Drones

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

Video playlists about Drones

Will drones save us or destroy us?

15 talks • 3h 56m
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. See exclusive articles on the TED blog.

Talks about Drones

6:10

Bhu Srinivasan

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

Posted Feb 2018
15:30

Keller Rinaudo

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

Posted Nov 2017
11:07

Julio Gil

Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere

Posted Sep 2017
15:23

Maurice Conti

The incredible inventions of intuitive AI

Posted Feb 2017
11:35

Raffaello D'Andrea

Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future

Posted Feb 2016
13:09

Vijay Kumar

The future of flying robots

Posted Oct 2015
6:23

Sergei Lupashin

A flying camera ... on a leash

Posted Oct 2014
9:13

Andreas Raptopoulos

No roads? There's a drone for that

Posted Nov 2013
13:50

Greg Asner

Ecology from the air

Posted Nov 2013
13:30

Lian Pin Koh

A drone's-eye view of conservation

Posted Nov 2013
13:20

Daniel Suarez

The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

Posted Jun 2013
16:08

Raffaello D'Andrea

The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

Posted Jun 2013
15:46

Massimo Banzi

How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination

Posted Jun 2012
25:01

Regina Dugan

From mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone

Posted Mar 2012
16:46

Vijay Kumar

Robots that fly ... and cooperate

Posted Mar 2012
15:00

Malcolm Gladwell

The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

Posted Oct 2011
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Exclusive articles about Drones

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 professor Toby W...
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