Robots

0:00:05 > 0:00:08Calling Zog. Calling Zog.

0:00:08 > 0:00:11Nice one, bro, cos on today's Zog Cast we talk about robots.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14- IN ROBOTIC VOICE: Robots. - You can stop that now, Zig.

0:00:14 > 0:00:16I am not Zig. I am Robot Zig.

0:00:16 > 0:00:19Let's see if Robot Zig's tickle circuits are working correctly.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21- NORMAL VOICE: Tickle circuits? - Oh, tickle circuits!

0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hey, Zag, wouldn't it be cool to have your own robot

0:00:24 > 0:00:28cos they could do all the stuff you don't like doing and stuff?

0:00:28 > 0:00:30That's why robots are going to change the world.

0:00:30 > 0:00:32They can work in places that people can't.

0:00:32 > 0:00:35Outer space, the bottom of the ocean, inside volcanoes.

0:00:35 > 0:00:38There are even tiny robots that can operate inside you.

0:00:38 > 0:00:42Oi, Microbots, stay away from the pizza I just ate!

0:00:42 > 0:00:44GURGLING There's no need to be rude about it.

0:00:44 > 0:00:47There's amazing robot tech that can help people in need.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49Is there a robot that would eat your broccoli for you?

0:00:49 > 0:00:53- A ro-broccoli-bot?- Is there a robot that could find your missing socks?

0:00:53 > 0:00:55You mean you've never heard of a sock-bot?

0:00:55 > 0:00:58Is there a robot that could take the onions out of your sandwich?

0:00:58 > 0:01:00A shallot-not-bot.

0:01:00 > 0:01:04- Yeah!- No. Things aren't at that level of serious robot building yet.

0:01:04 > 0:01:07What do you get if you cross a farmer with a robot?

0:01:07 > 0:01:09- Don't know.- A transformer.

0:01:09 > 0:01:10Get it?

0:01:10 > 0:01:13What did the first-ever robot do?

0:01:13 > 0:01:15It rowed a boat. That's where the name robot came from.

0:01:15 > 0:01:18- A row boat.- Really?- Yeah. Maybe.

0:01:18 > 0:01:21You see, the captain of the Oxford rowing team in 1883

0:01:21 > 0:01:23was so desperate to beat Cambridge in the famous rowing race

0:01:23 > 0:01:27that he and his brainy team-mates created a robot rowing machine

0:01:27 > 0:01:29that they attached to the bottom of the boat

0:01:29 > 0:01:30to give them that extra rowability.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Did they win?- Well, yes and no.

0:01:32 > 0:01:35They won the race but they couldn't stop the robot row boat.

0:01:35 > 0:01:38It just kept rowing all the way out to sea

0:01:38 > 0:01:40and that's where the famous song came from.

0:01:40 > 0:01:43# Row, row, row your bot Gently down the stream

0:01:43 > 0:01:45# Then scarily, scarily scarily, scarily

0:01:45 > 0:01:47# Floating out to sea. #

0:01:47 > 0:01:50- What's a robot's favourite food? - I don't know.

0:01:50 > 0:01:51Microchips. Get it?

0:01:51 > 0:01:54Of course, it's well known that the single greatest contribution

0:01:54 > 0:01:56that robots have made to mankind is...

0:01:56 > 0:01:58BOTH: Robotic dancing.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01Zig and Zog signing off.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04We'll be back super shortly with another Zog Cast.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06Zog you later.

0:02:09 > 0:02:10Zog Cast!