Robots rising [videorecording] ([Place of publication not identified] Discovery Communications Inc., 2004)
Robots are entering our world like never before, and taking on jobs too dirty, dull or dangerous for human beings. Today robots dispose of terrorists bombs, descend into active volcanoes, explore the deep ocean, clean up nuclear waste, and rove the Martian landscape. Inventor Fumio Hara of the Humanoid Project in Japan has built an android face that can mirror human emotions, and he's at work on a talking robotic mouth, complete with tongue. Hollywood has imagined robots as our masters, slaves and sidekicks. Robots Rising tries to separate fantasy from reality by talking world-renowned roboticists about how they've been inspired and annoyed by blockbusters like "Star Wars" and "Terminator 2" and B-movies like "Colossus" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Explore two of the most controversial areas of modern science, artificial intelligence and artificial life, fields that will be smarter, faster and stronger than their creators.
Keywords: Robotics; Robotics--History.; Robotics laboratories; Robots; Robots, Industrial; Computer Industry--Ethics.; Business ethics; Engineering ethics; Robotics--Corrupt practices; Robots--Social aspects--Case studies