Robots

As machines grow ever more intelligent, they're emerging not just as powerful tools, but close companions. These TED Talks offer both whizzy demos and serious ideas on our evolving relationship with robots.

Video playlists about Robots

What happens when the robots take our jobs?

9 talks • 1h 57m
To lose our jobs to our future supreme AI overlords ... or to not? That's the question (and we have some surprising answers).

Wacky, weird art made by AI

4 talks • 52:12
Welcome to the new frontier in art and creativity -- and it's not human.

Pets of the future

4 talks • 53:29
Imagine a future home filled with robots in the likeness of dogs, cats and even dinosaurs ...

What can robots teach us about being human?

4 talks • 49:40
Robots reflect their creators: Us. Counterintuitive and insightful, these robots show us glimmers into what it means to be human.

Talks about Robots

8:51

Ali Kashani

A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

Posted Jul 2020
6:26

Lucy Farey-Jones

A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI

Posted Mar 2020
13:10

Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin

Tiny robots with giant potential

Posted Feb 2020
3:20

Marco Tempest

A swarm of mini drones makes ... magic!

Posted Jan 2020
8:30

Sougwen Chung

Why I draw with robots

Posted Nov 2019
12:26

Jamie Paik

Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves

Posted Jul 2019
10:54

Christoph Keplinger

The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future

Posted Apr 2019
9:50

Matt Beane

How do we learn to work with intelligent machines?

Posted Feb 2019
11:51

Kate Darling

Why we have an emotional connection to robots

Posted Oct 2018
9:27

Giada Gerboni

The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots

Posted Jun 2018
11:57

Simone Giertz

Why you should make useless things

Posted May 2018
12:55

Leila Takayama

What's it like to be a robot?

Posted Jan 2018
12:44

Xavier De Kestelier

Adventures of an interplanetary architect

Posted Dec 2017
14:37

Martin Ford

How we'll earn money in a future without jobs

Posted Oct 2017
4:43

Huang Yi & KUKA

A human-robot dance duet

Posted Oct 2017
10:06

David Lee

Why jobs of the future won't feel like work

Posted Oct 2017
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Exclusive articles about Robots

Are you ready for the impending age of robots?

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