Tech Life meets Spot the robot
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
There are hundreds of former nuclear reactors around the world, which are harmful for those trying to decommission them. That's where a four legged robot called Spot comes in and Tech Life have been to meet it. Also in this episode; the impact of auto-correct constantly misspelling names and how scientists are using AI and tourist boats to learn more about whales.
Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Alasdair Keane
(Picture: Spot the robot at a decommissioned nuclear plant /BBC)
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| 0:00.0 | On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:05.6 | And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:08.3 | In this series, we're going to have a planet off. |
| 0:10.8 | I feel like Jupiter wins. |
| 0:12.8 | And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit. |
| 0:15.9 | We're talking about your bog standard. |
| 0:17.8 | Ice, not the fancy one. |
| 0:20.1 | Science with funny bits. |
| 0:21.9 | The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to Tech Life on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:31.4 | I'm Shona McCallum and this is the programme where we explore how tech is impacting your life |
| 0:36.4 | wherever you are. |
| 0:37.9 | This week we're going into some of the most hazardous locations in the world |
| 0:42.0 | with the help of a robot called Spot. |
| 0:44.6 | The little radiation monitors clipped to our overalls |
| 0:47.5 | showed we weren't exposed to radiation, |
| 0:50.5 | but some areas are much riskier and haven't been entered by humans for decades, |
| 0:56.5 | which is why Dunei is trying out a little help from some four-legged robotic friends. |
| 1:03.9 | Spot is being used in former nuclear power plants around the globe |
| 1:08.3 | as experts try to decommission them and make the land usable again. |
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