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Ep. 603. The Sunday 7 - A frog gets a new leg, mind controlled robots are coming, there's a new star in the sky and the UK welcomes its first Southern Koala...

The Smart 7
The Smart 7
Episode • Feb 6, 2022 • 17m

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Today's episode includes the following guests:


  • Dr Nirosha Murugan - Scientist & Assistant Professor at Algoma University
  • Professor Aude Billard - Head of the Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory at the School of Engineering at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Iason Batzianoulis - Robotics Engineer and Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Engineering at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Dr. Guy Trudel - Rehabilitation physician and researcher at The Ottawa Hospital and professor at the University of Ottawa
  • Dr Maggie Montgomery - Technical Officer at the World Health Organisation 
  • Natasha Hurley-Walker - Radio astronomer at the Curtin University International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
  • Ivan Jayapurna - Graduate student at UC Berkeley
  •  Chris Burr - Koala keeper at Longleat Safari Park
  • Professor Chris Daniels - Chair at Koala Life


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Presented by Jamie East, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Olivia Davies and produced by Daft Doris.


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