TALKS · 2 RECORDINGS
Oliver Groth works on humanoid robot research at Vesoma. Previously, he was a Research Scientist in DeepMind’s control team with Martin Riedmiller, focusing on self-supervised exploration and knowledge acquisition in embodied AI systems. He obtained his PhD in Robotics from the University of Oxford, supervised by Prof. Ingmar Posner and Prof. Andrea Vedaldi. He also holds a Diplom in Computer Science from TU Dresden and spent a year at the Stanford Vision Lab on the VisualGenome project, supervised by Prof. Fei-Fei Li.
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TEDx DRESDEN · AUGUST 2018 · ENGLISH
Jenga is easy for almost anyone, yet robots still struggle with it. Starting from his PhD attempt to teach a robot arm the game, Oliver argues that physical intuition is what sets human manipulation apart, and that machines must gather their own experience in simulation to develop it.
EVILLEGAL · YOUTUBE · AUGUST 2021 · DEUTSCH
A six-part video podcast with IT and data-protection lawyer Peter Hense, bridging law and technology to build a shared understanding of where AI stands today and where it is heading.
