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Watch a cargo grabbing robotic arm in space

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Watch NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield control the International Space Station’s robotic arm that grabs cargo.

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Watch a surgical robot peeling a grape

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Robot surgeons allow surgeons to perform complex operations with more precision. Robot surgeons allow surgeons to perform complex operations with more precision. A real surgeon operates the robotic arms from a console.

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Watch a cheetah robot in action!

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The gymnast of the robot world, MIT’s mini cheetah robot can execute a perfect 360° backflip! It can also walk the right way up or upside down and tackle bumpy terrain twice as fast as the average person’s walking speed.

Watch it in action here:

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Watch a robotic fish swim!

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SoFi is a soft robotic fish that can swim around coral reefs, taking close-up videos of the real fish without disturbing them as a human diver would.

Watch SoFi swim here:

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