Shunsuke Aoki's guest appearances

Shunsuke Aoki

RiYL

Disrupting Japan: Startups and Innovation in Japan

Chris Hayes

Redd Kross

Taylor Goldsmith

Rhett Miller

John Paul White

Jason Louv

Peter Diamandis

Michael McDonald

Walter Martin

Paula Cole

Mara Wilson

Craig Finn

Tad Kubler

Catherine Burns

David Thomas

OwlTail

I first met Shunsuke Aoki on a trip to Tokyo last year. The roboticist’s work fascinated me. From its brain-controlled cat ears and a robotic pillow with a tail that wags as you pet it, to more serious devices for older family members, Aoki’s Yukai Engineer has created some utterly fascinating products. On a recent trip to New York, Aoki and I sat down at Brooklyn cafe to discuss Aoki and Yukai’s goal of spreading joy through robotics.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I first met Shunsuke Aoki on a trip to Tokyo last year. The roboticist’s work fascinated me. From its brain-controlled cat ears and a robotic pillow with a tail that wags as you pet it, to more serious devices for older family members, Aoki’s Yukai Engineer has created some utterly fascinating products. On a recent trip to New York, Aoki and I sat down at Brooklyn cafe to discuss Aoki and Yukai’s goal of spreading joy through robotics. <br/><p> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Episode 332: (Bonus) Shunsuke Aoki

Japan has a long cultural fascination with human-like robots. Literature, cinema and anime are filled with them, and perhaps not surprisingly, a large number of Japanese startups are focused on making anthropomorphic robots. I have to admit that this fascination never really made sense to me until Shunsuke explained it during this interview.

The Hard Truth Behind Japan’s Cute Robots – Shunsuke Aoki