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Summary

A new home robot named Emo is introduced, capable of various tasks and designed to be interactive. The video discusses the growing popularity of home robots and their potential to reshape society. Emo is highlighted for its abilities like turning on lights, taking photos, playing games, recognizing users, and more. It also touches on other small robots like Clicbot and robotic fighting competitions in Japan. The video discusses the role of robots in education, particularly in teaching coding skills to address the shortage of coders. Various robots designed for specific tasks such as cleaning, monitoring homes, or assisting people with disabilities are mentioned. The video also covers advancements in AI, bionic limbs, brain-controlled prosthetics, and AI's potential to create art. Elon Musk's Neuralink and Tesla's robot project are briefly mentioned, highlighting the influence of AI on various industries. The need for AI to be fun, accessible, and of high quality is emphasized, and viewers are encouraged to provide input and join the team working on these technologies.

Facts

1. Home robots are gaining popularity and are capable of various tasks such as dancing, vacuuming, and detecting diseases. They are even being used in robot fighting competitions in Japan.
2. Emo is an AI robot that can perform tasks such as turning on lights, taking photos, playing games, recognizing users, and detecting sounds.
3. Emo has a lot of character and can communicate and play games with friends.
4. Clicbot, created by an award-winning animator from the movie Walle, can be put together in hundreds of different ways and is capable of dancing.
5. Elon Musk has created a school for his children where they learn from interesting practical challenges.
6. The world is short of 40 million coders and that’s expected to reach 85 million by 2030.
7. Clickbot and Emo can be programmed to help people learn to code.
8. The Jetson One is a drone that enables you to fly without a pilot's license, uses lidar sensors to track terrain and avoid obstacles, and can fly for 20 minutes.
9. Amazon’s Astro can monitor your home and let you know if it sees anyone it doesn’t recognize, or hears any unusual sounds.
10. Robots are taking over some of the most sophisticated jobs, including robotic surgery tools.
11. Brain-controlled prosthetics are advancing, allowing users to feel through their bionic arm.
12. The new device is inserted through the jugular vein, up into the brain, where sensors extend into the walls of veins.
13. Elon Musk’s neuralink is gearing up for clinical trials, implanting tiny threads in the brain to interface with AI.
14. Tesla and Google are taking AI to another level with a system that can do thousands or millions of different tasks.
15. AI needs to be more fun and accessible, which is where Chewie comes in. It doesn’t need to be programmed and will get regular AI updates and new skills.
16. It could pick everything up off the floor before vacuuming and empty the dishwasher. It’s modular and upgradeable.
17. It will make maths and physics will be so much more fun for kids.
18. There’s a need for an exceptional team to develop AI and sensors for prosthetics.