What is it about robots that compels us to create them? And what does it say about a culture that makes machine surrogates despite not having reached a consensus about why to make them in the first place? In this episode, we'll explore the robots taking over our world, and the agenda behind them...

Links

hitchBOT
the definition of "robot" from Google and Wikipedia
a drumming robot
a spring-making robot
oh, the many uses of springs
Uber's first self-driven truck delivery was a beer run.
Amazon's newest ambition: competing directly with UPS and FedEx
The permanent transition
The three laws of robotics
The One Thing Real Quick Podcast
"How to Keep Yourself Sane in Faketopia"

Music

All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.

Inside the Toy Submarine, by Blue Dot Sessions
Rotary Cog, by Blue Dot Sessions
Bloom, by r beny
Novation Peak Ambient II, by r beny
Her Caliber, by Blue Dot Sessions
Exquisite Motion, by Blue Dot Sessions
Rainy Day Drone, by Blue Dot Sessions
Tiny Bottles, by Blue Dot Sessions
The Dustbin, by Blue Dot Sessions

Credits

Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.

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