This new home robot can dance, vacuum, and
tidy up, and it has another feature that’s even better. Home robots are taking off rapidly. They can be fun, save time, detect diseases,
and could reshape society. Emo is an AI robot with some impressive skills. He can help with small things. Emo. Uh-huh. Turn the light on. He takes photos. He plays games. You can talk to him, or shoot him. And he can recognise you, and hear where sounds
are coming from. Emo has a lot of character. Eilik loses the feet and gains arms. It can communicate and play games with friends. These robots are designed to fight. Japan holds robot fighting competitions, with
amusing entrances, samurai swords, and wrestling - look at this throw. This robot mimics your movements, using controls
strapped to your waist. It has a sword and shield, and sensors to
detect impacts. Three years ago, people were impressed that
Aibo could kick a ball. It’s a great robot, but it cost $3000. This new robot costs $500, and it can kick
a ball into a goal. It can also work with colours, motion track,
recognise you, and sort objects. And it’s one of a special breed of small
robots that aren’t just toys. Clicbot was created by an award winning animator
from the movie Walle. It can be put together in hundreds of different
ways, walking on walls or moving like a snake, and of course, dancing. And there’s something special about these
two robots. Robots have made Musk the world’s richest
man, and he doesn’t care if his employees have degrees. There’s no need even to have a college degree,
at all. And his kids don’t go to a normal school. He created a school for them, where they learn
from interesting practical challenges. Our brain has evolved to discard information
that it thinks has irrelevance. You’re being asked to memorise formulas,
but you do not know why. Every little flow of curiosity said Einstein,
is crushed. We think that memorization is science, and
that’s not true at all. Picking a problem, and then using maths or
physics to solve that problem, is far more engaging. Clickbot and Emo can be programmed - helping
people learn to code. The world is short of 40 million coders and
that’s expected to reach 85 million by 2030. With clicbot, it goes all the way from recording
and playing back actions, to full coding. Some might prefer a programmable tank, that
fires gell balls and teaches maths and science. The company behind it also made my favourite
toy - an FPV drone. It helps you see places from a completely
new perspective. And it pretty much flies itself, almost making
up for my terrible pilot skills. The jetson one enables you to fly without
a pilots licence. It’s probably very noisy, and I guess we’ll
have to see what happens when it crashes, but it looks so fun, I’d love to have a
go. From the details on their website, it seems
a really high quality machine. It uses lidar sensors to track terrain and
avoid obstacles. If you let go of the controls, it will hover,
and there’s a ballistic parachute for emergencies. If the flight computer crashes, backup systems
will kick in. It can fly for 20 minutes, after charging
for an hour or two, and the top speed is software limited to 63mph - which seems fast enough. The Jetson One costs $82,000 and it’s sold
out for this year. It’s just five years since the swedish company
was founded - an impressive pace of development. This was their first manned flight. It was brave, with his legs so close to the
propellers, and a basic controller. And Skydrive is aiming to be available next
year. This is how it expects air traffic to look
as flying taxis take off. The traffic density is certainly ambitious
- I think the aviation authorities would require some persuading. But back to home robots - some of them are
genuinely helpful. This one uses lasers to navigate, and an ultrasound
sensor to detect different floors. If it’s a hard floor, it’ll clean it by
quickly moving a small mop back and forth as it goes. It sounds ambitious, but reviews are pretty
positive. There are also pool cleaning, window cleaning,
ironing and mowing robots. The amazon page for this little thing claims
it removes nearly all allergens, using UV light. It’s an interesting idea, but having read
a study, I’m skeptical, and one reviewer said it kept falling off the bed. Scribit can draw on walls, and then clear
it off - making your home into a kind of etcha-a-sketch. It’s a pretty cool idea. The reviews are a bit mixed, but as it improves
I could see it taking off. I have zero art skill, but I’d love to see
my daughters sketches on the wall. If you’re going to have an AI face on your
desk, you could also put a plant on it. This one can show if the plant needs watering,
or more light, or if it’s too hot. You can show it a QR code to configure it
for different plants. The labrador retreiver is a simple robot to
move things around for people with disabilities, and there are wardrobes that automatically
sort clothes, for people who can’t be bothered. Amazon’s Astro can monitor your home and
let you know if it sees anyone it doesn’t recognise, or hears any unusual sounds. It can be accessed remotely, for video calls,
and when you’re home it can find you to check you get reminders, timers and messages. It can carry drinks, and can be expanded to
carry a blood pressure monitor, or a Furbo Dog Camera which throws out treats. And smart toilets are promising to detect
diet and health issues. A Stanford study found that it’s possible
to detect signs of diseases by analysing your deposits. Of course, robots are also taking jobs. This vineyard robot can work several times
faster than human workers. And over a thousand of these robots have been
sold, which serve things like ice creams. Autonomous tractors can now till fields using
cameras and sensors. And it doesn’t even require a new tractor
- an upgrade kit has been launched by one of the world’s biggest farm equipment companies Hotel robots are delivering room service. And flippy uses AI and computer vision to
cook fast food. These drones can even identify ripe fruit,
before picking them and droping them into bins. They coordinate to avoid crashing into each
other. Robot waiters are currently selling for around
$20,000, and as the price comes down, they’re going to become more common. This manufacturer of locks and hinges has
started renting robots at $8 an hour - that’s half the minimum wage for a worker. And look how well it handles extremely difficult
questions. What does a rainbow taste like? It tastes like rainbows. What’s the closest tasting food to a rainbow? A rainbow is a spectrum of light that is visible
when the sun shines on droplets of moisture in the atmosphere. So if you want to taste a rainbow you will
need to find some water droplets in the atmosphere. There are some brilliant AI apps. This one does motion capture. You film yourself, upload it, make any edits,
and watch the results. I wonder if it will eventually match the quality
of film kit like this. Hi Can you speak in Greek? Ok, let’s see. Éna, dío, tría. There are also apps that can restore old photos,
colourise them, and sharpen them. There’s hardly any detail here, but the
AI nails it. It’s almost like those amusing police scenes. Maybe he saw the sniper. Or was working with him. Wait, go back one. What do you see? There’s a reflection. He’s talking to whoever’s wearing that
jacket. And deep nostalgia can animate photos. It sparked a lot of reaction videos. This is my grandad, when he was a kid. And this is him as a pilot. If he could see the tech today, it would seem
like scifi - he’d love it. And AI’s creating impressive art. The big question of what does it really mean
to be human in 21st century. This all leads to me, this feeling of remembering
the future. As humans, we have this capacity of imagination. And I think, that’s one of the most strongest
ability, to find solutions to any problem. Even if you have no skill, you can use this
AI app to create really interesting stuff. You give it an initial image, and a text prompt,
like ‘cyberpunk forest by Salvadore Dali’. And the art keeps evolving until you’re
happy. AI also helped to generate these images of
simpsons characters. And it’s competing with designers. This one generates logos - you just give it
the brand name, pick a colour palatte, enter some key words, and it creates a few options
for you. And robots are starting to take over some
of the most sophisticated jobs. We’ve previously looked at robotic surgery
tools. And recently, an autonomous laparoscopic robot
operated on a pig, with significantly better results than a human surgeon. It was described as one of the most intricate
and delicate tasks in surgery - reconnecting two ends of an intestine. Slightly shaky hands could cause disaster. The robot uses computer vision and AI to adjust
the operating plan in real time, as soft tissues move and change shape during the procedure. And robot arms are learning new skills. This one can catch things: And this one can throw them, more accurately
than the researchers that created it. Bionic arms are improving all the time. Tilly was 1, when her arms were amputated
to save her from a life-threatening illness. So the arms are controlled by my muscle sensors,
and there’s sensors on the inside, so whatever I do with my muscles, I can control the fingers. So if I squeeze the muscles, they’ll close,
and if I flex, they’ll open. These hands have been made by unbalance in
five years, and if this is what they can achieve in five, just think of what they can achieve
in another five, so I’m really excited about the future. Brain-controlled prosthetics are also advancing. Melissa Loomis can feel through her bionic
arm. Right there. Alright. So, see if you can tell when you’ve actually
gotten this. So just close slowly. Got it. Got it, got it, got it. Ok, and open. The prosthetic feeds back to nerves associated
with different fingers. The nerves that feel here on this hand, they’re
moved here. So that’s her thumb, her index finger. She can even feel different temperatures. My hand is cold, oh it’s cold, it’s very
cold. And this synthetic skin has layers of sensors
to feedback the sense of touch. If you were to look at a little cross section
of your skin and see all the different receptors you would notice that they’re not all in
one layer. They’re offset and some are higher up in
the skin than others. So we built the edermis to actually mimic
that. The top layer, when it experiences something
painful, it’s going to send you some information back. Further down in your skin, mechanoreceptors
tell you how hard you’re pressing. This bionic leg moves automatically, recognising
actions like walking upstairs. And this one adapts to the person’s walking
style. It registers electric signals from the brain,
and translates them into natural movements. It’s also lighter and more powerful than
a normal leg, and points to a future where disabled people might have superior abilities. This guy created his own partial prosthetic
hand, and it’s impressive. Last week I was able to move my hand open
and closed. Now I’m able to splay the fingers. The next couple of newly regained abilities
won’t mean as much to those not in the missing parts club. But being able to pick up small items with
my index and thumb is a great feeling to have once again. Brain controlled bionic arms are also advancing. And technology like this could transform us
all. The new device is inserted through the jugular
vein, up into the brain, where sensors extend into the walls of veins. Over time, cells may gradually and incorporate
them into the tissue. The sensors are placed immediately adjacent
to the control centre in the brain, known as the motor cortex. The electric signals that form thoughts are
transmitted down to a unit under the skin in the chest, and out to a computer. It’s been approved for clinical trials,
with plans for brain control of computers and exoskeletons. A founder of neuralink has invested in the
company. Here it is. Digital spinal chord. A spinal chord injury patient may be able
to control a vehicle, simply by thinking. A patient who’s come home from a war, lost
his arms, can pick up his children once again. And the next Stephen Hawking, will have no
limitation, on his or her ability to not only understand but communicate the secrets of
the universe. Remarkably, Hawking wrote over 15 books. A brief history of time sold over ten million
copies. And his sense of humour was priceless. You believe there could be an infinite number
of parallel universes. Does that mean that there is a universe out
there where I am smarter than you. Yes, and also a universe where you’re funny. Elon Musk’s neuralink is also gearing up
for clinical trials, implanting tiny threads in the brain. If you get those electrodes next to a neuron,
they can record what that neuron is doing. The robot will be able to figure out exactly
what the specific topography of the patient will be, target the areas, and take the patient
from the patient coming in and sitting down, to them walking out of the door that same
day. Musk believes it’s the best way to keep
up with AI. If you assume any rate of advancement in AI,
we will be left behind by a lot. We’re already a cyborg. You have more power than the president of
the United States had 20 years ago. You can answer any question, but the constraint
is input output, so we’re I/O bound. It will create a new layer to the brain, to
interface with AI And Tesla and Google are taking AI to another
level. Musk recently said that Tesla’s robot is
the company's top priority this year, and could outgrow the car business. And google recently showed the kind of general
AI that could allow robots to take on pretty much any task. Most of our models today deal with only a
single modality of data. They deal with images, or text, or speech. We can build models that take in all these
different modalities of input data, but then fuse them together. We’ve been calling this system pathways. So the idea is that this model will be able
to do thousands or millions of different tasks. Whatever you make of all this, if a few companies
dominate AI, they’ll also control money and power. AI needs to be more fun and accessible, which
is where chewie comes in. You don’t need to program him. He’ll get regular AI updates and new skills. It could gain a huge number of abilities over
time. It could pick everything up off the floor
before vacuuming and empty the dishwasher. It’s modular and upgradeable, and if you
work in AI, or you want to give it a try, it should be fun seeing the result in your
own robot. And it will make maths and physics will be
so much more fun for kids. We’re also exploring how it could help develop
AI and sensors for prosthetics. I’d love to hear your thoughts. It has to be extremely high quality, to allow
for years of AI updates and new skills, so the more input we have at this stage the better. And we need an exceptional team. If you’re doing great things in AI and robotics,
please get in touch. It will be a great day when we can show you
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