How Robotics Got Started: A Brief History

With vast technological advancements over the last few decades, why don't we have robots running everything by now? Join Hank Green for a brief history of the field of robotics—it might help you understand how hard it is to get machines to perform tasks, and how far we’ve actually come!

Hosted by: Hank Green
Human played by: Stefan Chin
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