Now playing Next Next Series Robo-Mate helps industrial workers lift heavy loads, reducing spinal injuries Robo-Mate looks like a superhero accessory, but actually it is a tool designed to help industrial workers. 27/02/2017
Now playing Next Next Series Takeaway: the body-enhancing exoskeleton This exoskeleton is designed for handling manual tasks It helps industrial workers reducethe risk of injuries Over 25 percent of Europeans suffer back pain due to work The worker’s effort is reduced, 27/02/2017
Now playing Next Sci-tech Ocado develops robotic hand to pick groceries for customers' orders A UK-based online grocery retailer is developing a robotic hand that could one day pick fruit and vegetables for customers’ orders. 16/02/2017
Now playing Next Sci-tech Five hundred years of robots at the British Science Museum A new exhibit at London’s Science Museum traces five-hundred years of robotic development, from early clockwork-automation – such as the impressive Silver Swann from 1773- to interactive… 09/02/2017
Now playing Next Sci-tech Robots start work on the farm Smart connected farms were a hot topic at the ‘International Green Week’ in Berlin. 30/01/2017
Now playing Next world news MEPs demand EU-wide rules on robots and AI MEPs have called for the adoption of EU-wide rules on how humans and robots interact. 12/01/2017
Now playing Next United Kingdom OPINION: Robots could put most humans out of work. What then? By Sean Welsh, researcher in robot ethics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand Robots will replace many humans: perhaps most humans in the workplace. 04/01/2017
Now playing Next Sci-tech HyQ - the four-legged robot for disaster zones As Italy is slowly recovering from a series of deadly earthquakes, researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology of Genoa are developing a new generation of robots to work in disaster… 09/12/2016
Now playing Next Sci-tech Coming soon: robot cops on Dubai's streets “Robot cops” will soon be patrolling the streets of Dubai. 01/11/2016
Now playing Next Sci-tech Robot can beat you at table football And you thought you were a table football star? 20/09/2016
Now playing Next Sci-tech Really useful robots coming to a home or factory near you Robotics technology is getting faster, smarter and more talkative, but just how useful can robots be? 07/06/2016
Now playing Next Sci-tech NASA prepares humanoid robots for trip to Mars Humanoid Robots to pioneer Mars colonisation? 30/05/2016
Now playing Next Next Series Takeaway: monitoring sea pollution This robot boat is not a toy… Developed by scientists, it monitors sea pollution. 30/05/2016
Now playing Next Next Series Dealing with danger: busy geniuses and watchful robots In this edition of Futuris, we look at wasps, hawks and donkeys – not animals but special robots which can help save people in danger in the Alps. 23/05/2016
Now playing Next Next Series Takeaway: watchful robots Obedient wasps, somehow stubborn donkeys, watchfull hawks, surrounded by Alpine peaks… In fact, they are robots developed in the framework of the 23/05/2016
Now playing Next Next Series Forklifts of the future: Sensors & the Factory At a warehouse in Bilbao, in northern Spain, a strange robotic ballet is underway. 12/10/2015
Now playing Next My Europe Series Technological change a nettle that must be grasped says expert “Do the digital revolution in business, technological advances and the increasing use of robots destroy more jobs than they create?” asks Franck in 04/09/2015
Now playing Next USA Robotics a walk in the park with latest advances on display Boston Dynamics , one of Google’s parent company Alphabet’s hi-tech arms, has released video of its latest baby, the Atlas robot. In the video the 18/08/2015