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Robotics: Ask the Robot Expert
Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Why is it so hard to build a robot for use in space?
Tom McCarthy is a robotics expert with Motive Space Systems. He answers a couple of questions from viewers about the complications of building robots for space and what he would like robots to be able to do someday.
Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Robotics: Ask the Robot Expert
Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Tom McCarthy is a robotics expert with Motive Space Systems. He answers a couple of questions from viewers about the complications of building robots for space and what he would like robots to be able to do someday.
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Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.