TED Talks
TED: And for my next trick, a robot | Marco Tempest
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,...
TED Talks
TED: My underwater robot | David Lang
David Lang is a maker who taught himself to become an amateur oceanographer -- or, he taught a robot to be one for him. In a charming talk Lang, a TED Fellow, shows how he and a network of ocean lovers teamed up to build open-sourced,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the multiverse rescue mission riddle? - Daniel Finkel
A bug in the superconductor system has trapped your team in 11 separate dimensions. Can you get them back home safely? -- It was a normal Tuesday at the superconductor, until a bug in the system caused your team to be trapped in 11...
SciShow
3 Friendly Robots Improving Our Social Lives
You might think of robots as unfeeling, and maybe even kind of cold, but some robots are specifically programmed to help people improve their social skills and emotional health. Here are a few that might make really good pals!
TED Talks
TED: Why I make robots the size of a grain of rice | Sarah Bergbreiter
By studying the movement and bodies of insects such as ants, Sarah Bergbreiter and her team build incredibly robust, super teeny, mechanical versions of creepy crawlies … and then they add rockets. See their jaw-dropping developments in...
Crash Course
Unsupervised Learning
Today, we’re moving on from artificial intelligence that needs training labels, called Supervised Learning, to Unsupervised Learning which is learning by finding patterns in the world. We’ll focus on the performing unsupervised...
SciShow Kids
Take a Tour of the Space Station
Did you know some astronauts live in space for months at a time? Join Jessi and Squeaks for a tour of the International Space Station and learn what life is like in low gravity!
SciShow Kids
Real-Life Robots
Meet some real-life robots, and find out what robots really are, and what they do for us every day!
Crash Course
Let’s Make A Movie Recommendation System (LAB)
We need to save Jabril and John Green Bot’s movie nights. Jabril generally likes action movies and John Green Bot likes romantic movies, but they need to find something that they can both watch and enjoy together. Today, we’re going to...
Crash Course
What Is Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence is everywhere and it's already making a huge impact on our lives. It's autocompleting texts on our cellphones, telling us which videos to watch on YouTube, beating us at video games, recognizing us in photos,...
Crash Course
Humans and AI Working Together
There’s been a lot of discussion about how automation is going to take people’s jobs and we don’t want to downplay that real impact, but today we’re going to focus on the benefits of humans and AI working together. Human-AI teams allow...
SciShow
A Brief History of Robotics
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.
Crash Course
Robotics
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...
The Daily Conversation
Top 10 Future U.S. MEGAPROJECTS
New ReviewTen infrastructure mega-projects America needs President Donald Trump and congress to fund and build in the near future.
The Daily Conversation
The Largest Science Projects in the World
New ReviewFrom land to sea to space, scientists are using incredible tools to make new discoveries. These are the ten largest instruments in use around the world.
The Daily Conversation
NASA's Human Isolation Experiment
New ReviewExtreme isolation is something our greatest explorers have faced in varying degrees. Now, a team of six NASA recruits have begun a year-long mission on the desolate side of a barren Hawaiian volcano that will simultaneously test the...
The Daily Conversation
Scientists vs. Public Opinion
New ReviewA data-driven look at how scientists view some of the most important issues facing humanity compared to the general U.S. public, according to surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center.
Curated Video
What is Reinforcement Learning AI Basics
New ReviewThis video provides an overview of reinforcement learning in artificial intelligence (AI). It explains how computers can improve decision-making by trying different actions and receiving feedback in the form of rewards or penalties. The...
Curated Video
Pepsi SnackBot Lets College Students Order Late-Night Snacks Via Robot
PepsiCo is spearheading an autonomous food delivery service on the campus of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., where students can now order snacks via an app that are then delivered to them via a small robotic vehicle....
Curated Video
Pepsi Snackbot Lets College Students Order Snacks Via Robot
PepsiCo is spearheading an autonomous food delivery service on the campus of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., where students can now order snacks via an app that are then delivered to them via a small robotic vehicle....
Curated Video
Women Make Science: Robogal | Special Series
One of the world's leading tech developers is creating a new generation of robots to help people with everyday tasks.
Curated Video
How a puzzle-based educational robot was born in Denmark
This episode of Business Planet comes from the Danish city of Odense, which is famous for its robots. A cluster organisation was created 25 years ago by Mikkel Christoffersen. Today Odense Robotics is a high-tech ecosystem consisting of...
Curated Video
Robots slowly replace aging workers in China's factories
CBC's Sasa Petricic says robots are a solution to labour issues
Curated Video
Scientists in Spain make giant leap in accuracy with industrial robots
The world’s purportedly biggest robot has been constructed in a research centre near Zaragoza, Spain. Engineers have used lasers to make a record-breaking industrial robot – with amazing levels of accuracy. The robotic platform measures...