Robohub Podcast – Multisensory Perception, with Jivko Sinapov

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In this episode, Shihan Lu interviews Jivko Sinapov, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Tufts University, about his work on behaviour-grounded multisensory perception and exploration in robotics. Dr Sinapov discusses several perspectives on multisensory perception in robotics, including data collection, data fusion, and robot control and planning. He also shares his experience of using robotics for K-12 education.

Jivko Sinapov

Jivko Sinapov received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University (ISU). While working toward his Ph.D. at ISU’s Developmental Robotics Lab, he developed novel methods for behavioural object exploration and multi-modal perception.

He went on to be a clinical assistant professor with the Texas Institute for Discovery, Education, and Science at UT Austin and a postdoctoral associate working with Peter Stone at the Artificial Intelligence Lab. Sinapov’s research interests include developmental robotics, computational perception, autonomous manipulation, and human-robot interaction.