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TED Talks

TED: What's it like to be a robot? | Leila Takayama

12th - Higher Ed
We already live among robots: tools and machines like dishwashers and thermostats so integrated into our lives that we'd never think to call them that. What will a future with even more robots look like? Social scientist Leila Takayama...
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Crash Course

Robots: Crash Course Computer Science

12th - Higher Ed
Today we're going to talk about robots! Robots are often thought as a technology of the future, but they're already here by the millions in the workplace, our homes, and pretty soon on the roads. We'll discuss the origins of robotics to...
Instructional Video9:51
Crash Course

Robotics

12th - Higher Ed
Robots aren’t like humans who can do a lot of different things. They’re designed for very specific tasks like vacuuming our homes, assembling cars in a factory, or exploring the surface of other planets. So even though it may be a while...
Instructional Video9:02
SciShow

Robots Inspired By Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Learn about the robots inspired by animals with Hank! Chapters View all ROBOTS ARE JUST MACHINES DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH ATASK 0:31 THERE'S A LOT MORE TO FLYING THAN JUST FLAPPING WINGS 1:08 MAPPING SYSTEMS TEND TO BE COMPLICATED,...
Instructional Video10:12
Crash Course

How Engineering Robots Works: Crash Course Engineering #33

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode we looked at robots and the engineering principles of robots. We learned how robots use sensors to interpret their environment, how actuators and effectors allow a robot to manipulate the objects around it to accomplish a...
Instructional Video10:16
SciShow

A Brief History of Robotics

12th - Higher Ed
Why don't we have robots taking care of our every need by now? A little history of the field of robotics might help you understand how hard it is to get machines to perform tasks, and how far we've come in just a few decades.
Instructional Video9:27
TED Talks

TED: The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots | Giada Gerboni

12th - Higher Ed
Robots are designed for speed and precision -- but their rigidity has often limited how they're used. In this illuminating talk, biomedical engineer Giada Gerboni shares the latest developments in "soft robotics," an emerging field that...
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Nadine The Robot Is Amazing And Creepy

12th - Higher Ed
Nadine the robot has been unveiled, and as robotics technology gets more advanced, humanoid robots are looking more and more human. In this episode of SciShow News we explore how Nadine works and why a lot of people find it creepy.
Instructional Video3:18
SciShow

The Terrifying Promise of Robot Bugs

12th - Higher Ed
Imitating nature to build a better (or possibly more terrifying) future. We've been trying to build flapping-wing robots for hundreds of years, and now, ornithopters are finally being developed, and may be used mostly for military...
Instructional Video9:58
SciShow

A Brief History of Robotics

12th - Higher Ed
Why don’t we have robots taking care of our every need by now? A little history of the field of robotics might help you understand how hard it is to get machines to perform tasks, and how far we’ve come in just a few decades.
Instructional Video6:19
TED Talks

TED: And for my next trick, a robot | Marco Tempest

12th - Higher Ed
Marco Tempest uses charming stagecraft to demo EDI, the multi-purpose robot designed to work very closely with humans. Less a magic trick than an intricately choreographed performance, Tempest shows off the robot’s sensing technology,...
Instructional Video11:51
TED Talks

TED: Why we have an emotional connection to robots | Kate Darling

12th - Higher Ed
We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate Darling, and an instinct like that can have consequences. Learn more about how we're biologically hardwired to...
Instructional Video9:52
TED Talks

TED: Why we will rely on robots | Rodney Brooks

12th - Higher Ed
Scaremongers play on the idea that robots will simply replace people on the job. In fact, they can become our essential collaborators, freeing us up to spend time on less mundane and mechanical challenges. Rodney Brooks points out how...
Instructional Video3:18
SciShow

The Terrifying Promise of Robot Bugs

12th - Higher Ed
Imitating nature to build a better (or possibly more terrifying) future. We've been trying to build flapping-wing robots for hundreds of years, and now, ornithopters are finally being developed, and may be used mostly for military...
Instructional Video9:02
TED Talks

TED: How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot | Alex Luebke, Vivek Kumbhari

12th - Higher Ed
Would you swallow a micro-robot? In a gutsy demo, physician Vivek Kumbhari navigates Pillbot, a wireless, disposable robot swallowed onstage by engineer Alex Luebke, modeling how this technology can swiftly provide direct visualization...
Instructional Video14:10
TED Talks

TED: A robot that eats pollution | Jonathan Rossiter

12th - Higher Ed
Meet the "Row-bot," a robot that cleans up pollution and generates the electricity needed to power itself by swallowing dirty water. Roboticist Jonathan Rossiter explains how this special swimming machine, which uses a microbial fuel...
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Nadine The Robot Is Amazing And Creepy

12th - Higher Ed
Nadine the robot has been unveiled, and as robotics technology gets more advanced, humanoid robots are looking more and more human. In this episode of SciShow News we explore how Nadine works and why a lot of people find it creepy.
Instructional Video8:59
TED Talks

TED: These robots come to the rescue after a disaster | Robin Murphy

12th - Higher Ed
When disaster strikes, who's first on the scene? More and more, it’s a robot. In her lab, Robin Murphy builds robots that fly, tunnel, swim and crawl through disaster scenes, helping firefighters and rescue workers save more lives safely...
Instructional Video14:33
TED Talks

TED: Meet Spot, the robot dog that can run, hop and open doors | Marc Raibert

12th - Higher Ed
That science fiction future where robots can do what people and animals do may be closer than you think. Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, is developing advanced robots that can gallop like a cheetah, negotiate 10 inches of snow,...
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SciShow

This tiny rolling robot self-assembles with heat! #shorts #science #robotics #technology

12th - Higher Ed
This tiny rolling robot self-assembles with heat! #shorts #science #robotics #technology
Instructional Video4:26
Crash Course Kids

The Robot Challenge

3rd - 8th
Robots! They're everywhere. We use them for all kinds of things that we can't, or don't want to do. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shares a problem with us that can probably be solved by building an awesome robot. So let's...
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow

Why Scientists are Giving Robots Human Muscles

12th - Higher Ed
Human-robot hybrids are advancing quickly, but the applications aren't just for complete synthetic humans. There's a lot we can learn about ourselves in the process.
Instructional Video16:12
TED Talks

TED: My seven species of robot -- and how we created them | Dennis Hong

12th - Higher Ed
Meet seven all-terrain robots -- like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR -- built by Dennis Hong's robotics team at RoMeLa, based at Virginia Tech. Watch to the end for the five creative secrets to his...
Instructional Video13:56
TED Talks

Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots

12th - Higher Ed
Cynthia Breazeal wonders: Why can we use robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms? The key, she says, is in training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn -- and play. Watch for amazing...

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