S1 Ep 4 - The Cyborgs are Coming
Xploration Earth 2050
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22m
The dreams of generations of science fiction writers are now a reality. Man and machine are meeting in strange—and productive—ways. Join host Joe Penna as he discovers a search and rescue robot that doubles as a tank, cuddles a therapy robot designed to look, and act, like an actual pet, and tests a high tech fireman’s mask that has a lot more than X-ray vision.
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