Hardware Podcasts

Ep. 19: When A Robot Enters Your Home, Physical Safety Is Only Half The Battle

The Robo Success Podcast · 22 Sept 2026 · 41m

What this episode covers

Sara Filipcic, Founder & Executive Director of the Institute for Humane Robotics, discusses the emerging field of psychosocial safety in human-robot interaction. She explains how companion robots and humanoids can create unhealthy dependencies, displace human connections, and exploit vulnerable populations like children and the elderly. Filipcic details her organization's work with IEEE to develop standards that measure these risks, contrasting cultural perceptions of robotics in Japan versus the United States.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Institute for Humane Robotics, IEEE, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, MIT, YC, Center for Human Technology, Netflix
Products
Moxie, ChatGPT, Roomba
Also
Lex Friedman, Princeton, HumaneRobot.org

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