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  • LogOn Smarter Robots WEB
  • June 7, 2022
  • Content Type Package
  • Language English
  • Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: LogOn: Smarter Robots (TV R) HEADLINE: LogOn: Robot Software Makes Machinery 'Smart' TEASER: It takes software to turn a robot arm into a hand that can pick a tomato or grab a plastic bottle PUBLISHED: 06/07/2022 at 8:40am BYLINE: Shelley Schlender CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: BOULDER, Colorado VIDEOGRAPHER: Shelley Schlender PRODUCER: Shelley Schlender SCRIPT EDITORS: Michelle Quinn, Sharon Shahid VIDEO SOURCE (S): Zoom, SWNS Digital/YouTube, PickNik Robotics/YouTube, The Robot Report/YouTube, RE2/YouTube, Toyota Research Institute/YouTube, CNET/YouTube, reddotsg/YouTube, VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 1:58 VID APPROVED BY: Mia/Jepsen TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[Robots have long been used in manufacturing and other applications that need precise, fast and repeatable tasks. But making smart robots takes software. From Boulder, Colorado, Shelley Schlender reports.]] ((NARRATOR)) ((Source: VOA)) This may look like child’s play, but getting a robot arm to carefully grab the right stuff requires plenty of ingenuity. [[FOR RADIO: says Nathan Brooks, PickNik Robotics chief technology officer]] ((Nathan Brooks, PickNik Robotics)) “In the R&D community, a lot of this is taking as many off-the-shelf parts and, you know, some duct tape and some glue.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Courtesy: SWNS Digital/YouTube.)) Machines are good at repeatable, precise tasks. ((Courtesy: PickNik Robotics/YouTube.]] Software companies are making those machines “smart” ((Courtesy: The Robot Report/YouTube)) by writing software instructions for robot arms to harvest crops ((Courtesy: RE2/YouTube)) work in oceans ((Courtesy: Toyota Research/YouTube)) ….and more, says robotics expert Kat Scott. [[FOR RADIO: Scott spoke to VOA on Zoom]] ((Kat Scott, Open Robotics)) ((CG: Zoom)) "What single thing are they doing? And it’s like, ‘Well, what single thing do I do with my hand?’” ((Kat Scott, Open Robotics)) “Humans, they’re really good at grabbing things.... ((CG: Zoom)) And robots aren’t yet. And so, what we’re trying to get to is robots that are better at grabbing things and better at moving things.” ((NARRATOR)) PickNik Robotics, a Boulder, Colorado, company, ((PickNik Robotics/ YouTube)) features software that makes it easier to operate a robot arm remotely ((Courtesy: The Robot Report/YouTube)) or to train the arm in tasks. [[FOR RADIO: Again, Kat Scott]] ((Kat Scott, Open Robotics)) ((CG: Zoom)) “Essentially this software allows you to take just about any robot arm that’s out there on the market today … and take it into anyplace and start working with it and start building something without having to really think too hard about how to program it.” ((NARRATOR)) At an after-school tour of PickNik Robotics, future engineers see the possibilities. ((Heidi, Student)) “It’s really cool to have a robot that can maybe do everything for you.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Courtesy: CNET/YouTube)) Tech companies often keep their software code secret. PickNik is among those that offer open source software, ((Courtesy: PickNik/YouTube)) code that users can see and improve upon. Picknik robotics engineer Abishalini Sivaraman says PickNik’s basic level of open source software is free. ((Abishalini Sivaraman, PickNik Robotics Engineer)) “You can find it online, and there are a lot of tutorials. So, you can try it at home. You don’t even need a robot. You can do a lot of things in simulation.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Courtesy: CNET/YouTube)) And as engineers around the world add their smarts to robotic code, these machines are set to do more than ever. ((Courtesy: reddotsg/YouTube)) ((Shelley Schlender, for VOA News, Boulder, Colorado. ))
  • Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: LogOn: Smarter Robots (TV R) HEADLINE: LogOn: Robot Software Makes Machinery 'Smart' TEASER: It takes software to turn a robot arm into a hand that can pick a tomato or grab a plastic bottle PUBLISHED: 06/07/2022 at 8:40am BYLINE: Shelley Schlender CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: BOULDER, Colorado VIDEOGRAPHER: Shelley Schlender PRODUCER: Shelley Schlender SCRIPT EDITORS: Michelle Quinn, Sharon Shahid VIDEO SOURCE (S): Zoom, SWNS Digital/YouTube, PickNik Robotics/YouTube, The Robot Report/YouTube, RE2/YouTube, Toyota Research Institute/YouTube, CNET/YouTube, reddotsg/YouTube, VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 1:58 VID APPROVED BY: Mia/Jepsen TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[Robots have long been used in manufacturing and other applications that need precise, fast and repeatable tasks. But making smart robots takes software. From Boulder, Colorado, Shelley Schlender reports.]] ((NARRATOR)) ((Source: VOA)) This may look like child’s play, but getting a robot arm to carefully grab the right stuff requires plenty of ingenuity. [[FOR RADIO: says Nathan Brooks, PickNik Robotics chief technology officer]] ((Nathan Brooks, PickNik Robotics)) “In the R&D community, a lot of this is taking as many off-the-shelf parts and, you know, some duct tape and some glue.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Courtesy: SWNS Digital/YouTube.)) Machines are good at repeatable, precise tasks. ((Courtesy: PickNik Robotics/YouTube.]] Software companies are making those machines “smart” ((Courtesy: The Robot Report/YouTube)) by writing software instructions for robot arms to harvest crops ((Courtesy: RE2/YouTube)) work in oceans ((Courtesy: Toyota Research/YouTube)) ….and more, says robotics expert Kat Scott. [[FOR RADIO: Scott spoke to VOA on Zoom]] ((Kat Scott, Open Robotics)) ((CG: Zoom)) "What single thing are they doing? And it’s like, ‘Well, what single thing do I do with my hand?’” ((Kat Scott, Open Robotics)) “Humans, they’re really good at grabbing things.... ((CG: Zoom)) And robots aren’t yet. And so, what we’re trying to get to is robots that are better at grabbing things and better at moving things.” ((NARRATOR)) PickNik Robotics, a Boulder, Colorado, company, ((PickNik Robotics/ YouTube)) features software that makes it easier to operate a robot arm remotely ((Courtesy: The Robot Report/YouTube)) or to train the arm in tasks. [[FOR RADIO: Again, Kat Scott]] ((Kat Scott, Open Robotics)) ((CG: Zoom)) “Essentially this software allows you to take just about any robot arm that’s out there on the market today … and take it into anyplace and start working with it and start building something without having to really think too hard about how to program it.” ((NARRATOR)) At an after-school tour of PickNik Robotics, future engineers see the possibilities. ((Heidi, Student)) “It’s really cool to have a robot that can maybe do everything for you.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Courtesy: CNET/YouTube)) Tech companies often keep their software code secret. PickNik is among those that offer open source software, ((Courtesy: PickNik/YouTube)) code that users can see and improve upon. Picknik robotics engineer Abishalini Sivaraman says PickNik’s basic level of open source software is free. ((Abishalini Sivaraman, PickNik Robotics Engineer)) “You can find it online, and there are a lot of tutorials. So, you can try it at home. You don’t even need a robot. You can do a lot of things in simulation.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Courtesy: CNET/YouTube)) And as engineers around the world add their smarts to robotic code, these machines are set to do more than ever. ((Courtesy: reddotsg/YouTube)) ((Shelley Schlender, for VOA News, Boulder, Colorado. ))
  • NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
  • Network VOA
  • Embargo Date June 7, 2022 08:46 EDT
  • Byline Shelly Schlender
  • Brand / Language Service Voice of America
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