In this special report, we meet some of the world’s most creative minds in robotics to find out how their robots will transform our lives—for real. “Engineers of the New Millennium: Robots for Real” is now airing on public radio stations across the United States. Check below to see if the show will air in your area. After listening, join the discussion about the future of robots.
Use the player below to listen to the entire show, or download the segments here: Segment A, Segment B, Segment C.
Click on the images below to watch audio slide shows of individual stories.
“Engineers of the New Millennium: Robots for Real” is a coproduction of IEEE Spectrum magazine and the Directorate for Engineering of the National Science Foundation.
Photos: ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories; Andrew Carlson/Center for Distributed Robotics/University of Minnesota; Sarah Degallier; Gabor Fichtinger/Queen’s University; Getty Images; Kyle Gilpin/Distributed Robotics Lab/CSAIL Center for Robotics/MIT; Erico Guizzo; Gregory Hager/Johns Hopkins University; Laurie Howell; iStockphoto; Chris Kuklok; Matthew Lee; Cynthia Menard/NIH, Reuters; Joe Menassa; Basilio Noris; Quality of Life Technology Center; Lisa Raffensperger; ReconRobotics; RobotCub; Robowrangler Robotics; Russell Taylor/Johns Hopkins University; Linda Wensel; Willow Garage
