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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. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(07:32) - Robots in science fiction
\n(13:13) - Cozmo
\n(38:28) - AI companions
\n(45:23) - Anki
\n(1:10:56) - Waymo Via
\n(1:42:34) - Sensor suites for long haul trucking
\n(1:52:30) - Machine learning
\n(2:10:26) - Waymo vs Tesla
\n(2:21:02) - Safety and risk management
\n(2:30:06) - Societal effects of automation
\n(2:41:11) - Amazon Astro
\n(2:45:35) - Challenges of the robotics industry
\n(2:50:03) - Humanoid robotics
\n(2:57:06) - Advice for getting a PhD in robotics
\n(3:04:37) - Advice for robotics startups
\n(3:15:43) - Advice for students