#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design

Simone Giertz is an inventor, designer, engineer, and roboticist famous for a combination of humor and brilliant creative design in the systems and products she creates. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – MasterClass : https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off – InsideTracker : https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – Athletic Greens : https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Simone’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@simonegiertz Simone’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz Simone’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonegiertz YETCH Store: https://yetch.store PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (06:49) – Early creations (23:42) – Sh*tty Robots (38:40) – Robots and human connection (40:55) – Dating AI (44:14) – Proud parent machine (46:05) – Creative process (47:31) – Bubble wrap music box (52:53) – Education (58:27) – Difficult projects (59:56) – TED talk (1:06:13) – Brain tumor (1:14:51) – Fear of death (1:19:15) – Mass production (1:34:40) – Truckla (1:39:29) – Weapons (1:43:29) – Consciousness (1:45:33) – MMA (1:49:36) – China, Kenya, and USA (1:54:29) – Advice for young people (1:58:21) – Meaning of life