Manoush Zomorodi

She wondered, was there a way these machines could keep someone alive without being so terrifying?

Maybe they could even come across as nurturing.

Katie's dad made a full recovery.

But these questions continued to nag at her.

She'd always been good at math and science, so she decided to go back to school to try and find some answers.

At Stanford, people were building technology to change the way we live with machines, well beyond hospitals.

Designing robots to do everything from cleaning our homes to offering companionship.

So just imagine.

Forget sitting down at a laptop or tapping on a screen.

Technology is being woven into our physical world in all kinds of new ways, from robot helpers to smart body parts that turn us into cyborgs.

But what are the challenges with creating devices that feel less robotic and dystopian and more organic and useful?

Today on the show, augmenting humans.

Ideas about designing tech that enhances us physically without diminishing or even hurting humanity.

Where do we draw the line between improving a human life and augmenting it beyond recognition?

So back to Katie Kwan.

She ended up merging her love for dance with her interest in technology and is now a robot choreographer.

Because even though countless engineers are building machines to act intelligently, she says we also need to consider how they move.

You ended up working at a place called Everyday Robots.

At the time, this was Google's robot AI moonshot lab, as they called it.

And the idea there was to design robots that could help people in their everyday lives.