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A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Drones.

Video playlists about Drones

Will drones save us or destroy us?

Depending on who you listen to, drones will either save the world -- or usher in our techno-driven doom. Here, take a look at the light and dark side of drones. <a href="http://blog.ted.com/tag/drone-week/">See exclusive articles on the TED blog.</a>

Talks about Drones

War, AI and the new global arms race

Sebastien de Halleux

How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean

How autonomous flying taxis could change the way you travel

Capitalism isn't an ideology -- it's an operating system

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton

How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives

Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere

The incredible inventions of intuitive AI

Raffaello D'Andrea

Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future

The future of flying robots

Sergei Lupashin

A flying camera ... on a leash

Andreas Raptopoulos

No roads? There's a drone for that

Ecology from the air

A drone's-eye view of conservation

The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

Raffaello D'Andrea

The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination

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Exclusive articles about Drones

How a snot-collecting marine drone is giving us an exciting new view of whale life

A flying device combined with some nifty software is serving up invaluable information about the health of whales -- and our oceans.

Posted Jul 2018

Why we should ban killer robots

Around the world, right now, several countries are developing autonomous weapons that use artificial intelligence to locate, track and destroy their targets. AI researcher Toby Walsh explains why that’s a problem.

Posted Oct 2015

Quadcopters join the circus, in this magical video from Raff D’Andrea and Cirque du Soleil

Autonomous flying machines meet the entertainment industry. Whimsy and delight ensue.

Posted Oct 2014

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