# Episode 82: Software for teleoperation - Chang Liu

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2024-04-26
- Length: 31m
- Episode: 82
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-04-26-episode-82-software-for-teleoperation-chang-liu
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-eighty-two-chang-liu

## Summary

Chang Liu, CEO and Chief Designer of Extend Robotics, explains how his company uses VR and embodied AI to create intuitive teleoperation interfaces for non-experts. He details the technical challenges of depth perception, motion sickness, and latency, highlighting their custom compression algorithms and digital twin technology. Liu discusses applications ranging from space docking with Airbus to nuclear decommissioning and precision viticulture, noting the company's early revenue and government-funded projects.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-04-26-episode-82-software-for-teleoperation-chang-liu#t=8) Introduction: Chang Liu and Extend Robotics
- [2:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-04-26-episode-82-software-for-teleoperation-chang-liu#t=147) From Academic Drone Navigation to Teleoperation
- [7:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-04-26-episode-82-software-for-teleoperation-chang-liu#t=433) VR Interface Design and Hardware Requirements
- [12:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-04-26-episode-82-software-for-teleoperation-chang-liu#t=735) Solving Depth Perception and Motion Sickness
- [22:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-04-26-episode-82-software-for-teleoperation-chang-liu#t=1320) Space Applications and Airbus Collaboration
- [25:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-04-26-episode-82-software-for-teleoperation-chang-liu#t=1557) Commercial Applications: Nuclear and Agriculture

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Extend Robotics (company)
- Imperial College London (other)
- University of Southampton (other)
- Metaquest (product)
- HTC Vive (product)
- Apple Vision Pro (product)
- Airbus (company)
- European Space Agency (other)
- Innovate UK (other)
- AtkinsRéalis (company)
- University of Surrey (other)
- Saffron Grand Vineyards (company)

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- [Dextrous Robotics exits stealth; how robots impact the future of work](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2020-11-18-dextrous-robotics-exits-stealth-how-robots-impact-the-future-of-work) (The Robot Report Podcast)
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