All robots operate in similar ways: they sense, plan and act. Using the input from its sensors, a robot processes the information using its software, and initiates an action or completes a job. To grow smarter, robots will need to be creative, learning from new situations and making unexpected connections.

Meet robots that have been developed with these kinds of smarts. Experience a simulation of the Google Self-Driving Car and how its LiDAR unit reads the surroundings on a city street. Watch robot arms that program themselves after you teach them the moves, and learn how IBM's Watson has gone from winning on Jeopardy to assisting doctors with medical research.

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