Building Robots People Trust: The Andromeda Vision with Grace Brown

About this episode

Grace Brown discusses her journey in building Andromeda Robotics and the development of Abby, a social companion robot.

From engineering-first robots to emotionally intelligent companions, Andromeda Robotics is redefining what human-robot interaction can look like in the real world. Grace Brown, founder and CEO of Andromeda Robotics, joins Greg to share her journey from a STEM-obsessed student in Australia to building one of the most distinctive companies in the humanoid robotics space. What started as a response to isolation during COVID has evolved into Abby, a social companion robot designed to bring meanin...

People in this episode

Host: Greg Toroosian

Guest: Grace Brown

Topics covered

• human-robot interaction
• emotional intelligence
• robotics
• technology
• COVID-19
• social companion robots

Keywords

• robotics
• human-robot interaction
• emotional intelligence
• social companion
• Abby
• Andromeda Robotics
• COVID-19

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Andromeda Robotics

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