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A woman walks past a new anti-US mural on the wall of former US Embassy portraying the interception of Global Hawk US drone by Iran in Persian Gulf, after an unveiling ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. 
Critical State
Ladder theory: Part I
About 15,000 robots named “Pepper” are used in Japanese and European banks, fast service restaurants, and healthcare settings. Pepper is now in US bank branches too — HSBC has them in select locations to help answer basic customer questions.
Science & Technology
Will the next wave of humanoid robots make our lives better — or steal our jobs?
robot
Education
In Finnish experiment, robots teach language and math classes
Arts, Culture & Media
Voyager
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Rodney Brooks
Arts, Culture & Media
ArtBots
Arts, Culture & Media
Robot Hut
Arts, Culture & Media
Voyager
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Rodney Brooks
Arts, Culture & Media
The Fembot Factor
robot insect
Technology
What can fly, swim and dive? This tiny robotic insect.
Sophia, a robot integrating the latest technologies and artificial intelligence developed by Hanson Robotics is pictured during a presentation at the "AI for Good" Global Summit at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland Jun
Technology
Saudi Arabia has a new citizen: Sophia the robot. But what does that even mean?
Girls team
Global Politics
Six Afghan teens overcame US visa hurdles and became quick celebs at the ‘Robot Olympics’
Drones
Keeping up with killer technology
Full Episode
A crew chief completes a post flight inspection of a Predator drone on Sept. 15, 2004 at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
Conflict
How drones and robotics may shape the future of conflict under President Trump
Technology
Wearable, implantable ‘soft robots’ could someday make our bodies stronger
Technology
How advances in automation will change the future of work
Arts, Culture & Media
Robopocalypse: a summer thriller on robots
Rethink Robotics' Baxter, which the company markets as a "safe, flexible, affordable alternative to outsourced labor and fixed automation."
Business
Here’s why robots aren’t going to take your job
Microscopic synthetic structures are specially shaped objects that perform or move in intended ways when acted on by swarms of bacteria.
Science
The dawn of the cyborg bacteria is here
Spare parts team
Arts
How undocumented high-schoolers from Arizona beat MIT at the nation’s top robotics competition
Daniel H. Wilson
Environment
After the robot apocalypse, what else could go wrong?
Environment
It’s strange, but true — this is a praying mantis wearing 3-D glasses
Environment
Humanoid robot shows off advances in technology, dances to Gangnam Style
Environment
“Terminator Salvation” and our romance with robots
The World in Words
The vocoder, the linguistic robot and the Dead Rabbit
The Future of Robotics
The Future of Robotics
Emerging Sciences Note/Sensitive Robots
Emerging Sciences Note/Sensitive Robots
Business, Economics and Jobs
South Korean students learn English from robot
Environment
Mark Cutkosky