PickVidsBest Robotics Videos
The 102 Robotics videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 7 intermediate, 90 for a general viewer, and 3 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a demo. What they share is that you see the result first and only then decide whether to follow the detail. Channels you will keep seeing include Boston Dynamics, Tesla, TheDmel.
GE Walking Truck - Cybernetic Anthropomorphous Machine (CAM) 1969.
Short footage of the General Electric Cybernetic Anthropomorphous Machine, or Walking Truck, a 1960s quadruped vehicle operated by a human driver using hydraulic limbs.
More Parkour Atlas
Boston Dynamics shows its Atlas humanoid robot performing a gymnastics and parkour routine, using optimization-generated motions and a model predictive controller.
Rheinmetall Air Defence: Ahead - Highly effective, programmable ammunition
A one-minute Rheinmetall promotional demo of Oerlikon Ahead air burst ammunition, which throws a cloud of sub-projectiles to destroy small air targets.
Quadrocopter failsafe algorithm: recovery after propeller loss
An ETH Zurich lab demonstration of a failsafe algorithm that lets a quadrocopter detect the loss of a propeller and recover, returning to its original position.
Cheetah Robot runs 28.3 mph; a bit faster than Usain Bolt
A short Boston Dynamics clip of the DARPA-funded Cheetah quadruped robot hitting 28.3 mph on a treadmill, slightly faster than Usain Bolt's fastest 20 meter split.
Optimus - Gen 2 | Tesla
Tesla's short promotional video of Optimus Gen 2, its humanoid robot, with new actuators and sensors, faster hands, faster walking and lower weight.
Triple Pendulum on a Cart
A TU Wien control-systems demo in which a triple pendulum on a cart is swung up and stabilized using constrained feedforward plus optimal feedback control.
New Robot Can Now Fight Back! (Corridor Digital)
Corridor Digital's comedic fake video of a Boston Dynamics robot fighting back against its human tormentors, made with motion capture and VFX.
Do You Love Me?
Boston Dynamics' New Year video shows its Atlas, Spot and Handle robots dancing to 'Do You Love Me?'.
Google's DeepMind AI Just Taught Itself To Walk
A two-minute Insider Tech clip on DeepMind's simulated agents that learned to walk, run, jump and climb without guidance, with the goofy resulting gaits.
Paramedic Mountain Rescue!
Gravity Industries tests its jet suit for paramedic mountain rescue with the Great North Air Ambulance in the Lake District, reaching a casualty in 90 seconds versus a 25-minute climb.
(50X) Autonomously folding a pile of 5 previously-unseen towels
A Berkeley PR2 robot autonomously folds a pile of five previously unseen towels, shown at 50x speed.
Raytheon’s High-Power Microwave Weapon Downs Drones
Cleared Defense Department footage of Raytheon's Phaser high-power microwave weapon bringing down drones during a 2013 live-fire demonstration at Fort Sill.
Tesla AI Day 2021
Tesla's 2021 AI Day presentation covering vision, planning and control, auto-labeling, simulation, the Dojo training hardware and the Tesla Bot announcement, followed by a Q&A.
DJI Phantom 2 Injury
A one-minute clip showing an injury from a DJI Phantom 2 drone with stiff carbon fiber propellers.
Skydio Dock Tease
A teaser for the Skydio 2 Dock, a weatherproof charging base station that enables persistent, automated drone operations for enterprise uses such as site mapping and security patrols.
Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala #CoolChina #springfestival2026 #kungfu
CGTN coverage of the 2026 Spring Festival Gala, in which humanoid robots perform synchronized martial arts routines alongside children.
0.38 Second Rubik's Cube Solve
Ben Katz's custom robot solves a Rubik's Cube in 0.38 seconds.
NavLab 1 (1986) : Carnegie Mellon : Robotics Institute History of Self-Driving Cars
A short CMU Robotics Institute clip on NavLab 1 from 1986, the first self-driving car to carry people on board.
Rheinmetall Air Defence – Skynex truck-mounted engaging drone swarm
A Rheinmetall promo clip of its truck-mounted Skynex air defence system engaging a swarm of eight small drones with a 35mm revolver gun.
Atlas, The Next Generation
Boston Dynamics unveils a new, smaller Atlas humanoid robot that is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated.
The Duel: Timo Boll vs. KUKA Robot
A KUKA commercial staging a table tennis match between German star Timo Boll and a KUKA KR AGILUS industrial robot.
Charger prototype finding its way to Model S
A one-minute Tesla clip showing a prototype robotic snake charger that finds a Model S's charge port and plugs itself in.
My robot double sells out (so I don't have to)
Tom Scott shows a robot double of himself, built from an Engineered Arts Mesmer robot, delivering a VPN advertisement in his place.