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Boris Sofman is the Senior Director Of Engineering and Head of Trucking at Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car project. He was also the CEO and co-founder of Anki, a home robotics company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  Waymo’s Website: https://waymo.com/
  
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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
  (07:32) - Robots in science fiction
  (13:13) - Cozmo
  (38:28) - AI companions
  (45:23) - Anki
  (1:10:56) - Waymo Via
  (1:42:34) - Sensor suites for long haul trucking
  (1:52:30) - Machine learning
  (2:10:26) - Waymo vs Tesla
  (2:21:02) - Safety and risk management
  (2:30:06) - Societal effects of automation
  (2:41:11) - Amazon Astro
  (2:45:35) - Challenges of the robotics industry
  (2:50:03) - Humanoid robotics
  (2:57:06) - Advice for getting a PhD in robotics
  (3:04:37) - Advice for robotics startups
  (3:15:43) - Advice for students

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