Building "self-aware" robots

TED2007 · 06:18 · Filmed Mar 2007

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Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

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Hod Lipson

Roboticist

Hod Lipson works at the intersection of engineering and biology, studying robots and the way they "behave" and evolve. His work has exciting implications for design and manufacturing — and serves as a window to understand our own behavior and evolution. Full bio