The World Of Fighting Fires Is Getting More Robotic

First responders in Kent, England have a powerful new tool: a remote-controlled robot for fighting fires. This is a slowly growing trend in firefighting, sending devices into a fire scene so there are fewer human firefighters at risk.

By |2025-01-29T06:10:41-05:00January 29, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Advent Calendar Turns The Month Of December Into A Christmas Countdown

If you’re doing an Advent calendar this month, you’re just over halfway finished opening up those little windows to see what’s inside. So let’s open up a few windows into where they came from.

By |2024-12-13T06:32:09-05:00December 13, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

There’s A Secret Military Airline Known As “Janet”

At the airport in Las Vegas, there's a terminal you can't use to fly in and catch a Golden Knights game or drop by a casino. It's used only by one of the most out-of-sight airlines in the world, a secret airline known as "Janet."

By |2024-12-10T08:38:13-05:00November 29, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

A Medical Robot Can Help Steer A Needle Through Living Tissue

It's a big and little development in medicine and technology all at once: a robotic system that can autonomously move a medical needle safely through living tissue. 

By |2024-12-07T21:20:42-05:00October 19, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Meet ESTHER, A Robot That Plays Wheelchair Tennis

We’ve talked a lot on the show about the many different skills robots are learning. Now we can tell you about Experimental Sport Tennis Wheelchair Robot, which is learning to play tennis. 

By |2024-12-07T21:23:13-05:00May 9, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

How To Keep Flying Robots Flying Even When Their Wings Are Damaged

Drones are becoming increasingly useful, but they can get damaged and grounded pretty quickly. A team at MIT has found bee-inspired workarounds that would keep impaired robotic crafts flying.

By |2024-12-02T08:07:54-05:00March 17, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Farming Robots Are Weeding The Fields With Lasers

If you have fields, you almost certainly have weeds. Pulling them can take a lot of time or money, but farmers now have a new way to make that part of the job a lot easier: a weed-zapping robot that uses lasers.

By |2024-12-02T10:40:57-05:00October 27, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Robot That Could Do Surgeries In Space

MIRA is a small robotic surgery system that's set for testing on the International Space Station - and could end up helping astronauts prepare for long-term missions to the Moon as part of the Artemis project.

By |2024-12-07T21:21:23-05:00August 29, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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