Archive for August 4th, 2007

Entertaining Robots

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Robot StoryHere is a roundup of some fun robot related videos and movies. This photo is from the film Robot Stories. Enjoy.

Link to Andrew Thompson’s “We’re In Business”. A funny video about never trusting a robot.

Link to the classic The Robots by German music pioneers Kraftwerk. Or watch the Lost in Space version here.

A Japanese tv show called Tokyo Eye talks about robots in Japan, including robot sports arenas where you can play soccer or wrestling with your robot. The show is in English. See it here.

A comedy film called Run Robot Run is now screening in Toronto Canada at the Royal Theatre with live cast before each film. The film is about an office worker losing his job to a robot. The film is also available on DVD. Link to review.

Link to official site of Run Robot Run.

This movie sounds similar to one part of Robot Stories by Greg Pak from 2003. This movie is really 4 short movies all about robots. It contains a robot baby, a robot office worker, a mother’s obsession with her son’s robot toys and more.

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