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Episode 69
He fights for the users inside a computer. Can software people be robots?
Published on 9 years, 4 months ago
Canadarm
Episode 68
A fancy “robot arm” from Canada. But when is a robot arm just an arm, and when is it a robot?
Published on 9 years, 4 months ago
Silicone Stingray
Episode 67
Part animal, part machine. But is it a robot?
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
Traffic lights in South Africa
Episode 66
Please obey robot.
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
Serena Williams
Episode 65
It’s Wimbledon time, and so our discussion turns to tennis, and Serena Williams—who is not a robot, despite her perhaps wishing she was.
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
Rossum's Universal Robots
Episode 64
Karel Capek’s play that made this podcast possible.
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
Animatronic Creatures
Episode 63
The Country Bears, Chuck E. Cheese, and the things from Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
Filesystems and Flowerpot Robots
Episode 62
Live from RelayCon WWDC 2016, it’s a special live edition of Robot or Not.
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
General Grievous
Episode 62
He’s a droid with a cough. So what’s the deal?
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Elevators
Episode 61
They go up, they go down. They might even go sideways from time to time. And they can be smart. But are they robots?
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago