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SGU Episode 949
September 16th 2023
949 futuristic robot.jpg

Sci-fi futuristic robot
Artist: Pickgameru

SGU 948                      SGU 950

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Guest

CH: Christian Hubicki,
professor of Robotics

Quote of the Week

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.

Isaac Asimov, American writer

Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Guest Rogue

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Dragon Con reflections (3:25)

Steve on the UFO panel (7:43)

Special Report: The Future of Robots (19:43)

Live from Dragon Con 2023 (40:26)


Christian and Robotics (45:19)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Exploding Batteries to Deorbit Satellites (49:10)

Dark Stars (58:10)

AI Drone Racing (1:08:15)

Settling Mars (1:16:59)

Stress Patches (1:27:32)

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Science or Fiction (1:32:39)

Theme: Robotics
Item #1: According to the International Federation of Robotics, in 2023 there are 35 million industrial robots, and 43 million service robots worldwide.* [6]
Item #2: The first robot-assisted surgery was in Vancouver in 1984, with the Arthrobot, which assisted in arthroscopic procedures.[7]
Item #3: Arguably the oldest robots include water-powered, clock-driven figurines dating from 3,000 BCE, and a steam-powered pigeon that could actually fly, dating from 400 BCE.[8]

* The shownotes page for this episode on the SGU website did not have a link for any article to be referenced for this item.

Answer Item
Fiction 35/43M robots worldwide
Science Robot-assisted surgery
Science
Oldest robots
Host Result
Steve sweep
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Robot-assisted surgery
Jay
 Robot-assisted surgery
Bob
 Oldest robots
Christian
 Robot-assisted surgery

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Evan's Response

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Christian's Response

Audience's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:40:12)


Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.

 – Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American writer and professor of biochemistry


Signoff

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

(applause)

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ TS2: Using Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions to Deorbit Satellites
  2. ↑ Scientific American: JWST Might Have Spotted the First Dark Matter Stars
  3. ↑ Nature: Champion-level drone racing using deep reinforcement learning
  4. ↑ Live Science: Just 22 people are needed to colonize Mars — as long as they are the right personality type, study claims
  5. ↑ Yahoo Life: Is Meghan Markle's stress patch legit? Here's what experts say.
  6. ↑ International Federation of Robotics (IFR): IFR Presents World Robotics Report 2022
  7. ↑ Surgrob Blog: World's First Surgical Robot
  8. ↑ Ancient Origins: The Steam-Powered Pigeon of Archytas – The Flying Machine of Antiquity
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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