEV community without the paywall.Nov 9, 2018Nov 9, 2018
Programming a social robot using Cycle.jsIn this post, I’ll show you how to program a social robot using Cycle.js. I assume you are familiar with reactive programming. If you are…Nov 3, 20181Nov 3, 20181