#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design

Simone Giertz is an inventor, designer, engineer, and roboticist famous for a combination of humor and brilliant creative design in the systems and products she creates. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00)– Introduction
(06:49)– Early creations
(23:42)– Sh*tty Robots
(38:40)– Robots and human connection
(40:55)– Dating AI
(44:14)– Proud parent machine
(46:05)– Creative process
(47:31)– Bubble wrap music box
(52:53)– Education
(58:27)– Difficult projects
(59:56)– TED talk
(1:06:13)– Brain tumor
(1:14:51)– Fear of death
(1:19:15)– Mass production
(1:34:40)– Truckla
(1:39:29)– Weapons
(1:43:29)– Consciousness
(1:45:33)– MMA
(1:49:36)– China, Kenya, and USA
(1:54:29)– Advice for young people
(1:58:21)– Meaning of life