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Robohub roundtable: Robotic bee swarms from Black Mirror – what’s hype, what’s real?
Alex Kirkpatrick
06 Dec 2016
In this roundtable edition, we watched the Black Mirror episode “Hated in the Nation” and asked our Robohub team members: with many institutions focused on developing aerial drone technology, and ...
The new Westworld: Humanizing the un-human, or dehumanizing humankind?
Michael Szollosy
18 Oct 2016
HBO’s latest offering (on SkyAtlantic here in the UK) is an update of Michael Crichton‘s 1973 film Westworld; this time brought to us as a ten-part television series by sci-fi re-booter extraordin...
The making of sci-fi adventure Robot Overlords
Graham Edwards and Cinefex
03 Jul 2015
In the low-budget British sci-fi adventure, Robot Overlords, alien automatons rule the streets and ordinary citizens are locked under curfew in their homes. Just by stepping outside, you risk being v...
True AI, or clever simulation? Transcendence movie has Johnny Depp crossing the Singularity
Michael Savoie
01 May 2015
I was inspired to write this article after recently watching Transcendence starring Johnny Depp and reading this article “Death is Optional.” What will the world look like when we cross the sing...
Underwater Dreams: The story of undocumented teens who win underwater robot competition
Frank Tobe
16 Apr 2015
Underwater Dreams is a documentary that follows a team of undocumented students from an Arizona high school and shows their perseverance and ingenuity to win a NASA- and ONR-sponsored underwater rob...
Ability to self-repair isn’t the same as consciousness: Analyzing Automata from a tech standpoint
Michael Savoie
04 Apr 2015
I recently had a chance to view Automata and wanted to share my thoughts on the movie based upon the current and future state of robotics and artificial intelligence. As a film, this was a tough one...
Ex Machina: When Turing meets Bechdel test
Andra Keay
15 Mar 2015
Alex Garland’s first feature film as a director, Ex Machina, had its US debut at SxSW on March 14. This stylish idea film explores the Turing Test in a very Pinteresque fashion as a young coder fall...
While most robots are either geek or jock, CHAPPiE is a lesson in sexy
Mark Stephen Meadows
03 Mar 2015
Neill Blomkamp's new film CHAPPiE can teach us a lot about how to design robots. That, and how to be sexy. Rolling out in theatres this week....
“Chappie” movie to explore human reaction to AI, machine learning
Hallie Siegel
04 Nov 2014
A new action/sci-fi thriller by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) is due in theatres March 6, 2015. Starring Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel, and Sigourney Weaver, Chappie follows an exper...
New quadrocopter video points to a future for flying machines in entertainment
Markus Waibel
22 Sep 2014
We've seen robots on stage before: Humanoids have been featured in theater productions in Switzerland, Austria, and Japan, and industrial robots have played parts in dance performances and other stage...
Automata: The new “sci-fi” blockbuster set to put robot ethics under a spotlight
Adriana Hamacher
19 Sep 2014
A major new sci-fi movie, Automata, promises to not only provide a feast for the eyes (see below for a clip from the film), but an overdue opportunity to spotlight some of the ethical dilemmas arising...
Why do people love robots? Find out in this Botscar-winning Robot Film Festival short
Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain
11 Aug 2014
"Why We Love Robots" is a 5-minute short documentary film co-directed by UC Berkeley Prof. Ken Goldberg and his wife, award-winning filmmaker Tiffany Shlain. The film was nominated for an Emmy Award a...
New sci-fi short “Robot” seeks crowdfunding
Aaron Vanderkley
11 Aug 2014
'Robot' is a short film directed by up and coming West Australian director Zenon Samuels. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Robot explores the relationship an isolated war veteran has with a mysteriou...
Lights, camera, action at the Robot Film Festival
Andra Keay
23 Jul 2014
Bringing together people and robots for an amazing social event, the 4th annual Robot Film Festival was held on Saturday July 19 at Bot & Dolly studio in San Francisco. The Festival opened with th...
Robot love: Spike Jonze’s new sci-fi film ‘Her’ may be closer to reality than you think
Mark Stephen Meadows
28 Jan 2014
Her is a science fiction movie about love. It's about robot love, about love for robots, and it's also not that fictional.
The story you already know: a sentimental writer (Joaquin Phoenix) fall...
2012 (2nd annual) Robot Film Festival
John Payne
24 Jul 2012
The 2012 (2nd annual) Robot Film Festival screening took place nine days ago, in the 3LD Art & Technology Center (New York City). Selected entries appear on the Robot Film Festival website, and Au...
