13/03/2014 Newsround


13/03/2014

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You're live with Newsround on CBBC. I'm Leah, it's Thursday morning.

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Coming up. We meet the robots inspired by animals.

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And did Manchester City do enough to beat Barcelona? Keep watching.

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First to Sochi, where Britain's wheelchair curlers are currently on

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the ice facing the US. Aileen Neilson's team are currently down by

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6-2. They didn't get off to a good start and were found themselves 5-1

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down after five ends but their game play has improved. It's a busy day

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for the curlers with Great Britain also facing China later on today.

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Next conservation charities say that Fracking has the potential to

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devastate wildlife habitats across the country. The study is the first

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UK-wide report into the environmental costs of fracking, but

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the industry says that current regulations are strict enough to

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protect wildlife. Next up, I bet some of you guys have

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been told to tuck your school shirts in and straighten up your ties every

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now and again. But are your teachers any better when it comes to how

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smart they dress? Well, some staff at a London school have been

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criticised by education inspectors for being too casual. They're

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worried adults may be setting a bad example to pupils by wearing casual

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clothes in lessons. We want to hear from you. How smart do your teachers

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dress? Do you think it matters what they wear? Head over to the website

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and tell us what you think. All week on Newsround we've been

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showing you the ground breaking technology behind the next wave of

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robots. Well now, researchers are developing machines based on some of

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the smallest and fastest creatures on planet earth. Ricky went to meet

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the scientists who are creating robots by looking very closely at

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these. Ants! We have entered this exciting phase

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in robotics where the technology is taking inspiration from nature. And

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from humans. We are trying to make robots that will work in the real

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world. Which is an untidy place. The world is full of amazing creatures

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who get on perfectly well in the real world. They provide us with

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inspiration and fantastic design. Tell us about the swarm and how

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those robots operate. It is meant to behave like a colony of ants. The

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way that they forage for food. Some scientists argue there's not much

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point in basing a robot on human because we are too complex. So they

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turned their attention to robots inspired by biology. Things like a

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grasshopper or even a flea. There are plenty of people still

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interested in robots that look and behave like people at many of us

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realise most robots we need in the real world do not want to look like

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people. Head over to the website to see our

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amazing gallery of robots that have been inspired by our furry friends.

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And while you're there check out the gallery of your techno-tastic robot

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designs you've been sending us in all week.

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Sport now and I think this says it all. Manchester City couldn't quite

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stop the mighty force of Barcelona. They're out of the Champions League

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after a 2-1 defeat last night - 4-1 overall. Lionel Messi and Dani Alves

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scoring for Barcleona. Vincent Kompany scoring the only goal of the

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game for City over two ties! Loving the Alves celebration there. There's

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no better news for Andy Murray fan either this morning because

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Britain's number one is out of the Indian Wells tennis tournament in

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Paris. Andy was beaten in three sets by Canadian Milos Raonic. Victory

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was completed in a little over two hours. Murray's next tournament

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starts in Miami on 17 March. And there's always time for some

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pictures of rare tiger cubs - these three were born at London Zoo. This

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Sumatran tigress gave birth to the triplets last month and keepers are

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now confident the cubs are healthy, so have released these images of

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them, filmed by a hidden camera. The Sumatran tiger is listed as

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critically endangered, and there's only about 300 in existence.

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Join me at 08.15 when Martin will be reporting from The Big Bang Fair in

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Birmingham, the largest celebration of science and tech for in children

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in the UK. See you then. Goodbye.

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