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0:00:04 > 0:00:08Come with us as we dive into the wonderful world of technology.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09This is mind blowing.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Each show we introduce you
0:00:10 > 0:00:15to geniuses whose inventions have changed the world for ever.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16We then take their tech
0:00:16 > 0:00:20and supersize it in our Genius Tech Challenge.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21THEY SHOUT
0:00:21 > 0:00:23The question is - can they pull it off?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Is this his brain?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28If you love gadgets, then strap yourself in.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- It's genius.- Absolute Genius.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37In this show we're finding out how robots
0:00:37 > 0:00:39have leapt from the pages of fiction into reality.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44And how in the future they could change the way we live.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Please say hello to Dick and Dom.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Plus we design our very own big, bad robot to destroy
0:00:50 > 0:00:51some terrible old tech.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53ALL: Yeah!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Today's show is all about robotics...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and I don't mean the dodgy dance from the '80s.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Prepare to have your mind blown
0:01:34 > 0:01:37because these metal beasts aren't just in sci-fi movies,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40no, they are real, and they are already helping us on a daily basis.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Welcome to the Genius world of robotics.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The idea of robots has been around for centuries.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Way back in 1495,
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Leonardo da Vinci created a mechanical suit of amour that moved.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01And they've been in the movies for well over 100 years.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04But today, robots are real and in action.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Nasa has the Mars Rover, a robot on Mars sending images back to Earth.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13In China there are robots serving people in restaurants.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15And here at factories like this one,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18robots are hard at work building cars.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22This car plant has around 650 robots working.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24They can work 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29Yeah, turning over around a quarter of a million cars in a year!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32But where did it all begin, who got the ball rolling?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Where did robots come from?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Well, it wasn't in the tech districts of Tokyo.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Or the Universities of America.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41It was in the UK...
0:02:41 > 0:02:44In glorious Bristol, by our first genius.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Meet the man who gave us the first-ever autonomous robot -
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Dr William Grey Walter!
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I'm a man - not a robot.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55In the 1940s, William Grey Walter was a man
0:02:55 > 0:02:57with an interesting hobby - building Robots.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00They are small and he doesn't dress them up to look like men.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01He calls them tortoises.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Robots had existed before Grey Walter,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08but they were mechanical marvels that had to be wound up or cranked.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11What he did was create two battery-powered machines.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13They were the first true autonomous robots
0:03:13 > 0:03:16and helped change technology for ever.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Grey Walter's invention was revolutionary
0:03:17 > 0:03:20because the tortoises were fitted with sensors.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23They were simple, but for the first time ever
0:03:23 > 0:03:26a powered machine was able to change its actions based
0:03:26 > 0:03:29on the world around it and that was genius.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32So, we've come to Bristol, where it all began.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Delighted to meet you.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38To tell us everything we need to know about Grey Walter's robots
0:03:38 > 0:03:41is Genius helper Professor Alan Winfield -
0:03:41 > 0:03:43who specialises in mobile robots.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48There he is, or she is, we don't know the gender, do we?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- It.- It.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Why was the tortoise so important?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57It's now regarded as the world's first electronic,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00autonomous, mobile robot.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Why was this so ground-breaking to technology at the time?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07It's the way that the tortoise connects the sensors,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11the electronics and the motors that was really new - in fact, radical.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14And what kind of sensors has it got?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Two sensors, in fact - this thing right here is a light sensor.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- The robot is attracted to a bright light.- Ah!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- TV PRESENTER:- When light strikes the cell,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26a driving and steering mechanism
0:04:26 > 0:04:28sends her hurrying towards it, but if she brushes
0:04:28 > 0:04:31against any object in her path, contacts are operated
0:04:31 > 0:04:33that turn the steering away.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41This switch arrangement means that whenever the shell is touched,
0:04:41 > 0:04:47anywhere around the shell actually triggers the touch sensor.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49No, that way. That way.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50It doesn't follow any orders.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- No, it doesn't. - It does its own thing.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55It does... Entirely does its own thing.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59I think these really were genius for their time, but how do they work?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01BOTH: Fran!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Are you ready?- Our genius scientist friend Fran can explain things
0:05:05 > 0:05:08in a way that even we can understand...
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Oh, no, no!
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- ..and she loves a good experiment. - Exactly.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Fran, we've seen the tortoises in action, but how do they work?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Well, I thought before you guys discover how they work,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I thought it would be best if you could be the tortoise.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25We get to be human robot tortoises?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- Yes, you do.- How?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Well, by using these.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- These?- Dodgems? We get to go on dodgems?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- As part of our job with you?- Yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35What? What? What?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Yes!- So you're in a dodgem
0:05:40 > 0:05:43because you remember when the tortoise bashed into things?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44It would change direction.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47It would and dodgems do exactly that type of thing.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50You are going to try and follow the light just like the tortoises
0:05:50 > 0:05:51follow towards the light.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I want you to see like the tortoise sees - right?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Which is why you're going to be blindfolded.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58And the only way you'll be able to see where you're going
0:05:58 > 0:05:59is with this periscope.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I've put a filter on top, so you don't see the exact image,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05you'll just see where light is coming from.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Cos I'm going to shine a flashing light
0:06:07 > 0:06:09from somewhere in this arena
0:06:09 > 0:06:11and you guys have got to get to it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Right, folks, this should be interesting.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Strap on your seatbelts, we're off.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Dick is the touch sensor so he is going to be completely blindfolded.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Dom is the light sensor, so when he looks through the periscope,
0:06:24 > 0:06:25he can only see this.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Using only these two senses, we've got
0:06:27 > 0:06:30to work together to get all the way over to Fran.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34She'll be flashing her light on and off so Dom can sense where she is.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Go!
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Argh!
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Which way?- I don't know.- What do you mean you don't know?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Stop a minute!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Argh!
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Hang on, I see something. Left.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49No, no, the other left.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51This place is full of flashing coloured lights,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55so it's not making it very easy to find Fran's light.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- I can see something flashing. - You're doing well.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59That's right.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Come on. My tortoises could do it.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Right, right, right. No, left. No, left.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06What do you mean left?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Go left. Left, left.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Left. That's it!
0:07:10 > 0:07:11- We've got it.- Is that right?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13There she is!
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Hey! Look at that.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20It's not as easy as it looks being a tortoise.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Back to Fran's lab to find out what that was all about.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26That was great fun, but I'm sure
0:07:26 > 0:07:28there's some science in there somewhere.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30There certainly was. When you guys were on the dodgems
0:07:30 > 0:07:33you were acting like the tortoise.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Dom, you were the light sensor and, Dick,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37you were the touch sensor,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40but there was one main difference between you guys and the tortoises.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- OK, what's that? - Intelligence, believe it or not.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43When you were changing direction,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45you thought about changing direction.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48With the tortoise, there's no thought involved.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49How does it work, then?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The sensors on the tortoise are a bit like an electrical reflex...
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Dick, could you just cross your legs for me, please?- What for?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59I'm going to make your leg move by hitting it with a hammer.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Oy!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Did you see that?- Oy!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- That'll do.- Has your leg moved yet?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- Yeah.- But you weren't thinking about it, were you?- No.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11And that's a reflex. It's something that happens automatically.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13It's the same thing with the tortoise.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16When the tortoise bumps into something, it doesn't think
0:08:16 > 0:08:20about changing direction, it's like someone has turned on a switch.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22There's no intelligent thought involved at all.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So if the tortoise isn't intelligent,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26where are we going to find an intelligent robot?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Well, to do that, you need to go to Boston.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Boston, Boston, I love Boston.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37William Grey Walter had built the very first autonomous robots.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The genius idea of giving a machine senses would lay
0:08:40 > 0:08:42the foundations for all modern robots -
0:08:42 > 0:08:45from dancing ones to car-building ones.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49While we jet off to Boston, here are the top five genius robots.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54At five - need more kangaroo in your life? Good news!
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Meet Bionic Kangaroo,
0:08:55 > 0:09:00a fully robotic jumping kangaroo made by scientists in Germany.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Hoppy.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05At four - it's Actroid-F. It's considered the world's
0:09:05 > 0:09:07most life-like robot.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11It's so realistic-looking that people think it's a real person.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13At three - it's Robo Chef.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Sick of having to make your own food?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Well, Robo Chef is a fully automated, cooking robot
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and may be whisking eggs near you soon.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26At two - it's the Grandebot 2,000 - also known as Ariana Grande -
0:09:26 > 0:09:27now with enhanced high notes.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Only joking - I just made that one up!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33And at one. Don't want to do your art homework?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Well, Paul the drawing robot could be your new best friend.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Paul can focus on a person's face and sketch it.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Ahh, here we are. Hot and lovely Boston.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Thanks to Grey Walter, machines could change their movements
0:09:51 > 0:09:53based on the environment around them.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55But they were just electrical reactions -
0:09:55 > 0:09:57they weren't actually thinking for themselves.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00A truly thinking robot needs artificial intelligence.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03That's why we've come to one of the world's top universities -
0:10:03 > 0:10:05the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08And MIT is the home to our next genius,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11who co-founded the artificial intelligence lab.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Let us introduce you to Professor Marvin Minsky.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I think, therefore I am.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22In the 1950s, the idea that computers could one day
0:10:22 > 0:10:25think for themselves only existed as a theory.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28But it was our genius, Marvin Minsky, who started to turn it
0:10:28 > 0:10:31into a reality when he co-founded the artificial intelligence lab
0:10:31 > 0:10:35here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40His genius idea was that you could give a computer
0:10:40 > 0:10:42a set of pre-programmed rules
0:10:42 > 0:10:46and those rules could allow it to decide its own actions.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50He built the world's first ever neural network learning machine -
0:10:50 > 0:10:53the first computer that worked like a brain.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57It was modelled on a rat in a trap and was capable of using
0:10:57 > 0:11:00its computer brain to work out an escape plan.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Got it? Good. Now, get out.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Today, machines that learn exist in a variety of forms.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10From driverless cars that can decide how to navigate safely...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12..to websites that know what type of movies you like.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15But we're talking robots in this show.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17So to show us one of the world's largest robots with
0:11:17 > 0:11:22artificial intelligence, we've got genius helper from MIT Pat Marion.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- Hi, Pat.- Hi, Dom.- Who is this?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25This is the atlas humanoid robot,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29built by Boston Dynamics in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our team here at MIT
0:11:29 > 0:11:32is doing the software development to control this robot.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Atlas was built to enter a competition called
0:11:34 > 0:11:38the Darpa Robotics Challenge - a test to try and find a robot which
0:11:38 > 0:11:42can work alone to enter dangerous buildings on rescue operations.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47And the team at MIT are working on Atlas's artificial intelligence.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48It's got eyes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50It does. This is its sensor head -
0:11:50 > 0:11:52it's got a stereo pair of cameras here,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54and a laser range finder.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Can you make this robot make its own decisions as opposed to you
0:11:57 > 0:11:59telling it what to do every step of the way?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01The robot does make a lot of decisions.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04In fact, it has a control loop that is making a thousand
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- decisions a second. - Is it more intelligent than him?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- Right now? Maybe.- You said a thousand thoughts a second, yeah?
0:12:10 > 0:12:11I'm more like a fish.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Atlas's intelligence lies in its ability to scan its environment and
0:12:15 > 0:12:19then make decisions about where to place its feet and how to balance.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21So this could walk like a human, on its own,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24making its own decisions without any visible support?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- That's right. - Can we see it in action?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28All right - let's do it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31So it's scanning everything?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Atlas is equipped with sensors, including lasers and cameras,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37allowing it to constantly scan its surroundings.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41To test it, Pat has put concrete blocks in its way.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Here it goes.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It's so humanlike...
0:12:50 > 0:12:51the way it moves.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Brilliant.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Well done, Atlas.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Atlas can even react to unexpected knocks.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03That's not very nice.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Atlas is continuously making tiny adjustments to its body
0:13:09 > 0:13:10so it doesn't fall over.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12This is what we're talking about here.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16It's making its own decisions and they're split-second reactions.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Where do you see robots like Atlas in about five years' time?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20We're going to see a lot more autonomy.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22They'll be built stronger and lighter weight,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25so they can move more quickly and get into more interesting areas.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27You heard it here.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29One day, they will take over the world.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32A truly genius robot -
0:13:32 > 0:13:36in part thanks to a true genius, Professor Marvin Minsky.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I'm officially intelligent.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41But here's a robot that's not so clever.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44It's The Not So Genius Idea!
0:13:44 > 0:13:47HitchBOT was a Canadian robot designed to travel all over
0:13:47 > 0:13:51the world by hitchhiking and taking photos of its travels.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53HitchBOT had successfully travelled across Canada
0:13:53 > 0:13:57and even visited Europe, popping to Germany.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59But when it tried to travel across the USA
0:13:59 > 0:14:01it was broken up by vandals. Naughty.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05It looks like it might just be a bit too soon for humans
0:14:05 > 0:14:08and robots to live together peacefully.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Still to come, we're going to destroy some of the worst tech ever
0:14:14 > 0:14:18with the help of a robot friend of ours in our Genius Tech Challenge.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23But first, we're back in Boston.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28So far, we've seen the beginnings of the robot world in Bristol.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29And here in Boston,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33we've seen how robots of the future will have artificial intelligence.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36But one day, the dream is to have robots helping us daily in our homes.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39And our next genius is someone that has helped make that dream
0:14:39 > 0:14:41a step closer to reality.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Satoshi Shigemi.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Konnichiwa, Dick and Dom.- What?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50He's Japanese, you fool. We went there last series.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Oh, yeah. Konnichiwa.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Satoshi Shigemi is the chief engineer on a robot called
0:14:57 > 0:15:01ASIMO - something he's been working on since the 1980s.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Although ASIMO has been around for a while, it has constantly been
0:15:04 > 0:15:09updated and is now one of the most advanced humanoid robots.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Satoshi Shigemi is a true genius and we'd love to interview him.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17But we can't because we're in Boston and he's in Tokyo.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Do we know anyone in Japan?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21We do, actually - our lifelong friend.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23We've only met her once.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Our good colleague, Leah from Newsround.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28She's our second favourite Newsround presenter.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Let me just call her.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Oh, it's dialling.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35PHONE RINGS
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Hello.- Ah, hello, Leah.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43It's Dom here. Dom from Dick and Dom.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45We hear you're in Japan. Having a good time?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Well, I was just...
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Speaker.- ..maybe buy some souvenirs.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Any chance you can do us a favour? - No.- Go on.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- No.- Please.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55- Fine.- Good.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58You know genius robotics engineer Satoshi Shigemi?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Could you interview him for us?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04If I do that, will you leave me alone?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05- Yeah.- OK.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07You really need to get off this phone
0:16:07 > 0:16:09because it's costing me a fortune.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Aww, she's hung up. I think that went well.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Thanks, Leah.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16While she heads to meet ASIMO and our genius,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19we decided to have a bit of a gander around MIT -
0:16:19 > 0:16:21and look what we've found.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Yes, it's a robot cheetah!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Oh, wow.... His head's fallen off.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30THEY CHORTLE
0:16:30 > 0:16:33How did you find that? It blew my head off.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Yeah, slightly awkward.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Let's hope Leah has better luck with ASIMO.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Hello, Leah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Please say hello to Dick and Dom.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Oh, hello, ASIMO.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Konnichiwa.- Konnichiwa.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52What is so special about ASIMO?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54What can it do?
0:16:54 > 0:17:00- TRANSLATION:- In the initial stage, ASIMO was only able to walk.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04However, ASIMO is now able to open a bottle and pour coffee.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Milk and two sugars, please, ASIMO.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10What's the plan for ASIMO for the future?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Since ASIMO is multi-lingual,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ASIMO
0:17:18 > 0:17:21might be able to guide visitors in their mother tongue.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24ASIMO: Let's shake hands to remember your visit.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Besides having a mean handshake, there is also the plan that
0:17:27 > 0:17:31one day ASIMO will be able to help care for people in their homes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32I came for a delivery.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34And you didn't spill a drop.
0:17:34 > 0:17:40What advice would you give to future geniuses of technology?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Now, that is a good question.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Whatever you do, think how you can use your knowledge to help
0:17:47 > 0:17:50people and think what kind of pleasure it could bring to them.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Thanks to our genius, Satoshi Shigemi, one day
0:17:54 > 0:17:57we might all have a robot serving us dinner at home.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Absolute Genius.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02We've seen how autonomous robots with sensors
0:18:02 > 0:18:06have gone from being simple tortoises to human-like helpers.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10It's official, robots are genius.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Yes, we've seen some pretty impressive robots.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15The problem is they're just all a bit too good.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17When you think of robots in the movies
0:18:17 > 0:18:20you think about destruction!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25So our Tech Challenge is to design and build our very own
0:18:25 > 0:18:26destructive robot.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Here's the plan...
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Our challenge is to come up with a robot that can do
0:18:34 > 0:18:36some serious damage.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39It's going to need some serious strength and firepower
0:18:39 > 0:18:42because our machine of destruction has to successfully terminate
0:18:42 > 0:18:45three of the worst pieces of technology ever.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Smash!
0:18:46 > 0:18:47But that's not all.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Before our robot can annihilate the terrible tech, it has to get
0:18:51 > 0:18:55to it, as each item will be hidden within a special protective case.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59It's going to take everything we've learned about robotics
0:18:59 > 0:19:02and more, but can we pull it off?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06To help us build our robot, we've got our mate Grant Cooper,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09who builds battle robots professionally.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12But for our challenge, we're going to need Grant to make
0:19:12 > 0:19:14the biggest robot he's ever built.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Grant, you've built robots for us before, but this time we want
0:19:17 > 0:19:20one that's bigger and better - maybe with a little destructive edge.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22It's got firepower - it crashes, it bashes.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24We want lasers that come out the sides,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27we want wheels that've got spikes on them.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28We want big sharp teeth, chainsaws,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- bombs that can go and blow things up.- Can you do it?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It sounds ambitious, but if you guys can come up with an idea,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36we can create almost anything.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39We dream the dreams and you make it a reality?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41We've built loads of real scary machines
0:19:41 > 0:19:43and robots before, so if you want to go
0:19:43 > 0:19:45and take a look at some of them and come back with some ideas
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- and we'll go from there. - Robot time.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Right, what have we got here?- Look at the size of that hammer.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51HE GRUNTS
0:19:51 > 0:19:53One of them.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54HE SQUAWKS
0:19:54 > 0:19:57So a massive hammer in one hand, chainsaw in the other...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Yeah, but we need fire.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Right, so that's it.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- Fire finger, chainsaw, hammer hitting...- Yeah.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- ..penguin of doom. - Let's go and draw it.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06In a dress.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Go on then, da Vinci.- What kind of dress do we think?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Nice dress, flowers...
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Lasers coming out of the flowers.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19That's hardly menacing, is it?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- It's a crow's head. - That's not destructive.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I'll give it evil eyebrows.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25There you go. Evil eyebrows.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Well, Grant did say he could do pretty much anything...
0:20:28 > 0:20:30except giving it a name.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33What do you call it? Skeleton Donkey.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36It is a Kleefstof.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41- It says it there - Kleefstof. Kleefstof III.- Perfect.- Done.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Let's go and show Grant.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47We've got a genius name and a genius robot - let's see
0:20:47 > 0:20:50if Grant can make it. We think you're going to like this.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Sounds exciting.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- Erm...- Do you like it?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01What...what is it?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03THEY LAUGH
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Let's run you through what we've got here.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06We've got a crow's head.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Two big arms - one's holding a chainsaw, the other a mallet.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11We dream it, you make it.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Caterpillar tracks at the bottom, fire coming out of them,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15all based on top of a donkey.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Firstly, I think
0:21:16 > 0:21:19having tracks on the back of the donkey is a bad idea -
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I'd lose the donkey.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Lose the donkey. Donkey gone.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I think the general idea - something on wheels and tracks
0:21:26 > 0:21:28with a chainsaw and the flames certainly...
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I think they're always a cool feature.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33How about...? Could the flames come out of the beak?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- I don't see why not.- So it's like a flame-throwing crow.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39You've got some of the basics of a good idea in there.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41So we'll go back to the drawing board, have a look...
0:21:41 > 0:21:45No need because it's all here for you, Grant. Good luck.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Thank you.- And we'll see you on the dance floor.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- See you soon.- He's off. - Good day's work, that.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- I think so.- All he's got to do is just weld it together, really.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56A bit of cutting sheet steel. He's got the easy job.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01We'll leave Grant to crack on and turn our genius idea
0:22:01 > 0:22:06into a robot capable of destroying some of the worst tech ever.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07The question is, though -
0:22:07 > 0:22:09what is this bad tech that we're going to destroy?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Up first, the very worst in electronic gaming.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13The Barcode Battler.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Who needs video games when you can scan barcodes
0:22:18 > 0:22:21and battle other barcodes?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Next, representing possibly the worst
0:22:24 > 0:22:26in home entertainment technology...
0:22:26 > 0:22:29The Philips V2000.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32The time has come for a company to create a more sophisticated system.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35You could hardly rent any movies that would play on it
0:22:35 > 0:22:38and tapes had to be turned over halfway through viewing.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Useless and annoying.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Finally for bad transport tech, it's the legendary Sinclair C5.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50It was a powered tricycle that hardly anyone bought
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and those that did got laughed at for using it.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57It's been voted the worst gadget ever.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Now we know what it needs to destroy, it's time for us
0:22:59 > 0:23:01to meet our robot!
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Look at that!
0:23:21 > 0:23:24It's exactly how we drew it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Caterpillar tracks, flowery dress...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29crow's head, flame thrower.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Chainsaw...
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Mallet. - More than a mallet - it's a grabber.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36I hope you like it. Threw it all in the mix and this is...
0:23:36 > 0:23:38this is what happened.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40You and your team did some work on this,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- but I think the real credit has to go to us.- Yeah.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Didn't we do well? Clever, aren't we? - We did do this.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Genius, eh?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Right, let's destroy some really bad tech.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52But to make things more difficult,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54each piece of tech is hidden in something.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58The Barcode Battler in a school desk,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01the V2000 in a car
0:24:01 > 0:24:03and the C5 in a shed.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09To make sure we're super safe, we've got the fire brigade on standby.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Let see what Kleefstof is made of.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Kleefstof is genius, but, unlike ASIMO,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17it can't think for itself, so we're taking the controls.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19This robot is incredibly dangerous,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22so we have to operate it from a safe distance.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Kleefstof, let's do this.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29BELL DINGS Round One - the Barcode Battler.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Here we go!
0:24:33 > 0:24:35I'm controlling where Kleefstof goes.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37And I'm controlling how it destroys.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Yeah!
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Barcode Battler!
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Yeah! Go on.- I think you've done all the damage you need to.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46All right. Well, let's go and assess it
0:24:46 > 0:24:48and see if we've broken the Barcode Battler.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52The desk was no match for Kleefstof, but the tech is intact...
0:24:52 > 0:24:54What are the chances of that?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Everything is in bits apart from the Barcode Battler.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59They made things well back then. Look at that.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Well done, technology. You win.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Let's move on to Round Two.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07It's Bad Tech 1, Kleefstof 0.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Can Kleefstof redeem himself and prise the V2000
0:25:09 > 0:25:12from inside the car and destroy it?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14BELL DINGS Round Two.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Oh!
0:25:17 > 0:25:18CRASH
0:25:20 > 0:25:23That's it - Kleestof's eyes are on the prize.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24- Wait!- Nice and gentle.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Oh, yeah.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31I tell you what. Let's knock the car over.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34All right. Ready? Here we go. Right.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35- Oh!- Lift, lift.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Oh!
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Come on!
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- Keep going, keep going.- Come on.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- That's it.- Yeah!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Look! There's a bit of 2000. It's come out.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Oh, ya, ya, ya...
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Surely that's got to have seen it off.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- There you are - some bad technology.- Yeah, yeah.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Busted.- Look at that.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00I think the car's worse off than this.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Anyway, Kleefstof versus Bad Technology, Kleefstof wins.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Kleefstof 1 Bad Tech 1.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11It's the final round. Kleefstof will destroy
0:26:11 > 0:26:12the legendary Sinclair C5.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15We're going to chuck all this lot in there as well.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Yeah, the Philips 2000 and the Barcode Battler.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Let's go.- Love it.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- BELL DINGS - Round Three.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Let's do it.- Time to bring out the fire power.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- No!- Stop there.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Come on.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Boogie on down.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Up! Up!- Yes!- Yes!
0:26:42 > 0:26:43There you go.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Nice, nice.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Come on, Kleefstof.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Kleefstof, save yourself.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- What a result.- Finally.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02And with a tiny bit of cheating... Kleefstof wins!
0:27:02 > 0:27:04This robot is genius...
0:27:04 > 0:27:07In this episode we found out how a robot tortoise with sensors
0:27:07 > 0:27:09started modern-day robotics.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13How artificially intelligent machines can be programmed to learn.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16And how, in the near future, robots could be serving us our drinks.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Not only that...
0:27:18 > 0:27:21We used a bad robot to destroy some bad technology.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24But more importantly, we've found out how robots are real
0:27:24 > 0:27:26and are already changing our lives.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28So thank you very much to our geniuses, Grey Walter.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Minsky.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30And Shigemi.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- You're all... - BOTH: Absolute genius!
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Where has it gone?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51It's stopped.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Argh!
0:27:52 > 0:27:54A long line is a...
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Wow!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Its head's fallen off.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58How did you find that?
0:27:58 > 0:27:59It blew my head off.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02You can't end it like that!