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Robotics Videos Recommended on Hacker News (102)
Robotics is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 102 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 113 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Robotics: humanoid robots, Boston Dynamics, Atlas, legged locomotion, drones, industrial robots, robot control, manipulation, robot demos, Figure, Tesla Optimus, drone delivery.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on What Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us: “Excellent video on the subject: CGPGrey - Humans Need Not Apply” — an HN commenter, 2015.
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11 mo on HNWhat Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us
CGP Grey
11 HN recommender · 2014–2026
6 mo on HNZipline - How Rwanda Built A Drone Delivery Service
Real Engineering
9 HN recommender · 2019–2023
5 mo on HNAmazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything
Mark Rober
5 HN recommender · 2023–2024
4 mo on HN7 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5 HN recommender · 2016–2021
4 mo on HNSlaughterbots
Stop Autonomous Weapons
4 HN recommender · 2018–2026
4 mo on HNDrone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNGiant Robot Project, Part 1
Jaimie Stuff
3 HN recommender · 2011–2020
4 mo on HNSci-Fi Short Film “Slaughterbots” | DUST
DUST
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNThe Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
Veritasium
5 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HN7 Minutes of Terror: Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing | Video
VideoFromSpace
3 HN recommender · 2017–2021
4 mo on HNFesto - SmartBird
Festo
4 HN recommender · 2011–2021
3 mo on HNBoston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)
olinerd
3 HN recommender · 2008–2019
3 mo on HNDaniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot
TED
3 HN recommender · 2013–2025
2 mo on HNAutomatic Bullseye, MOVING Dartboard
Mark Rober
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020
3 mo on HNI sent robot forgeries to a handwriting expert
Stuff Made Here
3 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNBFS-Auto: High Speed Book Scanner at over 250 pages/min
Ishikawa Group Laboratory
2 HN recommender · 2018–2024
2 mo on HNAmputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic Limb
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
2 HN recommender · 2014–2016
2 mo on HNThe Uncanny Valley Is Wrong
This Place
2 HN recommender · 2021–2021
2 mo on HNTesla AI Day 2022
Tesla
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HNThe Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drone
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNAtlas | Partners in Parkour
Boston Dynamics
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNSand Flea Jumping Robot
Boston Dynamics
2 HN recommender · 2013–2024
2 mo on HNWhy Asimov's Laws of Robotics Don't Work - Computerphile
Computerphile
2 HN recommender · 2015–2023
2 mo on HNThe Braitenberg Vehicles
Brian Douglas
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNSlaughterbots
Future of Life Institute
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
2 mo on HNJuliaRobotics: Making robots walk with Julia | Robin Deits
The Julia Programming Language
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNHow many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
Tom Scott
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
1 mo on HNHigh-Speed Robot Hand
Hizook
1 HN recommend · 2012–2020
1 mo on HNThe Lighthill debate on Artificial Intelligence: "The general purpose robot is a mirage"
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
1 HN recommend · 2019–2025
1 mo on HNKiva Systems Warehouse Automation at Quiet Logistics
KivaDirector
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HNInside A Warehouse Where Thousands Of Robots Pack Groceries
Insider Tech
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNDEF CON 23 - Robinson and Mitchell - Knocking my neighbors kids cruddy drone offline
DEFCONConference
1 HN recommend · 2016–2022
1 mo on HNWorld's Fastest Camera Drone Vs F1 Car (ft. Max Verstappen)
Red Bull
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNLiam – An Innovation Story
Apple
1 HN recommend · 2016–2020
1 mo on HNTesla Bot Update | Sort & Stretch
Tesla
1 HN recommend · 2023–2024
1 mo on HNMissile defense multiple kill vehicle hover test
theworacle
1 HN recommend · 2021–2026