Description

I made this 10 minute video to give kids a realistic notion of what robots can and cannot do.  (The robots in the movies are mostly fantasy).  I also wanted to show kids some of the exciting things going on in robotics today.  This will hopefully encourage the budding scientists or engineers.  Being interested in robotics for quite some time, I have gathered a lot of really neat robot videos from the web.  I did my best to put some interesting and amazing things into this video.  Being a children's video, I do make some gross oversimplifications.  However, I also toss in a few big words for them.  I think most people should learn a thing or two.  ;-)

I presented this video at the Tuscola Library to about 10 kids.  I showed them one of my robots and we played a robot game.  Here are some pictures from the event:

Disclaimer

I do not claim any ownership of these video clips. They are all copyrighted property of their original creators.  I am only re-displaying them here for your enjoyment.  I created my video under the Free Use License.  These clips are only to be used in educational settings.  If you feel I have mis-represented you or your robots in any way, please contact me.   Also please contact me with any broken links.

.WMV format (47 MB)

Robot Video Repository

Wheeled Robots

nBot by David P. Anderson	uBot by UMass Amherst	Dartmouth Robotics Lab

GOAT robot by CMU	NASA Mars Rover	Rotundus Listen to a NPR broadcast about this robot

BEAM robots

BEAM videos by Solarbotics

Hexapod Robots (6 legs)

Asterisk robot by Osaka University's Arai Lab	LAURON III by Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica industrial

Hex Crawler robot kit	RHEX

Household Robots

Robomower by Friendly Robotics	Roomba by iRobot Listen to a NPR broadcast about iRobot

Industrial Robots

Various industrial robots by Fanuc Robotics

The KHR1 Robot

KHR1 robot by Kondo (movies here)

Micromouse Robots (maze solving robots)

Competition videos by Micromouse UK

Modular Robots

4-module robot by Cornell University Listen to a NPR broadcast about this robot Listen to broadcast 2	Modular robots by Palo Alto Research Center

Snake robot by Dr. Gavin Miller	Cellular Automata by Dartmouth University	OmniTread by University of Michigan

Team Robots

Ants robots by MIT

Team robots by University of South California	Distributed mapping by University of Washington

The QRIO Robot

Sony QRIO

Quadruped Robots (4 legs)

Fastest AIBO walk by UT Austin	Scout II by McGill University	Thing robot by UMass, Amherst	?

Biped Robots (2 legs)

BIP robot by INRIA	RABBIT robot by Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble

HONDA Asimo robot (movies here) Listen to a NPR broadcast about Asimo	Toddler robot by MIT Listen to a NPR broadcast about this robot

Remote Control Robots

Robonaut by NASA	Robocup Rescue

Rescue robot by CMU	?

Robocup (robotic soccer competition)

Robocup Listen to a NPR broadcast about robocup

Insect Inspired Robots

Whegs, BILL-Ant, Cricket, and Cockroach by Case Western Reserve University

Roach Coach by University of California-Irvine Listen to a NPR broadcast about CMU's robot receptionist

Misc. Movies

Origami robot by Dartmouth University	? Listen to a NPR broadcast about CMU's robot receptionist	Dexter by UMass, Amherst

Lemur robot by Stanford University	Pow robot drummer by Georgia Tech	da Vinci Robot Surgery by USC Listen to a NPR broadcast about the da Vinci system

Robosapian Music Videos

Misc. Audio

My List of the best robot songs ever:

• Mr. Roboto - Styx
• Robot Trouble - Barcelona (Listen to it in this music video)
• Tiny Machines - Skavoovie & the Epitones
• Giant Robot-Birdhead - The Aquabats
• The Humans are Dead and Binary Solo - Flight of the Conchords
• More to come!  Send me your favorite robot songs.

I created my video with Ulead VideoStudio 9.  It is a great program for home use.  They give you a 30 day free trial and the software is not limited in any way.  It is much more powerful than the Windows Movie Maker that comes with Windows XP.  In keeping with my views on open source code, here is the VideoStudio project file.  Maybe you can elaborate and expand the video.  I would love to hear about it if you do. 

• Robot Surgery
• Robot ant, cricket, cockroach (Case Western)
• Rotundus
• MIT Toddler
• Passive walkers
• GT Pow