Episode 2: Robots in the Real World

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

Technology

4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Robots are busy behind the scenes, contributing to a variety of industries. How do robots impact our daily lives? What tasks are they taking on and who’s using them? SwRI robotics expert Matt Robinson says everything manufactured today is being touched by a robot! Join us as we discuss what robots do and what they are on track to accomplish in the future (think robots helping you around the house). Plus, have you ever heard of open source software? It’s software available to anyone, anywhere and if you have access to the right materials, well, you could use it to build your own robot. Robinson tells us where to find it. Tune in as we learn about today’s helpful, innovative robots!

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0:00.0	Robots are taking on new tasks and even working alongside people. Where are they being used and what do they do?
0:06.9	Plus, open source software. What is it? Where can you find it? And how can it help you build a robot?
0:13.5	It's all next on this episode of Technology Today.
0:20.2	We live with technology, science, engineering, and the results of innovative research every day.
0:26.6	Now, let's understand it better. You're listening to the new Technology Today podcast presented by Southwest Research Institute.
0:35.5	Hello and welcome to technology today.
0:38.0	I'm your host, Lisa Benia.
0:40.0	Today, robots in the real world.
0:42.9	It's the 21st century and robots are a part of life.
0:46.4	We may not see them, but they're often behind the scenes making things run smoothly.
0:51.5	So what do they do?
0:53.2	Where do robots fit in? And how can we build them
0:56.7	ourselves? Our guest today is Matt Robinson, a robot expert and engineer at Southwest Research
1:02.7	Institute and program manager for Ross Industrial. And he's here to answer all of our burning
1:09.4	robot questions. And we have a lot of them.
1:12.3	Thanks for being here, Matt.
1:13.4	Thanks for having me, Lisa.
1:15.3	So let's start at the beginning of the robot conversation.
1:19.8	What do robots do for us today?
1:22.3	Well, that's a great question.
1:23.4	You know, robots are sort of becoming somewhat omnipresent, if you will, right, to allude to your intro.
1:31.7	Obviously, in the manufacturing sector and industrial sectors where I spend most of my time,
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