# Episode Forty-Eight: Georgia Chalvatzaki

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2023-05-12
- Length: 24m
- Episode: 48
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki

## Summary

Georgia Chalvatzaki, Professor of Robot Perception and Learning at the Technical University of Darmstadt, discusses her work with the Intelligent Robotic Systems for Assistance (IROSA) lab on mobile assistive robots. She explains the challenge of integrating classical planning with machine learning to handle complex household tasks like table setting while guaranteeing safety and stability. Chalvatzaki highlights the importance of continual learning to adapt to new environments without forgetting previous skills, and the need for multimodal human feedback to adjust robot behavior. She also addresses the integration of large language models like ChatGPT, warning about the risks of hallucinations and the need for robust uncertainty quantification before such robots can be deployed in semi-structured real-world settings like nursing homes.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki#t=7) Introduction: Georgia Chalvatzaki and IROSA
- [2:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki#t=128) Complex Tasks: Table Setting and Object Handovers
- [5:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki#t=308) Combining Classical Planning with Machine Learning
- [8:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki#t=530) Continual Learning and Adapting to New Environments
- [12:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki#t=725) Reactive Planning and Whole-Body Control
- [16:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki#t=995) Integrating ChatGPT and Managing Hallucinations
- [19:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-05-12-episode-forty-eight-georgia-chalvatzaki#t=1193) Future of Assistive Robotics and Uncertainty

## 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)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Technical University of Darmstadt (company)
- IROSA (other)
- ChatGPT (other)

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