Watch TED Talks at the library and join the discussion! This month, watch experts talk about advances in the material used to design robots. To read more on this topic, check out our related books at the reference desk.

First, Robotics engineer Radhika Nagpal discusses What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish. Next, Biomedical engineer Giada Gerboni describes The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots. Finally, Robotician Jamie Paik explains Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves.

TED is the owner of TED talks. These videos are being shown under the Creative Commons license (noncommercial). These videos may be viewed at: tinyurl.com/TEDNagpal; tinyurl.com/TEDGerboni, and tinyurl.com/TEDPaik. Refreshments may be served. A list of ingredients will be available upon request.

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