Hod Lipson: Robots that are "self-aware"

http://www.ted.com Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tednews  Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives at https://www.facebook.com/TED

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Duration minutes: 8

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