Robotics

The Kiwi Challenge is a series of robotics competitions for beginners run throughout the country Audio

Cosmo Kentish-Barnes visits New Zealand's first commercial robotic dairy farm near Ashburton where cows milk themselves when they want to. Audio

University of Canterbury mechatronics students have built a robotic petrol station assistant. Audio

Medical researcher and ex-pat Kiwi Catherine Mohr develops robots that makes surgery safer. Audio

In this web only extended interview, Catherine Mohr continues to discuss the Da Vinci surgical robot. Audio

Daniel Hutchinson is creating polymer gel actuators which in the future might be used as artificial muscle in life-like robots Audio

Meet the genius model makers who are currently creating a robotic moa and recreating the giant Haast Eagle. Audio

Amelia Nurse meets a robot that can not only talk but also pollinate and harvest kiwifruit. Audio

Dean Williams visits the University of Auckland's Robotics and Intelligent Systems research laboratory. Audio