is that a robot? >> absolutely. >> what is a robot? you tell me. the robot dude. >> i brought a piece of the robot. >> does he know you ripped his hand off? >> he's ok. we brought one from our manufacturing lab. this is the hand from the robot. when we interact with pc's, this can do certain things that a normal human would do with a pc. >> do you want to demonstrate it for me? >> let's say i wanted to come to new york and find you here a bloomberg. i might pull up a mapping application. i would take my finger and move back and forth around the maps. i may want to zoom in. i may want to zoom out. you have a pinch function. we found we can automate that with a robot and instead of having to have hundreds of people come in and test all of these different devices and tell us whether they liked them or not, we can do that testing with people one time, make a mathematical equation that the robot come back and test it on any tablet and tell us what people with about that tablet regardless of which operating system or device it might be. >> that works wit

the robots are moving slow and it will be years before we see a robot soldier.you can design an autonomous weapons system that is stupid and makes simplistic decisions about who to fire at. that is already available. it's about coupling vision systems and targetting systems to existing weapons, and that is the thing that we are trying to prohibit. >> it's fascinating technology. the international committee from arms control - thank you for your time. >> still ahead on al jazeera america. making waves how some people use surf lessons to lead crime away from rio. >> rio de janeiro was famous for its surfing. but for kids living in the poorest neighbourhoods, a day at the beach riding waves seems like a distant dream. we are introduced to a surfer helping kids get out of their neighbourhood and on to a surfboard. >> this is where anderson feels at home, riding the waves at the iconic beaches in rio de janeiro. he has been surfing since he was four. he's a champion. some days getting in the water is tough. >> translation: when there would be shoot outs between polic

a our robot crazy. what should google do with robots?rlet fu and michael mckee our guest hosts. kevin roberts, part of the communications firm. help me out with us, publicist? >> that is the american vision -- american version. >> peter o'toole was a publicist. >> our top headlines this morning, we are meeting with economics and a surprise jump in manufacturing in china, preliminary purchasing index at a three-month low, forecasting a slight rise, the report still showing expansion, but the pace of growth is slowing, the effects of the government stimulus program wearing off. japan is stimulating, japanese companies cutting their forecast for spending. projections for an increase of 4.8 are sent of spending by large companies this year, three months ago that number was 5.1% according to the bank of japan's new survey. the weekend box office numbers for "the hobbit," easily the number one, making the top spot, second film in a trilogy, 70 $4 million in sales for warner bros.. "frozen" place second. >> one company that we need to focus on

melissa: how much would that robot, how much would that robot cost to print then? how much did it cost you all together? we had phenomenal robots on yesterday. one was a teacher's aid. it was great but $16,000 to start. obviously cheaper over time. how much would that one cost to get? >> so the main cost is the serve veries. it, servos in this case would be a thousand dollars. the plastic would be $10. it would take two weeks to print. so you would have costs there in time and there's a lost costs in time and labor. but the overall cost is about $1200 in parts that you would have to purchase. melissa: so what kind of robot could you print? what job would he do? other than that he is cool and fun and could dance and entertain people, what would be the purpose of me printing that robot for myself? >> so the purpose of the moment would be primarily entertainment because it is a, the state of things at the moment are such that you wouldn't be able to do much with him except for entertainment, videogame extension, things, make him do interesting little errands around th

you say so far there is one robot that is clearly ahead of everybody else.tell us about that. >> reporter: that's right, richelle, the name to know is shaft. the shaft robot company is a recent google acquisition that came out of the university of tokyo. what sets it apart is it's ability to do so many tasks. the nature of this challenge is that there are eight different tasks one has to accomplish, climbing ladders, cutting one's way through a wall, even driving a trunk, and whereas other robots that have been falling over and falling apart doing one or two of those tasks, the japanese creation from shaft has been doing amazing. >> google is involved in this as well. tell bus that. >> that's right, that's right, basically the defense department puts up the money that jump starts this competition. they invest as many as $3 million into each of the top eight teams coming into this, and then those eight teams try to hang on to that with a bunch of challengers, hanging on with $1 million in additional funding. the defense department is here to jump start roboti

what is a robot? how do you define what a robot is?sentially a combination of hardware and software that can perform a particular task using a set of software commands. if you think about the keva robot, these were robots that maneuvered on the warehouse floor. they were intelligent enough to follow a grid pattern. wouldftware algorithms control literally a fleet of these robots to optimize exactly where the robots would go and which shelf to bring over to the worker. that was the power of the robots. >> is there something about technology that is allowing robots to do more? are there innovations in hardware or software that have changed that made this more possible than in the past? >> absolutely, some of the trends we see across technology have affected robots in the sense that you now have cloud- based computing. does you now have massive massive computing power at lower cost manufacturing that can bring down the cost of these individual components. those things have advanced. with some of the acquisitions google has made, particula

what is a robot? how do you define what a robot is?id find a robot is, it is a combination of hardware and software -- define a robot is, it is a combination of hardware and software. if you think about the kiva robot, these are robots that maneuver on the warehouse floor. they're intelligent enough to follow particular grid patterns. the software all the rhythms would control an early a fleet of these -- algorithms would control a fleet of these robots. >> if there's something about technology now that is allowing robots -- there are certain innovations or hardware, software making this more possible now than it was in the past? >> absolutely. some of the trends we're seeing across technology have affected robots. you now have cloud-based computing, massive amounts of power. you have things like lower-cost manufacturing that can bring down the cost of these individual components. as you are seeing with some of the acquisitions google has made, particular robotic tasks and problems in robotic skills are now getting solved. you think ab

built robot can do really well.the challenge is trying to do all these different task in one robot that is strong enough and safe enough to work along humans in a human environment. that's very hard to do. many of these roberts are failing outright at the task. driving a truck is a cartoonish thing to do, that's really hard. but the idea of being able to do all these things at once is really hard. this japanese company that has been recently acquired by google, the company called shaft is the runaway winner. it literally has been able, too,ed every task without human intervention. >> a robot driving a truck, that's scary. what else is on the agenda today? >> well, the two-day competition is split into eight tasks, they're walking through each of them. the thing is it's a slow and arduous process doing these tasks. the competitors are given a foul 30 minutes to pull off a simple walking forward and turning a wheel. that said, whoever wins today, in fact, the top eight finishers get to go on and compete in the final f

it is robots and i love robots. remi, can this -- this seems like something you can spray paint and kick. >> how do they come up with something like this? it blows my mind. wait, i know what will deter crime. a roomba. it is another take of a security camera. i would opt out of the optional six-figure weebil it is attached to and opt for the regular camera. >> we know catching crime is a good thing, but what about in your world, crimes of passion which are the only crimes you commit. would you find it deeply unsettling for this large monstrosity to be ogiling you to do whatever you do in the parking lot terrorists you seem to catch yourself in every week night with an anonymous stranger? at least that's what i think about. >> what was the question? >> what do you think of this thing? >> listen, i think that they are saying people save money and it is so advanced and it is doing the job of humans, but it will do it at a lesser cost. remember when bathrooms became automated and all of a sudden we spent twice as long w

a wildcat robot is a smart target for the search giant. you on "bloomberg west," can always watch a streaming on your phone, tablet, and a bloomberg.tv. ♪ ," ihis is "bloomberg west am emily chang. google is grabbing another company for its robotics arsenal. the search giant acquiring dynamics,te -- austin known for creating a machine that can run and walk like a cheetah. founder about the plans for glass and robotics. >> when it's not going to be on the market? >> next year. >> can you tell me anything about the robot stuff you're working on? >> that will be best left for andy. >> not a lot of information there. so what is former android hae there?y working on i believe this company boston dynamics was spun out of something that was going on at m.i.t.. you are familiar with this project, and it is totally mind blowing and bills with these robots can do. >> boston dynamics was founded by an m.i.t. professor roulette -- gave up his tenure and left m.i.t. to pursue his vision to create some of the coolest robots in the world. flies in mocha

olympics for robots. i'm with brent kennedy this is robo simeon right here. show me this robot a little bit. first of all, it does not look like a humanoid rescuer in the way that i would imagine one. >> so we're at one end of the spectrum for the solutions for this type of work. and we're really concentrated on having a very stable robot, and one you can put out in the field for long periods of time with little risk to the robot. >> the task that you're charged with include climbing leaders, driving trucks. it's kind of ridiculous. i assume these are incredibly difficult challenges. >> they're very much on the cutting edge of what we can do with robots. asking them to do anything outside is hard enough but the jobs are difficult too. >> what is your robot particularly good at? >> one of the things about these limb systems that we have here. every one of the limbs is the same. it's capable of manipulation and mobility. >> i noticed the fingers are down there but pinned back like that, that allows it to st

for domestic robots there will be having advantage in humanoid robots.or some purposes it is going to be much better to have humanoid robots because they make us feel more comfortable. melissa: hmmm. okay. i don't know if i feel more comfortable with him looking like that. you know what, everybody out there tweet me and tell me what you think. are you more comfortable with a robot that looks like rosy the robot from "the jetsons" or c 3 po or that guy? >> we love your robot. >> -- on the purpose. melissa: i'm sure i have no doubt. >> wait for the next ones. they will be a lot smarter. melissa: i'm sure our audience is having a lot of thoughts about all of this. >> bye-bye. melissa: that are not fit for television. thank you so much. wow, what a way to kick off robot week, right? wait until you see what else we have? >>> are you ready for a world run on bitcoins? some think the digital currency has the potential to ruin the dollar. one of those people is former presidential candidate ron paul. we're talking to him next. >>> forget the 1%. new report that

robots are hip. melissa: do you agree with that? >> for the most part. robots are not new. they have been around 20 to 30 years. we've only see them in industrial space. now we move into the consumer space. i want to mention, bruce, obviously it's a great marketing and great pr play but what we're starting to see, robots also absorb and view content. so that is what google wants to profind the end useer. >> why do i need a running cheetah to absorb content? are they showing off functionality what they can possibly do or is there real practical function for the robots that look so much like animals? >> there is certainly functionality standpoint. from a humanitarian stand point, from disaster recovery, finding people under earthquakes these robots have a very, very distinct function. >> i think it is important to add saying that google is about search is like saying amazon sells books. i think search is the entree but now here you have tools that can do some other things all controlled with data that google will have at their disposal. i think you will see amazing things com

how a robot moves. amazing robots like robot cheetah and wild cat.now when i showed a video to my students it captures of their imaginations. it is right at the cutting edge of what you can do with a robot in a challenging dynamic environment today. >> we are looking at how they move. what are the practical applications of? it looks like something the military should be buying not necessarily google. boston dynamics have done a number of contracts for the military. they are building a robot that is being used and the robotics challenge that is helping -- happening in florida. meeting toes are build a robot that can use tolls and climb up ladders and drive ae vehicles and respond to disaster scenario. these are robots that can interact with the physical world in a powerful and capable way. yes, that would be relevant to the military. there are a range of civilian applications. anything that involves going into the field, disaster response situations. >> interesting. i want to bring in jon erlichman. john cummings is google's head of acquisitions. you

ultimately a better robot. seeing what is going on in a nuclear reactor without putting human lives at historic. if you look at the market, it's getting older. they are looking at robotics as a way to help citizens, leading dignified lives. basically cooking and cleaning and leading better lives on their own. >> is that what google is doing, as you say, different robots going different things. by buying different robotics companies, getting the synergy going, and creating better technologies. >> there's a lot of great advancements in robotics, but there's discrete companies reinventing the wheel. coming up with solution, but in different ways. by bringing them together under the google banner the hope is they can work collaboratively and cooperate and do great things together, take down the barriers of competition and not have them worry about funding. obviously they'll have good bank accounts to draw upon. hopefully they can do amazing things. >> there's really not a commercial market. basically this was survi

locomotion,ize in how a robot moves through the world, and they have created some amazing robots likey doubt and the robot chewed up, and the latest, wildcat. when i show the video to my students, it captures their imagination. it's right at the cutting edge of what you can do with a robot in a challenging, dynamic environment today. >> obviously, we are looking at how they move, but what are some of the practical applications of these robots? it seems like something the military should be buying, not necessarily google. >> i know boston dynamics has done a number of contracts with the military. they are building a robot which is being used in a robotics challenge happening in the next week or two in florida. my colleagues are leading the m.i.t. team. there are about 15 teams competing for a prize to build a robot that can use tools, climb vehicles, maybe respond to a disaster scenario. these are robots that can interact with the physical world in a powerful and capable way. yes, that would be relevant to the military. there are a range of civilian applications. anything that involves

world this past week in march a two day robotics challenge in florida and which the world's best robots were put to the test competing in tasks designed to help humans in natural or manmade disasters these included tasks like opening doors or climbing up stairs all tempted by a robot that would have to rely on sensors and cameras to understand its environment artie's nicholas o'donovan witnessed this technology firsthand and brings us the story. we're here at the annual robotics challenge way sixteen teams out competed to have a chance of winning the two million dollars it's a cutting edge event and only the finest of the finest of the experimental robotic industry are allowed to compete alongside the competition days this exposition way hundreds of companies in the latest technology and experimental robotics obviously the military is one of the main recipients of this kind of technology for instance the suit cold the super flex and developed under the war weight program is a great example but when something becomes the center of the dot the challenge there is a strong chance that we se

these robots are not merely digital models from a "transformers" movie, they are real robots and some day they may saviour life. today they are competing in a robot change for the defense department. or correspondent joins us. jacob ward is there. what can you tell us about this competition. >> it's an amazing conglomeration of all the greatest minds in robotics, it's the greatest challenge in the history of the field. it involves eight different tasks from climbing ladders to something as difficult as driving a truck, and a clear winner basically has been announce said. it's unofficial but we know who won. >> tell us about the robot. what are they doing? what kind of feats are they accomplishing? >> sure. so the test here is versatility. you are trying to design a robot that can work alongside human being in human environments. in fukushima, the disaster there, you needed to send in humans immediately. it would have been suicide to put people into that situation. instead they are trying to create robots that can be emergency responders, go into space. those tasks. the winner was a ja

experience with watching robots came in very handy when we were developing the eggs or skeleton. all these experiences meant that the exo athletes made it from suring ball to prototype in just two days it was developed jointly with the emergency situations ministry and received funding from the ministry of education in science weighing in at just twelve kilos is can help the operator carry loads of it to one hundred kilograms while its lack of budget and electronics means that it requires little if any maintenance in the field naturally these advantages caught the attention of the russian defense ministry to see both ready to go the eagle eyed a monkey may remember the xo athlete from a news piece we did back in august where it was demonstrated that the russian defense ministry innovation day the russian armed forces saw his potential for assisting troops loading heavy i mean mission crates and supplies as well as carrying heavy duty military combat shield such as this one but it wouldn't be that easy to fight in on the ice. it was shelved. the uni's also working on hydraulic and

is google building an army of robots after they announced the purchase of robots dynamics.. >> certainly, simon, big dog, cheetah and wild cat, this he were always hugely popular on youtube. maybe it makes sense that the robots now belong to google, the internet giant, buying boston dynamics, the engineering company that designed the robots that became internet sensations. there is big dog, a loud, four-legged sci-fi terror that can merge up hillsides. there is also wild cat. this is a noisy robot seen bounding, galloping and turning through parking lots. finally, you have cheetah, which is shown running on a treadmill at 29 miles per hour. that's faster than olympian usain bolt. "the new york times" first reported the acquisition noting that it is the eighth robotics company that google has bought in the last six months. the whole robotics effort is being led by andy rubin, the executive that led the development of android. he has referred to his robotics work as a moon shot. google would not tell cnbc about the price or its purpose. there is speculation that google wants

. >> inside syria details of the devastating week in aleppo, and robot rest accuse, how robots could replace man. in disasters, the robot olympics. >> president obama and the first family now in mid flight, leaving washington behind for two and a half weeks for a vacation in hawaii. before leaving, president obama spoke to reporters about a variety of issues. the nsa spy scandal, the troubled health care rollout and the nuclear talks with iran. mike viqueria is with me. interesting exchanges with reporters today. >> there are john. the president had the tone of putting 2013 in the rear view. but he also insists that 2014, things are looking up. with calls for reform coming from the courts and some of his own advisors, president obama defended the nsa's collection of millions of phone records. but for the first time he left the door open for a different configuration. >> whatever might be outweighed about concerns on the potential abuse. if that's the case, there may be another way of skinning the cat. >> asked whether a plea deal could be gotten from edward snowden, president obama c

i'm here to talk about robots because google is on a robot shopping spree.he internet giant just scooped up its eighth robotics company. what will google do with a company whose robot can climb hills and move 25 miles an hour. with us on the phone is a manager -- managing director following the robotics industry for over two at -- decades. also here, cory johnson. >> robots. google is doing these acquisitions of robotic companies and no one knows what they will do. >> robots are cool. >> they are cool and silly. look at this one. that is my dog. that is my dog. do not have dos like that in new york? in silicon valley, everyone has dogs like that. >> that is why we live in new york. >> so, we do not know what google is doing with these. as akin took at it what they are doing with driverless cars. robotics talks. >> let's bring you into this conversation. what do you think google will do now that it appears to be consolidating the robotics business? >> google is taking a very long-term view on this. example, the dynamics robots, while they are plenty scary to

you need a robot for that?t robo cop and all you are giving me is paul blart, mall, roomba. >> tired of writing thank you letters, why not get a robot to do it for you. >> perfect a robot that does something that people stopped doing 30 years ago. it organized my 8-track collection. clearly the future i was hoping for just has nothing for me. >> according to a pair of new zealand researchers sex robots are the future of prostitution. [ applause ] >> on second thought, i might need that robot to write me a thank you note after all. [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight the new film is called the hobbit the desolation of smaug. >> that woe it will him cross our bonders and kill our prisoners. >> it's not our fight. >> it is our fight. it will not end here. with every victory this evil will grow f. your father has his way, we will be nothing. we will hide within our walls, live our lives away from the light and let darkness effect us. are we not part of this world? tell me when did we let ev

she got a call from the robots tester. she travelled to the san francisco bay area and took it for a test run. how did it feel to stand and look at sneem. >> the fires time i stood up i went home and cried hard, in all honesty. these were emotions that i had been dreaming about for so long. i felt so good in my body. i slept hard. and i wasn't in pain. >> total ending steps, 4,850. so nice. >> the technology is fast-moving, and constantly they are coming up with something new. that's why i love flying to california and saying, "okay, bring it on, what am i trying today?" >> this is exo's headquarters, where the magic is made and perfected. robots like this are put their their paces to give people who are paralyzed a chance to do impossible. alive. >> nathan harding is a cofounder of ekso bionics. it was invented not for the health field, but battlefield as a device to help soldiers carry heavy loads. >> there's a problem with soldiers getting injured due to large loads they were carrying and they wanted to develop more. we

these robots. it's weird. can you drive them. can you remotely make them go. >> that's how they start. the physiotherapist trains them by making the right leg go, the left leg go first. that's the first step. >> it's like when you take the driver'sed, and the instructor has their own wheel. >> yes, and the kids who worked so hard to raise the money to help her, being able to see her stand up. it was like, "we never knew how tall you were." >> the technology is like magic. this person, who they only knew as being in a chair all of a sudden can stand and walk around with the help of the robot. >> and they came out of the military - started in the military. does that mean that we are augmenting the people we are helping. are they stronger with these? it's hard to say. i will say this came from what was called the hulk, military technology, a suit designed to allow soldiers to carry heavy things and put less stress on the body. they saw the medical application, and for the scientists, they loved it saying it was the best job in the w

the robot arms race is on?obotics industry association, cory johnson also here with us. think these monster companies are in a race here. anticipating as we move forward in the next year? me of 30 years ago when i get started in robotics. a number of companies were thinking robotics would be the next industrial revolution. ibm, westinghouse were the big names i got involved chasing the big markets. >> but now we are in a new era for all this. robotics didn't really turn out to be all that it seems to be today. technology just wasn't there. >> the technology has improved but many of the challenges remain. they are now jumping in. one of the reasons is a lack of mobility. of the companies that google acquired deal with vision. these problems were there 30 years ago and are still there today. hopefully google is in the position to start this. the nsa -- this is a littleng, and maybe odd. google is bringing in all these extracurricular projects. this is probably how a lot of these things started like a self driving

the cost is not the robot.liver a whole solution called a pauly medicine solution on the order of two to 5,000 per month depending upon the situation. melissa: can you have your doctor talk back to us so we can get a sense of how human this is? >> can you say hi to melissa? >> how you doing. >> hopefully you can hear him. >> we can hear him. year in santa barbara. >> i would like to be in santa barbara and a right now. melissa: our hospitals very receptive? reviews see the push back? who is it the struggles? >> there is very little push back. the process is education. you have to get the doctor, hospital, physicians, to understand how this works. and then you have to figure out with them how and it fits into their regular, clinical practice because it changes our people got the day which is really what it takes to. melissa: very cool. we appreciate it. melissa: the fact that you have known all along, some of your co-workers are psychopaths. we will tell you how to spot if you are sitting next to one network. wh

foray into robotics. so what is the internet search giant searching for and is the company potentially losing focus on what it does best? josh lipton has more. >> fast, agile and lifelike, these are robots that can scale hills, gallop through parking lots and run like cheetahs and now they're owned by google which bought boston dynamic, an engineering company in massachusetts that makes the robots. the robots have become internet sensations. the big dog which is the size of a small mule to climb muddy trials and carry 340-pound loads and a youtube video of big dog has been watched 15 million times and then there's cheetah which is shown running on the treadmill at 29 miles per hour and that's faster than olympian usain bolt. the new york times first reported the acquisition noting that it is the eighth robotics company google has bought in just the last six months. its robotics efforts are being led by andy rubin, the executive who led the development of an droid, google's operating system. google isn't t

this robot right here could save your life one day. >> reporter: we're live in miami where robots lake the ones behind me could save your life. scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. was -- prince william was dating kate middleton. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea oping story out of south sudan. four u.s. service members are in stable condition. they were shot during a mission to evacuate american citizens from south sudan. south sudan appears to be on the verge of a full civil war. >>> families and government officials marking the 25th anniversary of the bombing of pan 103. and incredible repair job under way in space today nasa has scheduled two more days to finish the job. >> now we're used to seeing robots do truly amaying things in--amaz

by having robots, bring tablets to the are robot. have the robot do test one time and.gueries of human desire? this is old school blackberry, but if this thing were working with you there, one of the things that repetitively do because i'm a geek i put it on my belt constantly, pull it off and on. would it be able to tell this is too unwieldy for a human to do that repetitive process? what does it reveal about an actual product? >> if a human can tell what they like and what they dislike we can program the robot to test that. >> okay. and are you, do you have companies signing up to have you use oculus on its products to give them more information? >> we've had a lot of demand for oculus. liz: really? >> it is great to get the information back especially if you get the information before you go into high volume manufacturing. liz: are you -- there you go. before you spend all this money to get all kinds of assembly lines up this will tell you whether it is even worth it? >> or tells you where to tweak it. liz: but taste is so quick to change these days when it comes to,

the russians humanoid robots. training the end of last month the robots he said to join the crew on the international space station early next year controlled remotely from the ground by a pair of muchy gloves the robots human like hands will work on the exterior of the station. the line between technology and biology is becoming increasingly blurred so let's focus on moscow state university's latest developments in wearable tech. brains overbroad. wearable technology has been billed as the next big thing i'm not talking about smart glasses one of the way quickly. braving the cold outside the moscow state university andre and pavel here are busy putting the exo athletes through its paces. first exoskeleton meaning it requires no external. help to carry loads one hundred kilograms. keen to get out of the cold i had inside the institute of mechanics where i found rather unusual routes. ventured into robotics way back in the seventy's. made for quite a spectacle they used to gyroscopic stabilization system which kept

experience with watching robots came in very handy when we were developing the eggs or skeleton. all this experience meant that the exo athletes made it from suring ball to prototype in just to get it was developed jointly with the emergency situations ministry and received funding from the ministry of education in science weighing in at just twelve kilos is can help the operator carry loads of it to one hundred kilograms while it's lucky but she electronics means that it requires little if any maintenance in the field naturally these advantages caught the attention of the russian defense ministry seba ready to go the. you may remember the xo athlete from a news piece we did back in august where it was demonstrated that the russian defense ministry innovation day the russian armed forces saw its potential for assisting troops loading heavy ammunition crates and supply use as well as carrying heavy duty military combat shield such as this one but it wouldn't be that easy to find on the idea was shelved. the uni's also working on hydraulic and electric versions this battery powered

ventured into robotics way back in the seven. he's on the balancing unicycles in bikes made for quite a spectacle they used to gyroscopic stabilization system which kept them up right even when they were standing on the spot having impressed audiences around the world the researchers shifted their attention from wheels to walking machines having already created one of russia's first anthropomorphic by people robots love was on a roll so why stop at just two likes. meets musharraf the walking robot she was built at the time when computers filled entire rooms but despite a ripe old age of forty the old girl can still strong stuff with the best of them she's the results of the institute's work on mimicking nature in an attempt to find alternative transport means each leg just three axes of movement provided by a total of eighteen perfectly coordinated electric motors she was refined over the years to improve her awareness of the surrounding environment and before her retirement she could climb stairs and adjust her gait according to

some only in elementary. >> this robot is a soccer robot. >> the executive director of ameribotics who has worked three years to bring the competition to america. >> it's the physical word, the physics and the moving parts and the math, it's just a really powerful platform. >> reporter: this robot is getting ready for the competition. you'll see more proof that the american kids are falling behind in the world of technology. most of the competition have been dominated by kids from the asian countries. >> where are the americans? >> i think they're back at home sitting on the coach and watching tv. >> only 10% of these competitors are from the u.s. >> the real issue i think with our kids is we need to take a look at from an u.s. perspective how we get them to go beyond where they are right now and not be just consumers of technology, but be creators of technology. >> last year south korea walked away with the top honors. americans won one silver medal. u.s. students are ranked 21st out of 23 countries in math and science. seventeenth out of 19 in problem solving. >> it doesn't mean that

investment in hard technology and robotics. if i use the analogy of the self-driving vehicle, that has been a big success for google. procedures that project is the best people in the world to lead that effort. today, with this acquisition and so many other recent acquisitions, they have so the top superstar talent in the world. i don't know where it might lead in terms of the very short-term. in the long term, it is an investment in core fundamental technology. i have to think that has a value. >> that was john leonard of m.i.t. in a bid to get more people involved in computers, everyone from athletes to tech leaders sat down for an hour of coding. we have the founders behind the initiative and we will see how successful it has been. >> i'm emily chang and this is bloomberg west on blumberg television, streaming on your phone or apple tv. from chris bosh to ashton kutcher, tech giants dedicated one hour to learning or teaching computer science last week. it was the hour of code initiative. even president obama urged kids to ta