now the national robotarium is full of talking heads.r bought. we research and studied the way human robots interact with each other — for example, what are the best things robots should say and how to say it. essentially researchers are monitoring how comfortable we as humans are with robots. that includes how close we want to get to them, what we say, even our facial expressions. we are trying to make this interaction really natural and very much human—like, but we still find out that humans still perceive robots as robots and not yet as another human, or another agent. the first thing you need to see is this. the face is projected onto this translucent mask from the back of the head. wow, and second thing you need to know is the company is called furhat robotics. why? because it has no hair, so it needs a hat, just like that. of course, we all react in our own unique ways to different things. and people on the autistic spectrum can find some situations, and indeed many mainstream videogames, overwhelming. but one start—up based over i

welcome to the national robotarium. _ i believe you came i to see some robots..got. . . robots. now, this is our kind of place! just opened at heriot—watt university in edinburgh, the national robotarium is a research centre for scientists, to take the latest robotics and explore the best ways they can be used in industry as well as all walks of life. one of the aims of the national robotarium is to try and work out what work works for humans and what work doesn't work for humans, and therefore the robots should do that work instead. that's what they're trying to work out. what? well, if you didn't understand what that was about, maybe the robots could explain it better. what sort of research goes on here? research about human robot interaction, - artificial intelligence and trustworthy - autonomous systems. are they going to do weird experiments on us? no, this is a kind of place where they work with industry to explore robotics in society and in the workplace. great. i love field trips. i feel excited. well, don't we all? one of the superstars of the robot wor

welcome to— the national robotarium. i believe you came i to see some robots.st opened at heriot—watt university in edinburgh, the national robotarium is a research centre for scientists, to take the latest robotics and explore the best ways they can be used in industry as well as all walks of life. one of the aims of the national robotarium is to try and work out what work works for humans and what work doesn't work for humans, and therefore the robots should do that work instead. that's what they're trying to work out. what? well, if you didn't understand what that was about, maybe the robots could explain it better. what sort of research goes on here? research about human robot interaction, - artificial intelligence and trustworthy - autonomous systems. are they going to do weird experiments on us? no, this is a kind of place where they work with industry to explore robotics in society and in the workplace. great. i love field trips. i feel excited. well, don't we all? one of the superstars of the robot world in general is spot — boston dynamics�* flagship a

thanks forjoining us on ourjaunt around the national robotarium here in edinburgh.d on iplayer. thanks for watching. bye. hello. the week ahead will bring something drier and a bit colder. also some issues with the lingering fog. this afternoon we've had issues with lingering rain, plenty of showers for western areas, heavy and thundery for north—west scotland. this large swathe of cloud is attached to a frontal system which has been very slow to clear from east anglia and south—east england. this is the earlier rainfall. you can also see the showers pushing in to western areas, and it's these two areas that will keep seeing some rain as we head through the overnight period. eventually it will start to clear away from south—east england and east anglia. plenty of showers, though, pushing into western areas. in between, some clearer skies, but where we've got lighter winds, that will encourage some fog to form, particularly across north—east england. the winds generally lighter for most, but could still be fairly gusty for the western isles of scotland and some irish

welcome to the national robotarium. _ i believe you came i to see some robots.ahul to try and customise it for new applications. we are looking at using this in construction sectors, especially getting them to walk around in confined spaces like in the nuclear decommission sites. one of the things that we are doing right now is adding some custom sensors, like 3d laser scanners, generating a 3d map of a construction site. what it's doing right now is using the manipulator arm to semi—autonomously pick up a bottle. rahul has programmed in the idea of the bottle, the image of the bottle, and then spot is going and picking it up on its own. and it's done a good job. good boy! boston dynamics may have created the best—known quadruped robot in the world, but it's certainly not the only one. no, we've seen many on our travels, and james clayton has been to boston — to mit — where he's been meeting not a big dog, but a big cat. james: here at click, we've been following this guy around for a few years now. the incredibly animal—like mini cheetah. i've been told, though

thanks forjoining us on ourjaunt around the national robotarium here in edinburgh. overnight mist and fog, some of which can be slow clear given the light winds and it will turn a little bit chillier as well. this is bbc news. iam ben i am ben brown. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world... world cup frustration for england fans — a 0—0 draw with the usa — but both teams can still progress to the knockout stages in qatar. hello from doha, where the atmosphere is building ahead of today's matches, england of course missing the opportunity to qualify for the next round after their draw with the usa, whilst wales will know they will need an improbable result against england in theirfinal group game on tuesday if they are to keep their world cup games —— dreams alive. in other news...