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0:00:16 > 0:00:19In the future, will robots take our jobs?
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Now, there's a question, Lucy.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25And something of a coincidence, because I'm going to need
0:00:25 > 0:00:28a bit of help with this one. Time to bring in the big guns.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32The big new guns. The big new LUCY guns!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Looking good, Luce!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40It's Lucy, actually. But thanks, Vlogster!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42How can I help?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Do you fancy some lunch? There's a chippy around the corner.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Yeah, why not?- Really? I thought you'd say no!
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Oh, I'll need to wash and find something to wear.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- But first, I need your help. - Go on, I'm listening.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I need you to find out some information for one of our
0:00:56 > 0:00:57delightful babblers.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Great, well I'll just get myself out of my kit and I'll head off.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Good-oh. You'll get a real "kick" out of this one.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05SHE LAUGHS
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Kick. As in kick a ball.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08We're doing something football related, right?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Oh, you got it. I thought I was being mysterious.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I'm sending Lucy to a university to
0:01:14 > 0:01:16check out their football team of robots.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19She's going to meet up with Dr Daniel Polani, the team's
0:01:19 > 0:01:23founder, to discover more about this interesting take on the sport.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25So why robot football?
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Robot football looks fun but it's incredibly difficult to do
0:01:30 > 0:01:34when you actually have to explain to a robot how to do it.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36So, how DO you get a robot to play football?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Well, that is a lot of work.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I mean, this team, for example,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43contains work of three years of coding,
0:01:43 > 0:01:44of writing software,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46of a team of around four people
0:01:46 > 0:01:48who basically write the software
0:01:48 > 0:01:50to make these robots do what they do.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Because the first thing you have to do is recognise - what's a ball?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So you see, that is a blob. In our case,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59the ball is still red. So if you have a red shirt and if you have,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01for example, a kid sitting outside of the field with
0:02:01 > 0:02:04a red shirt you have to understand this kid is not the ball.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05It would chase the kid!
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Exactly. And it has happened.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09So what happens during a live match?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12You know, are programmers inputting data in real time during
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- the match or is it all pre-programmed?- Very good question.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Because you are not allowed to do
0:02:17 > 0:02:19anything to the robots while they are in the game.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23So basically you can take a time-out for the robots when
0:02:23 > 0:02:26you can fix stuff but when they're on the field the only person
0:02:26 > 0:02:28that can give a command to the robot
0:02:28 > 0:02:32is the referee saying start, stop, whatever.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Do you think this is the future of sport?
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Well, depends on the audiences. Some audiences will
0:02:39 > 0:02:41be interested in doing sports themselves and watching
0:02:41 > 0:02:43humans do it, of course.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Other audiences will be interested in the technological aspect.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49So where do you see the future of robots and football?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Well, the grand vision of course, is in 2050 to have
0:02:53 > 0:02:58a robot footballer team play against a world champion and win.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01But of course the goal is to improve artificial intelligence,
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- to improve robotics.- Now, can I be a little bit cheeky?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I fancy myself as a bit of a Beckham. Please can I have a go?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Well, go ahead. Boot it like Beckham.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Oh, he's fast, this one.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19He just knocked me on the floor. This way, this way.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21That is so cool, the way he dribbles.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I'm setting you up for a goal here.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30GOAL!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32SHE LAUGHS
0:03:32 > 0:03:34What do you think, Vlogster? Fancy a kickabout?
0:03:34 > 0:03:39You may not have noticed, Lucy, but I don't have any legs. So, no.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42But, it does look like robots could soon replace humans in all
0:03:42 > 0:03:48kinds of jobs. First, meet Robear, a Japanese nursing care robot.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Robear is designed to lift patients out of bed and into
0:03:51 > 0:03:54a wheelchair with extending legs to stop from toppling over.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59This bear-bot can also support people who need help to stand up.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01He's a gentle giant. What's next?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Is time to take out the trash.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06A European team of Techsperts
0:04:06 > 0:04:09has developed robots to help with household chores.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Controlled using a tablet,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15the domestic robot, apartment robot and outdoor robot work
0:04:15 > 0:04:19together to complete jobs around the home, like putting the rubbish out.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Go on, amaze me.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Japanese shoppers of the future might get to meet Aiko Chihira.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Dressed in a kimono, smiling, and helping with directions,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31she's getting a tryout in a Tokyo department store,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33but Aiko isn't your usual assistant.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38She's a humanoid robot who uses 43 motors to move and
0:04:38 > 0:04:40interact, just like a real person.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I wonder if she could help me make some shopping decisions.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45She probably could, Lucy.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47But you'd have to fly to Japan to find out.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Oh, here's another message and another question that is
0:04:50 > 0:04:52burning a hole in someone's tech pocket.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Ouch.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Will we always use money in the future?- KERCHING!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Right on the money there, Benji.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Money has been changing hands for thousands of years, but it hasn't
0:05:03 > 0:05:05always been coins and notes like today.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Lots of things from sea snail shells to chocolate have been
0:05:08 > 0:05:10used to pay for stuff.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Most current banknotes are made out of cotton paper but the
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Bank Of England has announced it will soon replace ours with
0:05:16 > 0:05:20a plastic polymer version, starting with the five pound note.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22That'll definitely make it harder to blow my nose.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23HE SNEEZES
0:05:23 > 0:05:25The plastic notes are longer lasting,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27harder to forge, and won't fall
0:05:27 > 0:05:29apart if you accidentally put them through the washing machine.
0:05:29 > 0:05:35Across the UK, there is £57 billion of printed money in wallets,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37cash machines and under mattresses.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40But people are starting to use other ways to pay each other
0:05:40 > 0:05:42without the need for cash at all.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Sweden is likely to be the first
0:05:43 > 0:05:46cash free country in the world by 2030.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48And Denmark is letting shops decide
0:05:48 > 0:05:51if they take cash or not from next year.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Most new debit and credit cards now have
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Near Field Communication technology.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58That's Contactless to you and me.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59So you can pay for things without
0:05:59 > 0:06:01even having to remember your pin number.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Smartphones are using smart tech too, adding extra security by
0:06:05 > 0:06:08using biometrics - like fingerprint recognition that identifies
0:06:08 > 0:06:10you from someone else.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Or facial scanning for online shopping, where you confirm
0:06:13 > 0:06:17a payment on your phone just by blinking at the screen.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22And then there's virtual money, cryptocurrencies like bitcoins
0:06:22 > 0:06:26and dogecoins which have never physically existed at all.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29They're a digital currency that people can trade person to person.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33And using phones or computers, people can also pay for things
0:06:33 > 0:06:36with these digital coins across the world
0:06:36 > 0:06:39as some shops are now starting to accept them.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Exciting stuff, but now, as is often the case in life,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45one thing starting means another thing finishing so that's all
0:06:45 > 0:06:48we've got time for. See you next time for more techie treats!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Bye!