# Intelligent floating machines inspired by nature

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: Anicka Yi
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anicka_yi_intelligent_floating_machines_inspired_by_nature)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Taking cues from soft robotics and the natural world, conceptual artist Anicka Yi builds lighter-than-air machines that roam and react like autonomous life forms. Her floating "aerobes" inspire us to think about new ways of living with machines -- and to ponder how they could evolve into living creatures. "What if our machines could be more than just our tools, and instead, a new type of companion species?" she asks.

## Lectures

1. [Intelligent floating machines inspired by nature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anicka_yi_intelligent_floating_machines_inspired_by_nature/3cc50e01360a), 11 min (TED's player)