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Robotics

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Person speaking. Caption: about nanobots replicating and taking over the world.
Ask a Scientist
Episode 8
1 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A humanoid robot holding a drill. Caption: to continuously pay attention to his surroundings
Science Out Loud
Episode 2
5 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Monstrum: Cyborgs
Monstrum
Season 5 / Ep 4
11 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Split screen video. On the left, a man stands in a yard with a portable controller, operating a drone. On the right, a blurry view of mountains, pines, and rock captured by drone.
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 8
7 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cardboard pieces cut and attached together to resemble robotic arms attempting to pick up rocks. Caption: Let's see if these robotic arms can pick up some space rocks.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 8
2 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Robot with logos for NASA and GM. Caption: that we developed to assist astronauts in space
Design Squad Nation
Episode 4
3 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person placing a tennis ball between the finger and thumb of a robotic hand. Caption: RAPHaEL is a relatively inexpensive robotic hand.
Science Nation
Episode 155
2 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up circuitry. Penny included for scale. Circuitry is smaller than the penny. Caption: at the University of Maryland are building microrobots,
Science Nation
Episode 46
2 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two rectangular drones flying in the air. Caption: fly safely and avoid collision on their own.
Science Nation
Episode 195
5 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person working on a robotic leg that is wearing a shoe. Caption: This is a battery that powers everything.
Science Nation
Episode 92
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
SUV with sensors, cameras, and other equipment attached to the bumper, hood, and roof. Caption: (male narrator) Imagine a car that drives itself and knows the rules.
Science Nation
Episode 177
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Baby smiles up at camera as he sits on the floor in a room filled with toys. A woman crouches down toward the baby and 2 girls sit on chairs against a wall.
Science Nation
Episode 121
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A light blue and white stripped caterpillar on a person's finger. Caption: (male) This little guy can grip, hold, and move.
Science Nation
Episode 161
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person touching an object made of stacked and connected cubes. Caption: are playing with Cubelets, small, smart modular robots.
Science Nation
Episode 84
2 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person sitting at a table across from a robot. On the table in front of them are objects of different shapes and colors. Caption: Would you put the green object with one peg into the red box?
Science Nation
Episode 98
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Storm so strong it limits visibility while palm trees bend in the wind. Caption: Dropsondes have a huge impact on understanding hurricanes
Science Nation
Episode 73
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brightly colored tropical fish. Caption: how they work together to execute underwater maneuvers,
Science Nation
Episode 36
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Robotic arms manipulating a small ball. Caption: is pushing the world of robotics and prosthetics
Science Nation
Episode 4
3 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Child sitting in a chair under bright lights looking at a small humanoid robot on a table some distance in front of them. An adult stands by. Caption: It doesn't overstimulate or overwhelm a child with autism.
Science Nation
Episode 78
2 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Teenage girl sits at a desk and looks at an open laptop while a woman standing beside her looks down at the laptop screen.
Science Nation
Episode 17
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
3D graphic of a mostly cylindrical object with a rotor on top against a backdrop of grass and buildings. Caption: the brain's signal to control the quadcopter.
Science Nation
Episode 40
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rectangular robot with a screen at eye level. Caption: (male narrator) Meet CoBot, short for "Collaborative Robot."
Science Nation
Episode 76
2 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person with a control box in their hands standing next to a short, wide robot with legs. Caption: (narrator) Palmer sees broad applications for these smart legs:
Science Nation
Episode 21
3 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person adjusting objects on a table next to a mechanical object with legs. Caption: (Rus) My goal is to make robots more capable, more autonomous--
Science Nation
Episode 57
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small mechanical objects with wings. Caption: And so began the creation of the Robobee,
Science Nation
Episode 71
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Robot with an arm moving bottles next to a sink. Caption: (male narrator) Here's how to take the drudgery from housework.
Science Nation
Episode 176
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Robotic arm placing a baseball hat on a water bottle. Caption: at Barrett Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Science Nation
Episode 136
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Lizard walking in a clear Plexiglas box. Caption: This is a sandfish, and his slithering moves
Science Nation
Episode 97
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Several young people working on an object. Caption: the first all-female African-American RoboCup team.
Science Nation
Episode 171
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person in scrubs looking into an enclosed space while manipulating controls with both hands. Caption: (narrator) Surgeons like Yuh come here to test the robots.
Science Nation
Episode 147
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Model of a human head being brushed by whiskers attached to wires protruding from a metal post. Caption: by a set of artificial wire whiskers,
Science Nation
Episode 193
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Robotic arm working on an object. Caption: (narrator) The goal is not for robots to replace people altogether.
Science Nation
Episode 13
3 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Worried woman sits at a desk with a laptop in an office. She gives a wary look toward a smart speaker with three speaking bubbles floating above it. The first reads, “Order completed.” The second reads, “Tracking completed.” The third reads, “Invoicing completed.”
Two Cents
Season 4 / Ep 13
7 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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