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Not Our First Rodeo: The Science of Why Robots Can't Use Bullwhips (11/28/22)

Wow in the World

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Mindy Kohn: "Our human brains have had millions of years to understand this sort of stuff. But robots? Well, they're sort of like little babies trying to figure it all out" She says researchers from Northeastern University were studying the body movements of whip cracking. They wanted to see how regular humans are able to use floppy objects like full whips with no experience, but robots can't seem to figure it out. The episode airs tonight at 10 p.m. ET on CNN.

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