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After you watch Natural Born Robots (premiering November 2 on PBS; check your local listings for rebroadcasts), please send your questions and comments to scientists who appeared on the show.
Roboroach
Roy Ritzmann
Roy is a professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University.
Roger Quinn
Roger is a professor of mechanical engineering at Case Western Reserve University.
Roy and Roger answer your questions about their combined efforts to create a giant robot modeled on the cockroach.
Swim Like a Fish
Michael Triantafyllou
Michael works at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has built a robot based on a champion swimmer - the tuna.
Jamie Anderson
At Draper Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jamie has also developed a life-like robot modeled on the tuna.
Body Builders
Jerry Pratt
Jerry built an ingenious creation that mimics the human leg.
Rodney Brooks
Rodney updates us on Cog, the humanoid robot that Frontiers viewers first met a few years ago.
Jerry and Rodney answer your questions about their work at MIT.
Robots Have Feelings, Too
Illah Nourbakhsh
Illah, of Carnegie Mellon University, created Sage, a robot with attitude and a popular "electro-guide" at the Carnegie Museum.
Helen Greiner
Helen, the president of ISRobotics, introduces us to Bit, a baby robot with a range of compelling infant emotions.
Go, Team!
Maja Mataric
At the University of Southern California, Maja created the robot ducklings that follow Alan Alda in this segment.
Manuela Veloso
Manuela, of Carnegie Mellon University, demonstrates why robot soccer is a great model for cooperative behavior.
Note: Ask the Scientists is moderated and questions and comments are reviewed before being posted. Please allow the scientists several days to answer your question. Check back frequently to see scientists' answers and new viewer questions. Only selected questions will be answered. The deadline for sending questions and comments is November 16, 1999.
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