Robots

University of Auckland's Professor of Connectivity, Darl Kolb, on what life will be like for humans as robots have an increasing presence in our lives. Darl Kolb's main research interest has been in… Audio

Psychology professor Dr Elizabeth Broadbent's fascination with robots began as a child reading Isaac Asimov. She has been working with robots for almost a decade, studying the use and design of… Audio

Trevor the caterpillar and Julie the dragonfly are soft robots that can walk and flap using electricity that powers artificial muscles, without a printed circuit board in sight. Video, Audio

More and more systems are becoming autonomous - not just self driving cars. So how do we deal with this new world, the practicalities, the ethics and avoid the potential pitfalls? Dr Ian Watson is a… Audio

A team of three Auckland kids is taking on the USA in an underwater robot competition next month. Audio, Gallery

Professor Peko Hosoi from MIT has made a 'tree on a chip' to help power the robots of the future. Audio

Recruitment firm director Kate Ross discusses which jobs are disappearing. Audio

Robots already vacuum our houses and are ubiquitous in manufacturing, but now developers are looking for new uses for their skills. Audio

Every year teams of intermediate and high school students from around the world compete in a competition like no other. They build robots that play against each other in a match of skill. The Vex… Audio, Gallery

It's part robot, part stingray. A bioengineered robot that mimicks the movement of a living stingray using living cells and synthetic materials.

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Joanna Mackenzie investigates what New Zealand needs to do to prepare for a future of jobs that don't even exist yet. Video, Audio

A soft, swallowing robot that mimics the human oesophagus is being developed as a tool that food technologists could use to design better food for people with swallowing difficulties Audio