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Quentin is in Bath with students on the Technology in Action course. One of their tasks is to design a "rescue robot" that can work in a hazardous environment. It's a challenging brief - ...will they succeed? While the students build their robots, Quentin talks to course tutor Jon Rosewell. Quentin also visits the Bristol Robotics Laboratory to see how research scientists are tackling some crucial robotic problems: how can you build a robot that is "energy autonomous"? Can you "teach" robots to work together?
Quentin is in Bath with students on the Technology in Action course. One of their tasks is to design a "rescue robot" that can work in a hazardous environment. It's a challenging brief - ...will they succeed? While the students build their robots, Quentin talks to course tutor Jon Rosewell. Quentin also visits the Bristol Robotics Laboratory to see how research scientists are tackling some crucial robotic problems: how can you build a robot that is "energy autonomous"? Can you "teach" robots to work together?
| Series: | Material World |
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| First transmission date: | 2007-08-09 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2007 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:27:30 |
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| Producer: | John Watkins |
| Contributor: | Quentin Cooper |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Robots--Design and construction; Universities and colleges--Teaching; Open University--Summer schools |
| Production number: | AUDA227B |
| Available to public: | no |
