Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 13
Cameras map out streets for self-driving cars, a keyboard fits into a glove and a robot installs drywall. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with the startup turning air pollution into liquid fuel. Hosted by venture capitalist Anthony...
The Art Assignment
Do Machines Make Art? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
When art is generated by Artificial Intelligence, what or who can we call the artist? We look to art history to consider the long collaboration between humans and technology.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Optical Tracking System Test Method
In this segment of the "NIST in 90" series, host Chad Boutin and NIST engineer Roger Bostleman demonstrate why it's important to evaluate how well optical tracking systems can place an object, such as a mobile robot in a factory, in 3-D...
Curated Video
Your Country Needs You! The Selective Service System
In peaceful times, the US Armed Forces are well stocked with brave men and women who voluntarily sign up to serve. But in the event of a third catastrophic global conflict, it is possible for the US government to rapidly recruit from the...
Science360
Cubelets Small Robots Teach Big Science Lessons
Cubelets are magnetic, electronic building blocks, each with a small computer inside, that can be connected in many different ways to move around a table, follow a hand signal, turn on a light, play sounds, or do many other creative...
ACDC Leadership
Macro 3.12- Economic Growth
Mr. Clifford explains how to show economic growth on the aggregate demand and supply model. LRAS shifts when there is a change in the quantity of resources, technology, or productivity.
Science360
Next generation robotic legs for when the going gets rough
One of the major challenges in robotics is designing robots that can move over uneven, loose or unexpected terrain. With support from the National Science Foundation, computer engineer Luther Palmer and his team at the Biomorphic...
TMW Media
Robotics Challenges for the Future: The DARPA robotics competition
Explain the purpose of robotic competitions. How do they judge the competition?
Robotics Challenges for the Future, Part 2
TMW Media
Robotics Challenges for the Future: Comparing humans and robots
What is DARPA? How are robots and a one year old child similar and different? What will robots be like in the future?
Robotics Challenges for the Future, Part 1
Science360
Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet for Art and Science - Science Nation
University of Rochester electrical engineer Mark Bocko has combined his passion for music with his passion for engineering, devising a way to digitally reproduce music in files 1,000 times smaller than an mp3! But along with this new...
Science360
Cubelets: Small Robots Teach Big Science Lessons
Cubelets are magnetic, electronic building blocks, each with a small computer inside, that can be connected in many different ways to move around a table, follow a hand signal, turn on a light, play sounds, or do many other creative...
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 26
Ultrasonic waves deliver eye drugs, Disney robots perform aerial stunts and digital glasses restore sight to the blind. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with NBA champion Rick Fox about the exciting future for competitive video gaming....
Science360
As fast as their tiny bot legs will carry them!
Imagine robots no bigger than your finger tip scrambling through the rubble of a disaster site to search for victims or to assess damage. That's the vision of engineer Sarah Bergbreiter and her research team at the University of...
Science360
Designing robotic sharks to study vertebral columns
Dive in with NSF funded researcher John Long and his robotic sharks. A professor at Vassar College, Dr. Long and his team study real live sharks and their vertebral columns. They then take these findings and design computer models and...
Science360
Researchers develop modular robots that can autonomously adapt to changing environment.
In this week’s episode, we test a new breed of drones that can navigate without GPS; we explore changing terrain with shapeshifting autonomous robots, and finally, we examine a new 3D bioprinting technique that could someday create...
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 15
An app brings the doctor to your doorstep, 3D printers construct concrete buildings and technology helps students perform their best. Plus, a leading artificial intelligence researcher explains how close we are to creating sentient...
Science360
Soft “vine robots” grow into solutions - Science Nation
Engineers design vine-like, inflatable, plastic bots that can change shape to solve problems. Description: Animals inspire many designs for robots, from the gecko-inspired StickyBot to RoboBees. But mechanical engineers at Stanford...
Zach Star
Robotics Subfields and Which Majors to Pick
This video covers just a few examples of research and companies that you might find interesting in the field of robotics. I only cover a few examples but remember there are SO many more. Many companies encompass some version of robotics...
Book Club for Kids
Finding Purpose in "The Wild Robot"
A robot is a machine programmed for a purpose—to perform a human task. But can a robot survive on its own? That’s the existential question in The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown, in which a robotic heroine, Roz, breaks during a tornado and...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Bend It Like NIST
It may sound like the stuff of science fiction but at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), nanosoccer is serious business.
Science360
Printable Robots Designed To Be Consumer-Friendly, Inexpensive
This project envisions a future where 3-D robotic systems can be produced and designed using 2-D desktop technology fabrication methods. If this feat is achieved, it would be possible for the average person to design, customize and print...
Science360
Cooperative Robots That Learn Less Work For Human Handlers
It is an unusual scientific partnership. With support from the National Science Foundation, Linguist Jeff Heinz and mechanical engineer Bert Tanner are teaching robots about cooperative behavior, by observing how children learn to...
The Wall Street Journal
Weak Points in the Supply Chain
From labor conditions to sustainability, the supply chain harbors multiple risks. GXO Logistics Chief Compliance and ESG Officer Meagan Fitzsimmons explains how to address them.