Robots Nina and the Neurons

# If you've got a question and you don't know where to go

# Ask Nina for some help Cos she's got a science show

# She makes sense of her senses While helping all her fans

# By doing her experiments with potions and with bangs

-# Touch your tongue

-Tongue!

-# Fingers

-Fingers!

-# Eyes.

-Eyes!

-Ears.

-Ears!

-Nose.

-Nose!

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Luke, he helps us with our eyes and Felix with our touch

# Ollie sniffs out smells And Belle, she hears so much

# Bud is Ollie's brother He helps us with our taste

# They're Nina's little Neurons And they're coming to your place!

-# Touch your tongue

-Tongue!

-# Fingers

-Fingers!

-# Eyes.

-Eyes!

-Ears.

-Ears!

-Nose.

-Nose!

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Oh yeah! #

Round and round and round...

Oh, hello! I'm just trying out a new toy robot.

Watch this!

Isn't he brilliant?

-BEEPING

-I hear a beep, I see a flash,

I wonder what they're going to ask?

BEEPING

-Hi, Nina!

-Hi, guys!

-We've got a question for you.

How do robots work?

That's a great question - how do robots work?

It takes some very clever engineering.

Why don't you come down and we'll investigate?

-See you soon, Nina, bye.

-Bye!

I'll need help to answer this and I know just who to ask.

OK, Neurons, time to get to work.

ALL: Neurons at the ready, Nina.

OK. Today's question is, how do robots work?

Which Neuron will be most useful to help find the answer?

ALL: Me! Me! Me! Oh, me!

Will it be fabulous Felix?

I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch.

Will it be beautiful Belle?

I send messages to brain from ear. If there's a sound, I'll help you hear.

Will it be lovely Luke?

For looking and seeing, day or night,

I'll help you with your sense of sight.

Will it be awesome Ollie?

If it's pongy or whiffy but you can't tell,

-my messages help your sense of smell.

-Or will it be baby Bud?

Sour, salty, bitter or sweet, I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat!

It's all the Neurons!

ALL: Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons!

ALL: All Neurons hip-hop happy to help, Nina!

Today's question is how do robots work?

To find out we need all our senses.

So all of the Neurons will be helping us.

Right, I need to get the workshop ready before the engineers arrive.

Sophie loves crocodiles, Jack loves superheroes, Ava likes dinosaurs.

-I love robots.

-A robot friend would be cool.

-How do robots work?

Today, for one day, they are the engineers!

-Hi, guys!

-Hi, Nina!

Welcome and thanks for your great question - how do robots work?

To find the answer, let's start by using our senses.

ALL: Whoop! Woo! A senses experiment! We're ready, Nina!

First, there's someone I'd like you to meet. This is Rodney, say hello.

-Hello.

-Hi, Rodney!

-We are the same. We're people.

We have arms, legs and a head.

Rodney the robot is a bit like a person too.

He has arms legs and a head.

Robots can look like us and they can move a bit like us

but they're not people.

Robots are machines, like a TV or a washing machine.

They don't need to breathe or eat food like us.

A robot doesn't eat food?!

That's right, Bud. But robots can do lots of things that we can't.

Have a look at this robot arm.

This robot arm is a bit like one of our arms.

We can pick something up and move it and so can the robot.

But who is best? The robot or us? Let's put it to the test!

In front of you, you have some blocks and a pattern.

You're going to match the blocks to the pattern

using the shape and colour.

But you have to do it as fast as you can,

because you're going to race the robot arm.

-So, engineers, are you ready?

-Yes!

-Go!

Go on, guys!

That robot arm is picking up this game very quickly!

Hahaha!

Well done, everyone! I'm afraid the robot arm is the winner.

These robot arms can work faster than our arms. Robots are machines.

Robots can help people do lots of different things.

-Is there anything robots can't do?

-Very good question!

Well, let's try something.

We're going to race the robot arm again, but this time,

I've turned the robot's pattern the other way round.

And I'm going to do the same for yours.

OK, now, let's see who's best this time. Go!

And now the blue square block, come on, guys.

-You're doing really well.

-There, that one.

Well done, engineers, you've won!

The robot arm put the blocks in the wrong place.

So when I turned your pattern around,

-how did you know it had moved?

-We could see it.

-That's right.

You could see that the pattern had moved

so you changed where you put the blocks.

Robots don't have senses like us.

Oh, poor robots.

They don't have neurons like us to see, hear, touch, smell

and taste for them.

This robot couldn't see that the pattern was the other way around,

so it tried to do the same thing as before but this time it was wrong.

So, I wonder what it would be like if robots had senses like we do?

I think we need to go and play a game to find out.

Oh, goody! I wonder where Nina is taking us?

Nina said we're going to play a game. I LOVE games!

Do you have to say it quite so loudly, Bud?

Look everyone, we're here.

We've come to Edinburgh University to play a game.

But it's not going to be playing against each other,

we're going to play against a robot arm again.

We need to get four counters of the same colour in a row

-before the robot arm. So, are you ready?

-Yes!

-Hehe! Let's play!

Put it wherever you want.

Wow.

Wow!

Oh, no.

Oh, guys, look! Look what the arm's doing!

It's celebrating because it's won - look, along the bottom!

How many yellows is that? One, two, three, four!

-This robot arm's pretty smart!

-Yeah.

That's because engineers have given this robot arm

the sense of sight, look!

This robot arm can see.

Ooh, that is clever.

When engineers made this robot arm,

they put cameras in it to see where the counters are.

And the robot arm is also connected to a computer that's like its brain.

The computer uses the information from the camera

and tells the robot arm where to move.

Just like our brain tells our bodies how to move.

That's how the robot arm can play the game with us.

-Do any robots have hearing, Nina?

-Or smell?

-Or taste?

Well, let's put these on and go and have a look. Come on, guys!

-Come on, Reds!

-Come on, Blue!

Come on, red robot!

Come on, blue robot!

Go on, goal, yay! Woo!

-They're brilliant football-playing robots, aren't they?

-Yes!

Engineers have given these robots some senses too.

They have cameras in their eyes so they can see where the ball,

the goal and the other robots are. But they have something else.

They have touchpads in their feet so they can feel the ball and kick it!

Can robots do anything else?

Some robots do a very important job which helps people.

Let's find out more!

Now, I'd like you to meet Patrick.

-Hi, Patrick.

-Hi, Nina.

Patrick has one arm that's like ours

and his other arm is a bit like a robot arm.

But it can still do lots of the same things that our arms do.

Let's all try to open and close our hands.

Brilliant! Very good work there and do you know what?

That was quite thirsty work.

I think we should use our arms to pour a drink.

Patrick's arm can do exactly the same things as everyone else's.

Oh, tasty juice!

Patrick, how does your arm work?

The top of my real arm stops here,

and my new arm fits on the end up here.

When I move the top of my real arm,

-my new arm can feel the movement I make.

-Would you mind showing us?

Of course.

These pads inside feel the movement

and tell my new arm what I want it to do.

Now I can move my new arm exactly where I want it to go.

Thank you, Patrick, it's been lovely to meet you!

# Nina and the Neurons! #

Your question was, how do robots work? And I think we've answered it.

We discovered that robots are machines,

most of them don't have senses like humans.

They can't hear, see or feel when things around them change.

Engineers worked out how to give some robots senses

so they can play games, work better or help people like Patrick.

-I hope that's answered your question.

-Thanks, Nina, bye.

You're welcome, bye!

If you want to know more about the science in engineering around us,

go to the Nina section on the CBeebies website. Have fun!

-# Pulling!

-Pushing!

-Twisting!

-Mixing!

-# Drilling!

-Squeezing!

-Floating!

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

# When you need to fly it make it, shape it

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

-# When you want to build Go engineering!

-Engineering!

# When you've got to solve a problem but you don't know how to do it

-# It's time to go engineering!

-Engineering!

# When you want to lift it stick it, pop it, bend it

-# It's time to go engineering!

-Engineering!

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

-# When you need to fly it make it, shape it!

-Engineering!

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

# When you want to build go engineering

# Go engineering! #

I've really enjoyed myself today.

I really liked the robot.

I had a brilliant day, listening to the cheering at the football!

Te-e-e-eam Robots!

It's been a marvellous day.

It's amazing how Patrick's new arm could feel his movements.

Engineers help to build the world around us.

They make things work and use science to solve problems.

-See you soon, bye!

-ALL: Bye!

# Nina and the Neurons Go engineering! #