In this TED Talk, Rodney Brooks explores how we will need robots to address coming demographic changes. As the number of working-age adults decline and retirees increase we're going to need robots to help us, but for this to work we need robots that can be programmed by anyone, not just highly skilled specialists. It's a challenge that all system engineers face when creating complex systems for public use.
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