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World Service,17 Jun 2017,49 mins

The Engineers: Rise of the Robots

The World Debate

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Engineering shapes our world, robots will drive our future. Three of the world's greatest roboticists come together for a special event with Razia Iqbal and an audience at the Science Museum in London. The Engineers: Rise of the Robots explores automated cars, mobile science drones and the Mars Rover with Paul Newman, Ayanna Howard and Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu – world-leading roboticists of automated movement. In partnership with the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, they shine a light on the exciting complexities of modern robotics , and the profound effect it will have on all of our lives.

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