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How Can Robots Help Improve Life on Earth? Join the Hangout @2pm EDT

Even the White House is getting involved in YouTube's "Geek Week," hosting a special We the Geeks: Robots Hangout today at 2:00 pm EDT for "a conversation about the state of American robotics and the possibilities for robots to improve life on Earth."

Even the White House is getting involved in YouTube’s “Geek Week,” hosting a special We the Geeks: Robots Hangout today at 2:00 pm EDT for “a conversation about the state of American robotics and the possibilities for robots to improve life on Earth.”

The hangout will feature the following experts:

  • Rodney Brooks, President, Rethink Robotics, with Humanoid Robot, Baxter
  • Daniela Rus, Director of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT
  • Matthew Mason, Director, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Robin Murphy, Director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, Texas A&M University
  • Allison Okamura, Principal Investigator, Collaborative Haptics and Robotics in Medicine Lab, Stanford University

    • To submit your questions, use #WeTheGeeks and join the hangout here. 

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