#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
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https://medium.com/@lexfridman 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