Not Our First Rodeo: The Science of Why Robots Can't Use Bullwhips (2/12/24)
Wow in the World
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🗓️ 12 February 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Welcome to Southern Mama's Big Fancy Steakhouse! The waiters are serving some delicious milkshakes and Mindy is serving up some science with her licorice bullwhip. But what does a bullwhip have to teach us about the way way human brains work?... And why can't robots learn how to use a bullwhip? It's the who, what, when, where, how and WOW of biomechanics! Originally aired 11/28/22.
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