# 455: Snaps!

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2023-07-20
- Length: 55m
- Episode: 455
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/455

## Summary

Natalie Friedman, a PhD candidate at Cornell Tech, discusses her research on designing clothing for robots to improve human-robot interaction. She explains how garments can serve functional roles like protection and social signaling, citing examples such as a utility belt for an agriculture robot and the Pepper android. Friedman also explores the psychological impact of robot aesthetics, the risks of anthropomorphism, and the use of materials like thermochromic ink to convey status or sensor data.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=6) Introduction: Natalie Friedman and Robot Fashion
- [1:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=118) Lightning Round: Personal Preferences and Tools
- [4:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=273) Functional Roles: Utility Belts and Protection
- [6:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=374) Social Signaling and Contextual Design
- [31:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=1876) Theoretical Framework: Protection, Signaling, Adaptability
- [40:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=2437) Consumer Robotics: Roombas and Pepper
- [43:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=2597) Anthropomorphism and Honest Design
- [48:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-07-20-455-snaps#t=2912) ChatGPT Analogy and Final Thoughts

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Cornell Tech (company)
- Blossom (product)
- Pepper (product)
- SoftBank (company)
- Roomba (product)
- iRobot (company)
- Cricut (tool)
- Keepon (product)
- Boston Dynamics (company)
- Savioke (company)
- Relay (product)
- ChatGPT (product)

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- [How Robotics is Changing the Apparel Industry](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-06-10-how-robotics-is-changing-the-apparel-industry) (The Robot Report Podcast)
- [Episode Twenty-Six: Séverin Lemaignan](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan) (Robot Talk)
- [The Robots Are (Not) Coming: How Wearable Technology Augments But Doesn't Replace Human Labor w/ Tracy Hansen](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-08-04-the-robots-are-not-coming-how-wearable-technology-augments-but-doesnt-replace-hu) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [24. MIT’s Magic Carpet, Nanoparticles in Your Food, Turning Fabric into Smart Devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-06-29-24-mits-magic-carpet-nanoparticles-in-your-food-turning-fabric-into-smart-device) (The Next Byte Podcast)

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