Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min · 23 segments
Why do we read so much into how a robot moves, and what does that tell us about human brains? Why did our history make us so sensitive to movement? Why do we trust graceful motion? Should we make a…
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Why does the way that a robot moves change how we feel about it, and what does that tell us about human brains? For example, should we program a robot to look at an object that it's about to pick up even if it doesn't need to look because it has cameras all around? Why did our evolutionary history make us so sensitive to movement? Why do we read so much into it? Why do we trust graceful motion? Is movement the original form of animal intelligence? Today, we're joined by Dr.
Catie is an expert on this strange social interface between robots and humans, and she's gotten there by dancing with robots.
I'm a neuroscientist at Stanford, and in these episodes, we sail deeply into our three-pound universe to understand why and how our lives look the way they do.
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Why does the way that a robot moves change how we feel about it, and what does that tell us about human brains? For example, should we program a robot to look at an object that it's about to pick up even if it doesn't need to look because it has cameras all around? Why did our evolutionary history make us so sensitive to movement? Why do we read so much into it? Why do we trust graceful motion? Is movement the original form of animal intelligence? Today, we're joined by Dr.
Catie is an expert on this strange social interface between robots and humans, and she's gotten there by dancing with robots.
I'm a neuroscientist at Stanford, and in these episodes, we sail deeply into our three-pound universe to understand why and how our lives look the way they do.
[instrumental music] This is an iHeart podcast.
Guaranteed human.