Robot Revolution [electronic resource (video)] / Looking Glass Pictures
Professor Rodney Brooks has had one enduring ambition his entire life: to build machines that can truly think. He's been doing so since he was eight years of age, tinkering obsessively in the backyard garage. At the forefront of a stunning period in robotic history, today Professor Brooks and his dedicated team of scientists are certain they're about to make a technological breakthrough as they race to customize the world's first truly socially interactive humanoid robot.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 13, 2014. Films On Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A Robot Challenge (2:10) -- Revolutionary Robot (1:28) -- Interactive Robot Domo (2:21) -- Making Robots Safe (2:27) -- The Race for the Household Robot (2:20) -- Honda's Asimo Robot (1:15) -- Robot Autonomy (2:54) -- Perceptional Problems for the PlayGo Robot (2:53) -- Early Obstacle Avoiding Robots (2:01) -- Six Legged Genghis Robot (1:13) -- Biomimetics (1:33) -- Trial and Error Process (2:03) -- Robotic Assistance in Manufacturing (2:51) -- Robots to Assist the Elderly (3:07) -- Japanese Acceptance of Robots (2:55) -- Learned Social Intelligence (2:59) -- Human Tendency to Anthropomorphize (1:18) -- Robotic Independent Decision Making (2:10) -- Military Robots (3:05) -- Robot Ethics (1:46) -- Robotic Reliability (4:54) -- Credits: Robot Revolution (1:02) |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access requires authentication through Films On Demand. |
Target Audience Note: | 7 & up. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: Films On Demand platform. |
Source of Description Note: | Title from distributor's description. |
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Subject: | Androids. Robotics. |
Genre: | Streaming videos. Educational films. Internet videos. Videorecording. |
Topic Heading: | Films on Demand > Technical and Trades Collection |
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