0:00:05 > 0:00:08# If you've got a question and you don't know where to go
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Ask Nina for some help Cos she's got a science show
0:00:11 > 0:00:14# She makes sense of her senses While helping all her fans
0:00:14 > 0:00:17# By doing her experiments with potions and with bangs
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- # Touch your tongue - Tongue!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20- # Fingers - Fingers!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23- # Eyes.- Eyes! - Ears.- Ears!- Nose.- Nose!
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# Luke, he helps us with our eyes and Felix with our touch
0:00:32 > 0:00:35# Ollie sniffs out smells And Belle, she hears so much
0:00:35 > 0:00:38# Bud is Ollie's brother He helps us with our taste
0:00:38 > 0:00:41# They're Nina's little Neurons And they're coming to your place!
0:00:41 > 0:00:43- # Touch your tongue - Tongue!
0:00:43 > 0:00:44- # Fingers - Fingers!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- # Eyes.- Eyes! - Ears.- Ears!- Nose.- Nose!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know
0:00:50 > 0:00:53# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know
0:00:53 > 0:00:54# Oh yeah! #
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Round and round and round...
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Oh, hello! I'm just trying out a new toy robot.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Watch this!
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Isn't he brilliant?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- BEEPING - I hear a beep, I see a flash,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I wonder what they're going to ask?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15BEEPING
0:01:15 > 0:01:19- Hi, Nina!- Hi, guys! - We've got a question for you.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22How do robots work?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25That's a great question - how do robots work?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28It takes some very clever engineering.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Why don't you come down and we'll investigate?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- See you soon, Nina, bye.- Bye!
0:01:34 > 0:01:39I'll need help to answer this and I know just who to ask.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42OK, Neurons, time to get to work.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00ALL: Neurons at the ready, Nina.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04OK. Today's question is, how do robots work?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Which Neuron will be most useful to help find the answer?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11ALL: Me! Me! Me! Oh, me!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Will it be fabulous Felix?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Will it be beautiful Belle?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I send messages to brain from ear. If there's a sound, I'll help you hear.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Will it be lovely Luke?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29For looking and seeing, day or night,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31I'll help you with your sense of sight.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Will it be awesome Ollie?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36If it's pongy or whiffy but you can't tell,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- my messages help your sense of smell. - Or will it be baby Bud?
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Sour, salty, bitter or sweet, I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat!
0:02:47 > 0:02:50It's all the Neurons!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53ALL: Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons!
0:02:57 > 0:03:00ALL: All Neurons hip-hop happy to help, Nina!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Today's question is how do robots work?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05To find out we need all our senses.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So all of the Neurons will be helping us.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Right, I need to get the workshop ready before the engineers arrive.
0:03:15 > 0:03:23Sophie loves crocodiles, Jack loves superheroes, Ava likes dinosaurs.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- I love robots.- A robot friend would be cool.- How do robots work?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Today, for one day, they are the engineers!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Hi, guys!- Hi, Nina!
0:03:41 > 0:03:46Welcome and thanks for your great question - how do robots work?
0:03:46 > 0:03:51To find the answer, let's start by using our senses.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55ALL: Whoop! Woo! A senses experiment! We're ready, Nina!
0:03:55 > 0:04:01First, there's someone I'd like you to meet. This is Rodney, say hello.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07- Hello.- Hi, Rodney! - We are the same. We're people.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12We have arms, legs and a head.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Rodney the robot is a bit like a person too.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18He has arms legs and a head.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Robots can look like us and they can move a bit like us
0:04:21 > 0:04:23but they're not people.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28Robots are machines, like a TV or a washing machine.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31They don't need to breathe or eat food like us.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33A robot doesn't eat food?!
0:04:33 > 0:04:39That's right, Bud. But robots can do lots of things that we can't.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Have a look at this robot arm.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45This robot arm is a bit like one of our arms.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51We can pick something up and move it and so can the robot.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56But who is best? The robot or us? Let's put it to the test!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59In front of you, you have some blocks and a pattern.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02You're going to match the blocks to the pattern
0:05:02 > 0:05:04using the shape and colour.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07But you have to do it as fast as you can,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10because you're going to race the robot arm.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16- So, engineers, are you ready? - Yes!- Go!
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Go on, guys!
0:05:26 > 0:05:30That robot arm is picking up this game very quickly!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Hahaha!
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Well done, everyone! I'm afraid the robot arm is the winner.
0:05:37 > 0:05:43These robot arms can work faster than our arms. Robots are machines.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Robots can help people do lots of different things.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Is there anything robots can't do? - Very good question!
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Well, let's try something.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55We're going to race the robot arm again, but this time,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I've turned the robot's pattern the other way round.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01And I'm going to do the same for yours.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05OK, now, let's see who's best this time. Go!
0:06:18 > 0:06:21And now the blue square block, come on, guys.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- You're doing really well. - There, that one.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Well done, engineers, you've won!
0:06:28 > 0:06:32The robot arm put the blocks in the wrong place.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36So when I turned your pattern around,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- how did you know it had moved? - We could see it.- That's right.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42You could see that the pattern had moved
0:06:42 > 0:06:45so you changed where you put the blocks.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Robots don't have senses like us.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Oh, poor robots.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53They don't have neurons like us to see, hear, touch, smell
0:06:53 > 0:06:55and taste for them.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58This robot couldn't see that the pattern was the other way around,
0:06:58 > 0:07:03so it tried to do the same thing as before but this time it was wrong.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08So, I wonder what it would be like if robots had senses like we do?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I think we need to go and play a game to find out.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Oh, goody! I wonder where Nina is taking us?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Nina said we're going to play a game. I LOVE games!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Do you have to say it quite so loudly, Bud?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Look everyone, we're here.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32We've come to Edinburgh University to play a game.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35But it's not going to be playing against each other,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38we're going to play against a robot arm again.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42We need to get four counters of the same colour in a row
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- before the robot arm. So, are you ready?- Yes!- Hehe! Let's play!
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Put it wherever you want.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Wow.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Wow!
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Oh, no.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Oh, guys, look! Look what the arm's doing!
0:08:32 > 0:08:37It's celebrating because it's won - look, along the bottom!
0:08:37 > 0:08:42How many yellows is that? One, two, three, four!
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- This robot arm's pretty smart!- Yeah.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49That's because engineers have given this robot arm
0:08:49 > 0:08:52the sense of sight, look!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54This robot arm can see.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Ooh, that is clever.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59When engineers made this robot arm,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03they put cameras in it to see where the counters are.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08And the robot arm is also connected to a computer that's like its brain.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11The computer uses the information from the camera
0:09:11 > 0:09:13and tells the robot arm where to move.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Just like our brain tells our bodies how to move.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19That's how the robot arm can play the game with us.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25- Do any robots have hearing, Nina? - Or smell?- Or taste?
0:09:25 > 0:09:32Well, let's put these on and go and have a look. Come on, guys!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Come on, Reds!- Come on, Blue!
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Come on, red robot!
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Come on, blue robot!
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Go on, goal, yay! Woo!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- They're brilliant football-playing robots, aren't they?- Yes!
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Engineers have given these robots some senses too.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17They have cameras in their eyes so they can see where the ball,
0:10:17 > 0:10:22the goal and the other robots are. But they have something else.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27They have touchpads in their feet so they can feel the ball and kick it!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Can robots do anything else?
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Some robots do a very important job which helps people.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Let's find out more!
0:10:37 > 0:10:41Now, I'd like you to meet Patrick.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Hi, Patrick.- Hi, Nina.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Patrick has one arm that's like ours
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and his other arm is a bit like a robot arm.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53But it can still do lots of the same things that our arms do.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Let's all try to open and close our hands.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Brilliant! Very good work there and do you know what?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07That was quite thirsty work.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I think we should use our arms to pour a drink.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18Patrick's arm can do exactly the same things as everyone else's.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Oh, tasty juice!
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Patrick, how does your arm work?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26The top of my real arm stops here,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29and my new arm fits on the end up here.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30When I move the top of my real arm,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- my new arm can feel the movement I make.- Would you mind showing us?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Of course.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38These pads inside feel the movement
0:11:38 > 0:11:41and tell my new arm what I want it to do.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Now I can move my new arm exactly where I want it to go.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Thank you, Patrick, it's been lovely to meet you!
0:11:49 > 0:11:54# Nina and the Neurons! #
0:11:54 > 0:12:00Your question was, how do robots work? And I think we've answered it.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03We discovered that robots are machines,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06most of them don't have senses like humans.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10They can't hear, see or feel when things around them change.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Engineers worked out how to give some robots senses
0:12:13 > 0:12:19so they can play games, work better or help people like Patrick.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- I hope that's answered your question.- Thanks, Nina, bye.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24You're welcome, bye!
0:12:26 > 0:12:30If you want to know more about the science in engineering around us,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34go to the Nina section on the CBeebies website. Have fun!
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- # Pulling!- Pushing! - Twisting!- Mixing!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- # Drilling!- Squeezing!- Floating!
0:12:38 > 0:12:43- # Go engineering! - Go engineering!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45# When you need to fly it make it, shape it
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- # Go engineering! - Go engineering!
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- # When you want to build Go engineering!- Engineering!
0:12:56 > 0:13:00# When you've got to solve a problem but you don't know how to do it
0:13:00 > 0:13:05- # It's time to go engineering! - Engineering!
0:13:05 > 0:13:10# When you want to lift it stick it, pop it, bend it
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- # It's time to go engineering! - Engineering!
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- # Go engineering! - Go engineering!
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- # When you need to fly it make it, shape it!- Engineering!
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- # Go engineering! - Go engineering!
0:13:27 > 0:13:32# When you want to build go engineering
0:13:32 > 0:13:35# Go engineering! #
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I've really enjoyed myself today.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I really liked the robot.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44I had a brilliant day, listening to the cheering at the football!
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Te-e-e-eam Robots!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50It's been a marvellous day.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55It's amazing how Patrick's new arm could feel his movements.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Engineers help to build the world around us.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02They make things work and use science to solve problems.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- See you soon, bye! - ALL: Bye!
0:14:06 > 0:14:09# Nina and the Neurons Go engineering! #