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Podcast: Ever Wonder? from the California Science Center
Episode: ...if robots can be squishy? (with Kirstin Petersen)
Description: We’re bringing you an unaired clip from our past interview with Kirstin Petersen, a roboticist and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. In her lab, she builds cooperative teams of robots, called robot swarms, that are inspired by insects like ants, termites, and bees.Now, when you think of a robot, what do you usually picture in your mind? Probably something with a rigid metal body or arm, right? Or maybe it has some wheels or legs to move around?Do you ever wonder if robots can be… squishy?