Robots in Today's World

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Corey Flintoff
Robots in Today's World

Do you think of robots as helpful or scary? We look at the latest advances in robotics, and why Americans and Japanese appear to have such different cultural attitudes toward robots.

Do you think of robots as helpful or scary? We look at the latest advances in robotics, and why Americans and Japanese appear to have such different cultural attitudes toward robots.

Guests

Timothy Hornyak

freelance journalist based in Tokyo; and author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots" (Kodansha International)

Daniel H. Wilson

Contributing Editor, Popular Mechanics; Author, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" (Bloomsbury)

Kenneth Berry

Assistant Professor of Technology Education at California State University; Founder, RoboEducators; and Columnist, Robot Magazine

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