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Curious Minds: Robotics

6 episodes 89%4KCC

See how robots sense, decide, and act in high-stakes worlds.

Explore how robotics moved beyond factory floors into disaster cleanup, space exploration, medicine, and transportation. This series explains the machines, sensors, and decision-making that let robots work in the physical world, while revealing the challenges that still shape driverless cars and bio-inspired designs. Sign up to see how these breakthroughs could change the future.

Episode guide

6 episodes
1
1What Is A Robot?
S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, defines several characteristics that make a machine a "robot".
2 min
2
2A Brief History of Robotics
S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, reviews the transformation of machines into robots as machines were introduced into manufacturing assembly lines.
2 min
3
3What Is Artificial Intelligence?
S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, gives us some insight on the steps a robot's intelligence takes to come to decisions and actions.
2 min
4
4What About Driverless Cars?
S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, gives his perspective on the challenges facing implementation of driverless vehicles--one of which might just be humans!
2 min
5
5Nature And Bio-Inspired Robotics
S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, discusses why nature is such a great source of inspiration for robotic functions.
2 min
6
6Do Robots Make For Better Surgery?
S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, explains the advantages of having a robot as your surgeon.
2 min
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