Homepage Accessibility links Skip to content Accessibility Help BBC Account Notifications More menu Search iPlayer Close menu Home Tech Now Space Exploration: Can Robots Lead the Way? Tech Now – Space Exploration: Can Robots Lead the Way? Nick Kwek visits the National Space Industry Hub in Sydney to meet some of the most innovative startups on the scene. Duration25 mins First shown6 Dec 2025 Available for 11 months Watchlist Audio DescribedSign Language Episodes Episodes Meeting My Avatar Jacqui Wakefield joins singer KT Tunstall as she sees her musical avatar. 25 mins This episode Space Exploration: Can Robots Lead the Way? Icebreaker Tech: Navigating the Arctic Adrienne Murray meets the engineers designing icebreaker ship technology for the Arctic. 25 mins Rising Seas: Can Tech Help Us Prepare? The scientists on a quest to improve our predictions of global sea level rise. 24 mins Fixing Fashion’s Sizing Problem Shiona McCallum meets an AI startup working to fix erratic clothing sizes in fashion. 24 mins Movie Tech: Behind the Scenes Alasdair Keane explores a high-tech studio that transforms how car stunts are made. 25 mins Brain Cells and Biocomputing Zoe Kleinman meets the scientists trying to make living computers using brain cells. 25 mins Cloud Seeding and Conspiracy Theories Marco Silva unpacks the science and technology of cloud seeding. 25 mins IFA Berlin: The Rise of Smart Tech Alasdair Keane explores the tech highlights at IFA Berlin. 24 mins Detecting Cancer Cases Lara Lewington explores the tech being trialled to find ‘hidden’ pancreatic cancer cases. 25 mins Fighting Wildfires: Can Tech Help? How technology is bringing hope of earlier detection and prevention to wildfires. 24 mins AI and the Future of Humanity Joe Tidy explores how the rise of artificial intelligence may play out. 24 mins Sagrada Família: Can Tech Help Complete It? Yasmin Morgan-Griffiths has exclusive access to La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. 25 mins Lithium Mining: The Impact Ione Wells explores if lithium mining can be done more sustainably. 25 mins Esports World Cup Exploring some of the latest tech innovations in the world of sport. 24 mins Chile’s Lost Children Ione Wells explores the search for Chile’s stolen children. 25 mins Rubin Observatory: Mapping the Universe Ione Wells visits the Rubin Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert. 24 mins Super Science: Inside ESS Adrienne Murray heads behind the scenes at the European Spallation Source in Sweden. 24 mins Embryo Screening: Designing Life? A new form of testing claims to predict how likely an unborn child is to develop diseases. 25 mins Formula One: Can It Go Green? Alasdair Keane visits the McLaren Technology Centre. 24 mins Supercomputers: Solving the Big Problems How one of the world’s fastest supercomputers is shaping climate research. 24 mins Nuclear Fusion: How Close Are We? Could nuclear fusion supply endless clean energy? 24 mins Gaming: AI and Innovation Marc Cieslak has the highlights from the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. 24 mins Electric Flight: Will It Take Off? Can we clean up air travel? Adrienne Murray explores developments in electric flight. 25 mins ###END###

Space Exploration: How Robots Could Lead the Way

Homepage Accessibility links Skip to content Accessibility Help BBC Account Notifications More menu Search Sounds Close menu Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. Find out how to listen to other BBC stations Episode details World Service,·09 Dec 2025,·26 mins The darker side of streaming Tech Life Available for over a year Twitch streamer QTCinderella talks about the unwelcome attention she receives in real life. Shiona McCallum reports on robotics for offshore wind farms. And polar rover tech. Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn (Image: A photo of Twitch streamer QTCinderella attending TwitchCon 2024 in San Diego, USA. She is standing in front of a TwitchCon backdrop and logo. She is smiling at the camera. Credit: Getty Images.) Programme Website More episodes Cymraeg Gaeilge Gàidhlig BBC Sounds Help Contacts, Privacy and Information Help with Signing In Newsletter ###END###

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