Digital Performance: #89 | AI meets robotics

LeaderTalks Guest

16. April 2025

Georgiy Michailov meets Marc Theermann

On the future of people, teleportation and Germany's ability to innovate.

0 h 30 Min

"Robots already work better than humans at specific tasks."

Robots that load thousands of parcels or take over entire assembly jobs. This is no longer a science fiction scenario. And what about mobile robots? 
They too will find their way into our professional and private lives in the near future.

"It's like introducing a new species."

But what does that mean for us? And for our ideas of work, ethics and interaction? 
Marc Theermann is working on answers to precisely these questions. As Chief Strategy Officer at Boston Dynamics, he is shaping a present in which robots like Stretch already perform specific tasks such as dangerous warehouse work better than humans. And in the future, robots will be able to do even more: for example, as empathetic companion robots in the care sector.

"General Robots will be able to go wherever we are."

The big goal: in the near future, robots should not only be where we are. They should also be able to perform several tasks at the same time. Theermann explains how he envisions this in an interview with Georgiy Michailov. This episode of SMP LeaderTalks also looks at how teleportation is becoming the new reality through virtual reality, where Germany stands in international competition and the downsides of using robots.

*Video only in German

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