- -: TEDxBoston - Mick Mountz - Let The Inventory Walk and Talk
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"These things can scale to gianormous!" Mick Mountz revolutionized the way warehouses pack and ship their inventory by using robots, mobile shelving, and algorithms based on complexity theory. What used to take hours of tedious tasks is transformed into fun, 15-minute, click-to-ship order proce...
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- -: TEDxStHilda'sSchool - Jane, Clare, Meaghan - Varying topics
August 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Jane Andrews, Clare McMath and Meaghan McLeod are Year 6 students at St Hilda's School on the Gold Coast Queensland, Australia. Each student spoke on their selected topics. Jane - How Robots Can Save the Planet. Clare - The Use of Good Manners to Improve the Way People Treat Each Other Around the...
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- -: TEDxDanubia 2011 - Ágoston Eiben - Tech Kangaroos: Evolution at Work
October 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Ágoston Eiben is one of the European early birds of Evolutionary Computing. Eiben's principal research themes include parameter adaptation and control, including self-optimizing features; distributed evolution in Artificial Life, swarm robotics, adaptive multi-agent systems and their relationshi...
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- -: Hod Lipson: Robots that are "self-aware"
October 13, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers ...
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- -: Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches
December 4, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Robert Full shares slo-mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at the spiny legs that allow cockroaches to scuttle across mesh and the nanobristle-packed feet that let geckos to run straight up walls. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ...
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- -: Robert Full: How engineers learn from evolution
June 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's necessary. He shows how human engineers can learn from animals' tricks.
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- -: Rodney Brooks: How robots will invade our lives
October 10, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives -- starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond.
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- -: Charles Elachi: The story of the Mars Rovers
November 13, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com At Serious Play 2008, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA's legendary Jet Propulsion Lab -- including tales and video from the Mars Rover project.
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- -: P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war
April 3, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this powerful talk, P.W. Singer shows how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of combat. He shows us scenarios straight out of science fiction -- that now may not be so fictitious. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performance...
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- -: David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion"
October 14, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com David Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an "emotional" live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of th...
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