Robotics

Inside the Giant Mech Suit Made for Racing
Focal Point
S7 E4

Inside the Giant Mech Suit Made for Racing

This real-life human-driven mech suit can lift a car and climb over boulders, but it wasn’t built for combat — it was built to race.

How These Self-Aware Robots Are Redefining Consciousness
Focal Point
S5 E9

How These Self-Aware Robots Are Redefining Consciousness

What does it mean for a robot to be self-aware? That's exactly what this robotics lab is investigating as they embark on a quest towards artificial consciousness.

Everything It Takes to Explore Beneath Polar Ice Caps
Science In The Extremes
S4 E2

Everything It Takes to Explore Beneath Polar Ice Caps

The age of advanced Arctic and Antarctic exploration is here… and it’s still a risky mission. This team designs custom gliding robots to collect vital data from the depths beneath diminishing ice.

This Nuclear Robot Could Tunnel for Alien Life on Europa
Elements
S3 E13

This Nuclear Robot Could Tunnel for Alien Life on Europa

This nuclear-powered tunneling robot could one day find life on Europa. Here’s how it works.

How Do Robots Dismantle Bombs?
Space & Innovation
By Seeker

How Do Robots Dismantle Bombs?

It's not TV, it's reality: Tiny robots are doing dangerous and delicate jobs like bomb sniffing, while remote pilots stay safe… and direct them with remote receivers.

The Best Robots of 2018
Robotics
By Seeker

The Best Robots of 2018

From a Disney stunt robot to Lego Drones, these were 2018’s best robots. 🤖

MIT Media Labs, Elowan, cyborg plant
Space & Innovation
By Glenn McDonald

This Cyborg Plant Moves Toward Light on Its Own

The maker of a plant-robot from MIT Media Labs has some radical ideas about the future of technology.

Eyeball, nanorobots
Robotics
By Glenn McDonald

Tiny Robots Swimming in Your Eye Could Provide Radical New Treatments

Researchers have developed a new class of propeller-shaped nanorobots that can swim through the eyeball's dense tissue.

This Customizable Bionic Arm Turns Disabilities Into Superpowers
Focal Point
S2 E6

This Customizable Bionic Arm Turns Disabilities Into Superpowers

This robotics company created the world's first medically certifiable & customizable 3D printed arm.

When It Comes to Exoskeletons, This Real-Life HAL May Soon Trump Science Fiction
Space & Innovation
By Tracy Staedter

When It Comes to Exoskeletons, This Real-Life HAL May Soon Trump Science Fiction

Cyberdyne’s Hybrid voluntary and autonomous control Assistive Limb, or Medical HAL, is a neuro-controlled exoskeleton designed to assist people with spinal injuries or neuromuscular disorders.

This Robot Assembled an IKEA Chair in 20 Minutes
Space & Innovation
By Tracy Staedter

This Robot Assembled an IKEA Chair in 20 Minutes

A pair of stationary robotic arms successfully executed the roughly 50 steps required to put together an IKEA STEFAN chair.

There’s a Microbot on This Penny That Can Travel Through Your Body
Space & Innovation
By Seeker

There’s a Microbot on This Penny That Can Travel Through Your Body

Engineers are building microscopic robots that could deliver medicine to an exact spot in your body. Here’s how they work.

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