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b'The machines are coming! Meet the prototypes of your future robot buddies and discover how you may come to love a hunk of hardware. From telerobots that are your mechanical avatars \\u2026 to automated systems for the disabled \\u2026 and artificial hands that can diffuse bombs.\\nPlus, the ethics of advanced robotics: should life-or-death decisions be automated?\\nAnd, a biologist uses robo-fish to understand evolution.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nIllah Nourbakhsh \\u2013 Professor of robotics, Carnegie Mellon University, author of Robot Futures. Check out his Robot Futures blog.\\n\\n\\nMarco Mascorro \\u2013 Vice President of Hardware, 9th Sense Robotics, Mountain View, California\\n\\n\\nCurt Salisbury \\u2013 Mechanical engineer, senior member, technical staff, Sandia National Laboratories\\n\\n\\n\\nJoe Karnicky \\u2013 Retired engineer, Menlo Park, California. Videos of his gadgetry can be found at the bottom of this page.\\n\\n\\nJohn Long \\u2013 Professor of biology and cognitive science at Vassar College and the author of Darwin\\u2019s Devices: What Evolving Robots Can Teach Us About the History of Life and the Future of Technology\\n\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nFirst released January 21, 2013\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'