# Episode Twenty-Six: Séverin Lemaignan

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2022-11-18
- Length: 29m
- Episode: 26
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan

## Summary

Séverin Lemaignan, Senior Scientist at PAL Robotics, discusses the complexities of social robotics, focusing on socio-cognitive capabilities for robots like PAL TIAGo and PAL ARI. He explains that creating social awareness requires decoding implicit human cues like gaze and body language, which is significantly harder than verbal interaction. Lemaignan also details a study using Pepper robots in a school for autistic children, highlighting the importance of appropriate, non-repetitive behavior and the ethical considerations of robot-human bonding.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan#t=7) Introduction: Séverin Lemaignan and PAL Robotics
- [2:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan#t=128) The Challenge of Social Awareness and Implicit Cues
- [5:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan#t=349) Decoding Engagement, Gaze, and Multimodal Perception
- [9:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan#t=599) Balancing Predictability and Appropriateness in Behavior
- [13:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan#t=838) Emotions as Communication and the Concept of Friendship
- [21:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-11-18-episode-twenty-six-severin-lemaignan#t=1305) Pepper Robot Study with Autistic Children in Somerset

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- PAL Robotics (company)
- PAL TIAGo (product)
- PAL ARI (product)
- Pepper (product)
- Paro (product)

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