# Episode Fifty-Two: Sara Bernardini

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2023-06-09
- Length: 29m
- Episode: 52
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-06-09-episode-fifty-two-sara-bernardini
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-fifty-two-sara-bernardini

## Summary

Sara Bernardini, Professor of AI at Royal Holloway University of London and Principal Research Scientist at the National Oceanography Centre, discusses decision-making for autonomous systems in complex environments. She explains how robots use symbolic AI and game theory to plan actions in real-time, particularly in multi-agent scenarios like automated warehousing and surveillance. Bernardini also details her work on creating digital twins of the ocean to model climate change impacts and test environmental policies.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-06-09-episode-fifty-two-sara-bernardini#t=7) Introduction and Real-Time Decision Making
- [3:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-06-09-episode-fifty-two-sara-bernardini#t=212) Symbolic AI and Heuristic Planning
- [9:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-06-09-episode-fifty-two-sara-bernardini#t=571) Game Theory in Cooperative and Adversarial Settings
- [15:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-06-09-episode-fifty-two-sara-bernardini#t=912) Scalable Decision Making in Automated Warehousing
- [21:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-06-09-episode-fifty-two-sara-bernardini#t=1289) Digital Twins for Oceanography and Climate Science

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Royal Holloway University of London (company)
- National Oceanography Centre (company)
- Alan Turing Institute (company)
- Deep Blue (product)
- IBM (company)
- TRICK (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Super Intelligence. Friend or Enemy?](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2022-03-31-super-intelligence-friend-or-enemy) (Over the Air)
- [30. Climate Change AI, Robots Getting You Dressed, Drones Evacuating Nursing Homes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-08-10-30-climate-change-ai-robots-getting-you-dressed-drones-evacuating-nursing-homes) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [Kate Darling on the Future of Robotics and AI Ethics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-10-24-kate-darling-on-the-future-of-robotics-and-ai-ethics) (The Robot Report Podcast)
- [Digital Twins and IoT for Robotics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2022-06-09-digital-twins-and-iot-for-robotics) (Over the Air)
- [Ken Goldberg on robotic grasping; Carbon Robotics’ new weeding robot](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2021-04-16-ken-goldberg-on-robotic-grasping-carbon-robotics-new-weeding-robot) (The Robot Report Podcast)

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