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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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1 mo on HNParkour Atlas
Boston Dynamics
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNAggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight
TheDmel
1 HN recommend · 2011–2017
1 mo on HNMICRO DRONES KILLER ARMS ROBOTS - AUTONOMOUS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - WARNING !!
CS Consulting
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNMIT ACL - Variable Pitch Quadrotor
AerospaceControlsLab
1 HN recommend · 2013–2016
1 mo on HNBigDog Overview (Updated March 2010)
Boston Dynamics
1 HN recommend · 2012–2020
1 mo on HNOnboard quadrocopter failsafe: flight after actuator failure
Mark Mueller
1 HN recommend · 2014–2019
1 mo on HNA Compilation of Robots Falling Down at the DARPA Robotics Challenge
IEEE Spectrum
1 HN recommend · 2015–2025
1 mo on HNNo Priors Ep. 80 | With Andrej Karpathy from OpenAI and Tesla
No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNThe Cubli: a cube that can jump up, balance, and 'walk'
Gajamohan Mohanarajah (Gajan)
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
1 mo on HNFlexible Muscle-Based Locomotion for Bipedal Creatures
Goatstream
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNBuilding the Steam Controller
Valve
1 HN recommend · 2016–2026
1 mo on HNIntroducing Stretch | Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics
1 HN recommend · 2021–2021
0 mo on HNAtlas Gets a Grip | Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics
0 HN recommender · 2023–2024
0 mo on HNJanken (rock-paper-scissors) Robot with 100% winning rate
Ishikawa Group Laboratory
0 HN recommender · 2014–2020
0 mo on HNHandle Robot Reimagined for Logistics
Boston Dynamics
0 HN recommender · 2019–2024
0 mo on HNNagoya Robot Ramen
朴哲鉉
0 HN recommender · 2009–2017
0 mo on HNHorror Short Film “Slaughterbots” | ALTER
ALTER
0 HN recommender · 2020–2026
0 mo on HNHONDA ASIMO FALLS DOWN STAIRS - Sexy Robots Videos
roborama
0 HN recommender · 2008–2011
0 mo on HNDouble Pendulum on a Cart
Tobias Glück
0 HN recommender · 2014–2023
0 mo on HNAtlas Goes Hands On
Boston Dynamics
0 HN recommender · 2025–2025
0 mo on HNRobotic Distribution
WIRED
0 HN recommender · 2012–2014
0 mo on HNDrone Delivery Start-Up Zipline Beats Amazon, UPS And FedEx To The Punch | CNBC
CNBC
0 HN recommender · 2018–2023
0 mo on HNUnitree Introducing | Unitree G1 Humanoid Agent | AI Avatar | Price from $16K
Unitree Robotics
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNYou have 20 seconds to comply.
Jamerson McGradner
0 HN recommender · 2013–2024
0 mo on HNRHex Rough-Terrain Robot
Boston Dynamics
0 HN recommender · 2012–2014
0 mo on HNInside the Lab Where Robots Run Their Own Experiments
Seeker
0 HN recommender · 2021–2024
0 mo on HNWorld's first manned flight with an electric multicopter
forschungsbuero
0 HN recommender · 2016–2022
0 mo on HNNew York City
Team BlackSheep
0 HN recommender · 2011–2013
0 mo on HNChina’s Dark Factories: So Automated, They Don't Need Lights | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
0 HN recommender · 2025–2026
0 mo on HN1.8 gigapixel ARGUS-IS. World's highest resolution video surveillance platform by DARPA
FreakyVidsDaily
0 HN recommender · 2013–2022
0 mo on HNAutonomous Car Learns To Powerslide Into Parking Spot
IEEE Spectrum
0 HN recommender · 2010–2017
0 mo on HNFigure Status Update - OpenAI Speech-to-Speech Reasoning
Figure
0 HN recommender · 2024–2025
0 mo on HNElon Musk unveils plan for 'Tesla Bot' with man dancing in a bodysuit
Guardian News
0 HN recommender · 2023–2026
0 mo on HNConstruction with Quadrotor Teams
TheDmel
0 HN recommender · 2011–2018
0 mo on HNTesla Bot Update
Tesla
0 HN recommender · 2023–2024
0 mo on HNA Swarm of Nano Quadrotors
TheDmel
0 HN recommender · 2013–2018