• A Look into the Labs with IBM, Intel, and Microsoft.
  Keynote Panel: Gartner ITxpo 2007. April 26, 2007. (more)
• A panel discussion about Artificial Intelligence.
  The Charlie Rose Show television broadcast: A panel discussion about the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence with Rodney Brooks of MIT, Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research and Ron Brachman of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. December 21, 2004. (more)
• AAAS 2007 Annual Meeting Plenary Lecture by Larry Page, Co-Founder and President, Products, Google Inc.
  Larry Page shares his views about science/technology education, opportunities for changing the world, AI research at Google, access to information, and much more. February 16, 2007. (more)
• AGI-08 promotional video.
  Promotional video for The First Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI-08). FedEx Institute of Technology, University of Memphis. In cooperation with AAAI. March 1-3, 2008. The video answers the question: What is AGI?. December 2007. (more)
• AGIRI 2006 Workshop Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stan Franklin (Dir. Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis) - A Cognitive Theory of Everything: The LIDA Technology as an Artificial General Intelligence.
  "Implementing and fleshing out a number of psychological and neuroscience theories of cognition, the LIDA conceptual model aims at being a cognitive 'theory of everything.' With modules or processes for perception, working memory, episodic memories, 'consciousness,' procedural memory, action selection, perceptual learning, episodic learning, deliberation, volition, and non-routine problem solving, the LIDA model is ideally suited to provide a working ontology that would allow for the discussion, design, and comparison of AGI systems. The LIDA technology is based on the LIDA cognitive cycle, a sort of 'cognitive atom.' The more elementary cognitive modules play a role in each cognitive cycle. Higher-level processes are performed over multiple cycles. This talk will give a quick overview of the LIDA conceptual model, and its underlying computational technology." May 20, 2006. (more)
• AGIRI 2006 Workshop: A Practical Architecture for Artificial General Intelligence - Introduction to Artificial General Intelligence.
  Dr. Ben Goertzel, founder of and CEO of Novamente LLC, gave this talk at the first workshop held by the Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute [AGIRI]. The talk is divided into 3 videos, with this Introduction being the first. May 20, 2006. (more)
• Anybots' humanoid robot trains to do the dirty work.
  Demo of Dexter, a walking robot. Interview with founder of company. 04/10/2007. (more)
• ArsDigita University Curriculum - Artificial Intelligence course taught by Patrick Winston. Lecture #1 (of 4): AI Overview, Rule-Based Expert Systems and Knowledge Engineering.
  ArsDigita University Curriculum: "The curriculum was modeled on the undergraduate CS program at MIT. Several of the courses were straightforward adoptions of MIT courses. A few were specifically designed for the program, which was roughly in line with the ACM's 2001 Model Curricula for Computing." June 4, 2001. (more)
• ArsDigita University Curriculum - The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs course: Holly Yanco's lecture about Data Structures (Trees, Trees, Trees). This is lecture video #8 (of 19) for the course.
  The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs course: "An introduction to programming and the power of abstraction, using Abelson and Sussman's classic textbook of the same name. Key concepts include: building abstractions, computational processes, higher-order procedures, compound data, data abstractions, controlling interactions, generic operations, self-describing data, message passing, streams and infinite data structures, meta-linguistic abstraction, interpretation of programming languages, machine model, compilation, and embedded languages." October 12, 2000. (more)
• Best-of Humanoid League Team Nimbro at RoboCup 2007.
  Short clips showing winning team, NimbRo at RoboCup 2007. July, 2007. (more)
• Body Builders.
  Robots that move and act like humans aren’t just science fiction. Robotic legs give hope to the paralyzed. (more)
• BrainWorks.
  "With the help of five kids, host Eric Chudler takes viewers on a journey inside of the brain. The show begins in the studio with an introduction to the nervous system. The kids then visit laboratories where they learn about automatic functions of the brain and how the electrical activity of the brain is recorded. Back in the studio, the kids see a real human brain and build their own model nerve cells and brains." April 13, 2006. (more)
• Brainpower in a Box.
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• Clip from "200l: A Space Odyssey".
  Very short clip from the movie made available by CNN as part of a February 28, 1997 story. (more)
• Collection of Industrial Robot Videos.
  Collection of 88 short videos from several different manufacturers, showing robots welding, cutting, painting, etc. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Artificial Intelligence (1986).
  What is Artificial Intelligence? Does AI even exist? These are just two of the questions addressed in this episode. Topics covered include expert systems, machine vision, decision support software, natural languageprocessing, and speech recognition systems. Hosted by Stuart Cheifet and Gary Kildall, with commentary from George Morrow. Guests: Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley; Gary Hendrix, Symantec; S. Jerrold Kaplan, Lotus Development; Harry Tennant, Texas Instruments; and Terry Winograd, Stanford University. January 2, 1986. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Computers & the Pentagon - Part Two (1986).
  "A look at the uses of computer hardware and software in the Defense Department. Shot on location at various military installations around the country. Featured are demonstrations of SDI, the Strategic Defense Initiative, the AEGIS combat control system on board the USS Valley Forge advanced navy cruiser, and the Air Force's Advanced Sensory Exploitation System using distributed networks and artificial intelligence to detect enemy threats." 1986. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Computers and the Pentagon - Part One (1986).
  "The world's biggest computer user is the U.S. government and the military in particular. This program reviews the military uses of computer technology. Shot on location at various research centers around the country. Featured are the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Advanced Decision Systems in Mountain View, California. Demonstrations include the Pilot's Assistant and the Battlefield Commander's Assistant. Also flight and battle simulators from Singer Link." 1986. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Decision Support Software.
  "In the heyday of artificial intelligence and expert systems, it was thought that computers could make human like decisions. This program looks at several early examples." Hosted by Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall. with in-studio guests: Mike Doyle of Kepner-Tregoe demonstrating Decision Aide, Bill Barton from Palisade Corporation demonstrating AT RISK!, Peter McNamee of Strategic Decisions Group demonstrating Super Tree, and Jared Taylor from PC Magazine. Ray Levitt of Stanford University and Lee Siegler of Teknowledge also appear in this episode. After the main program, Kate Megargee presents industry news in the Random Access segment. 1987/1988/1989 - see comment. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Decision Support Systems / Computer-Aided Decision Making (1984).
  "Expert systems software and artificial intelligence applications." Hosted by Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall, with guests: Mike Thoma of Management Decision Systems demonstrating EasyScan, Steve Weyl of Syntelligence, and Jim Chapman of Human Edge Software, demonstrating Sales Edge. After the main program, Susan Bimba presents industry news in the Random Access segment. January 24, 1984. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Neural Networks.
  "Neural networks are artificial intelligence systems modeled after the human brain. This program looks at several examples and applications. Included are Braincel 1.1 from Promised Land Technologies [demonstrated by Murray Ruggiero], BrainMaker Professional 2.0 from California Scientific Software [demonstrated by Mark Lawrence], MacBrain 3.0 from Neurix [demonstrated by Matt Jensen], NeuroSMARTS from Cognition Technology [demonstrated by Richard Mansfield], and ExploreNet from HNC. Also includes visits to NASA [Max Reid describes HONN: Higher Order Neural Network] and Intel [Mark Holler describes ETANN: Electronically Trainable Analog Neural Network] to see the work they're doing on neural networks." Also appearing on the show is Tom J. Schwartz (The Schwartz Assoc.). Hosted by Stewart Cheifet and Jan Lewis. May 15, 1991. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Robots - Japanese Style (1985).
  Host Stewart Cheifet visits High Tech Expo '85 in Tsukuba (Science City), Japan, to look the latest computer and robotics technology. 1985. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Speech Synthesis (1984).
  A look at speech synthesis and speech recognition technologies and applications with host, Stewart Cheifet, co-host, Herb Lechner (SRI International), and guests Carl Berne (Speech Plus), and Ron Stevens (Votan). Products discussed and demonstrated during the program include Minolta's Talking Camera, Texas Instruments' Speak & Spell, a text-to-speech system from Speech Plus, and the Votan V-5000 speech recognition system. The program also includes two "Computer Principles" lessons from Herb Lechner as well as his Chronicles' Summary. 1984. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Women in Computing (1985).
  "Meet the top women in a field that has traditionally been dominated by men." Hosts Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall interview guests: Dr. Thelma Estrin, Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, and her daughter Judy Estrin, Co-Founder and Executive V.P of Bridge Communications; Kay Gilliland, Director of EQUALS at U.C. Berkeley, and Elizabeth Scott, Co-Founder of Rhiannon Software; Adele Goldberg, Xerox PARC and President of ACM; Jan Lewis, President of the Palo Alto Research Group. The show also includes reports about computers in the classroom and The Women's Computer Literacy Project, a commentary by Paul Schindler, the Random Access news report and Paul Schindler's review of the "da Vinci" software program. 1985. (more)
• Computers in Education.
  Stewart Cheifet is joined by guest co-host Herb Lechner [SRI International] for this 1984 broadcast about computers in education with in-studio guests: Professor Patrick Suppes [Stanford University], Nancy Palmer [ Computer Education Coordinator, Palo Alto School District], and Glenn Kleiman [Teaching Tools Microcomputer Services], author of 'Brave New Schools'. . 1984. (more)
• Computers versus Common Sense.
  From Google TechTalks. Dr. Douglas Lenat, President and CEO of Cycorp, talks about common sense: "It's way past 2001 now, where the heck is HAL? ... What's been holding AI up? The short answer is that while computers make fine idiot savants, they lack common sense: the millions of pieces of general knowledge we all share, and fall back on as needed, to cope with the rough edges of the real world. I will talk about how that situation is changing, finally, and what the timetable -- and the path -- realistically are on achieving Artificial Intelligence." May 30, 2006. (more)
• Computerworld TechCast: The Turing Test.
  This Computerworld TechCast (podcast) episode explores the Turing Test, a method to gauge artificial intelligence. Topics covered include consciousness and Searle's Chinese Room. April 5, 2007. (more)
• Cyberflora.
  From the MIT Robotic Life Group's Cyberflora Project. "This video shows the Cyberflora installation as part of the National Design Triennial, hosted by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. This robotic flower garden is comprised of four species of cyberflora. Each combines animal-like behavior and flower-like characteristics into a robotic instantiation that senses and responds to people in a life-like and distinct manner. A soft melody serves as the garden's musical aroma that subtly changes as people interact with the flowers. Delicate and graceful, Cyberflora communicates a future vision of robots that shall intrigue us intellectually and touch us emotionally. The installation explores a style of human-robot interaction that is fluid, dynamic, and harmonious." August 23, 2007. (more)
• Domo Robot Helping With Chores.
  The MIT CSAIL Humanoid Robot Domo helps a person with everyday chores. One of several Domo demonstrations on YouTube. 2007. (more)
• ENIAC inventor John Mauchly tells all.
  "Mauchly, co-inventor of the ENIAC, first unveiled the ENIAC at University of Pennsylvania in 1946. Here are excerpts from Blastoffmedia's 98-minute documentary, 'The Computer and the Skateboard.'" Clips feature John Mauchly, Kay Mauchly, Mitchell Marcus, Evan Snyder, Joe Chapline, and James Reed. 2000. (more)
• Endgame: Challenging the Masters.
  Brief look at the deciding game of the chess match between Gary Kasparov and Deep Blue, May 11, 1997. 2005. (more)
• Exclusive interview with Peter Molyneux.
  New Scientist's David Cohen interviews Peter Molyneux (Creative Director, Lionhead Studios)about why computer games need to incorporate AI and emotions. May 2007. (more)
• Four students in Portugal have built a robot which will helps clean floors..
  Four Students in Portugal have built a cleaning robot designed to clean floors. July 09, 2008. (more)
• Google Author Series: Daniel Wilson - How to Survive a Robot Uprising.
  “Daniel H. Wilson discusses his book ‘How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips On Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion.’” He then takes questions from the audience. January 30, 2006. (more)
• Google Tech Talks: Peter Seibel - Practical Common Lisp.
  "Doesn't Turing equivalence imply that language choice is just another implementation detail? Yes, no, and no says Peter Seibel, language lawyer (admitted, at various times, to the Perl, Java, and Common Lisp bars) and author of the award-winning book 'Practical Common Lisp.' In his talk, Peter will discuss how our choices of programming language influences and shapes our pattern languages and the architectures we can, or are likely to, invent. He will also discuss whether it's sufficient to merely broaden your horizons by learning different programming languages or whether you must actually use them.” May 10, 2006. (more)
• HRP-2.
  HRP-2 is a humanoid robot designed by Japanese researchers that is programmed to reproduce dance steps with the practiced grace of an electronic geisha. The 5-foot-tall (1.5-meter-tall) robot is seen here at a press demo at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science on January 12, 2005. (more)
• History of Computer Chess.
  Panel Discussion with John McCarthy, David Levy, Murray Campbell and Edward Feigenbaum. Moderated by Monty Newborn. Computer Museum. This panel, comprising seminal contributors to the solution of this challenge -- including two of AI's leading pioneers -- discusses the origin and development of computer chess and what it tells us about ourselves and the machines we build. Sept. 8, 2005. (more)
• Human Computation.
  Lecture by Luis von Ahn. Tasks like image recognition are trivial for humans, but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. This talk introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve. Traditional approaches to solving such problems focus on improving software. I advocate a novel approach: constructively channel human brainpower using computer games. For example, the ESP Game, described in this talk, is an enjoyable online game -- many people play over 40 hours a week -- and when people play, they help label images on the Web with descriptive keywords. These keywords can be used to significantly improve the accuracy of image search. People play the game not because they want to help, but because they enjoy it. . July 26, 2006. (more)
• Humanoid Tai Chi Robot.
  Robo-Erectus Humanoid Robot performing Tai Chi at Singapore Robotics Games 2008. The robot is developed by the Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Control Centre (ARICC) at Singapore Polytechnic. April 2, 2008 (more)
• IBM Demonstrates Speech-to-Sign Language Translation System.
  "Say It Sign It" avatar translates the spoken word into British Sign Language. Sept. 18, 2007. (more)
• ICML 2007 - The 24th Annual International Conference on Machine Learning.
  Collection of over 40 lectures on machine learning given at the Intl. Conf. on Machine Learning, Corvallis, OR, 2007. Invited talks by Bernhard Schölkopf, Josh Tenenbaum, and David Heckerman. June 20-24, 2007. (more)
• IWSC / ASWC 2007 Invited Speaker: Chris Welty (IBM T J Watson Research Center) - How I was right even when I was wrong.
  "For the past several years I have warned people not to ask me to predict the future, because my predictions are usually wrong. Undaunted by failure, in this talk I will try to predict the future of the semantic web based on a very personal view of its history, the history of the internet, web, semantic web, and AI, and the mistakes I've made predicting where and how they would be valuable." November 15, 2007. (more)
• Interview with Joshua Lederberg (An uplifting talk).
  Dr. Lederberg gives an uplifting talk on what it is like to be a scientistFrom an oral history conducted by Barbara Hyde with Dr. Lederberg.. March 22, 1996. (more)
• Interview with Joshua Lederberg (Early interest in science).
  Dr. Lederberg talks about his early interest in science. From an oral history conducted by Barbara Hyde with Dr. Lederberg.. March 22, 1996. (more)
• Introduction to Machine vs man poker challenge.
  Introduction to the competition by Jonathan Schaeffer. Why poker is an interesting problem for AI. Professional poker players Phil Laak and Ali Eslami played against artificial intelligence software Polaris for the first man-machine poker championship during the AAAI-07 conference in Vancouver, Canada. July, 2007. (more)
• Japan Displays Robo History.
  A new exhibition celebrates Japan's long history in the field of robotics. Demos from prototypes. October 2007. (more)
• Linking Brains, Computers.
  Because it has been around for such a long time, and has either misled or annoyed so many people over the years, it ought to have a name. Let's call it the Synapse Equivalency Fallacy. Synapses are the interconnections between the neurons that make up the brain and nervous system. The fallacy occurs when a writer likens the transistors in a computer to the synapses in a brain, usually as part of an effort to make computers seem like brains. July 09, 2008. (more)
• MIT's Nexi MDS Robot.
  Early demo of MDS capabilities of Nexi. April 6, 2008 (more)
• MIT's Nexi MDS Robot: First Test of Expression.
  This video shows an initial test of the MDS (Mobile Dexterous Social) Robot designed and built in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab's Personal Robots Group, UMASS Amherst's Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics, Xitome Design, and Meka Robotics. It illustrates the robot's expressive range of movement using scripted animations and pre-recorded speech. April, 1, 2008 (more)
• Mind Reading.
  “As pollsters have so well demonstrated this presidential primary season, reading minds, whether of voters or the person next to you, is close to impossible. However as this ScienCentral News video explains, scientists are actually one step closer to reading our thoughts. … [T]he new research is aimed at the biology underlying thoughts-- or, as scientists call them, ‘cognitive processes.’ Carnegie Mellon cognitive psychologist Marcel Just teamed up with machine learning expert Tom Mitchell to conduct the research.” February 2, 2008. (more)
• More Than Meets the Eye.
  The Leonard Lopate Show. WNYC, New York Public Radio. "Robots with artificial intelligence have been a science fiction staple for decades, but now some researchers might be close to making them a reality. New York Times contributing writer Robin Marantz Henig and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Rodney Brooks describe new machines that can make eye contact, read social cues, and even help out around the house. Are they too good to be true?" July 30, 2007. (more)
• NATO Advanced Study Institute Workshop on Mining Massive Data Sets for Security (MMDSS 2007) presentation by Ekrem Duman (Dogus University, Turkey) - Detecting Money Laundering Actions Using Data Mining and Expert Systems.
  "Nowadays terrorism is one of the biggest troubles that almost every country faces. It mainly influences the economy and the well being of the citizens and this effect is relatively larger in the developed countries. Since the financial sources of terrorist groups can be regarded as black money, the solutions against the money laundering actions can be expected to identify the transactions of the terrorists. Then, blocking their accounts could slow down their actions if cannot stop. In many countries, the financial institutions are expected to inform compliance regulation bodies about any persons or transactions that they think suspicious. To cope with this necessity, various software packages for anti money laundering (AML) have been developed and are commercially available." In this talk, Ekrem Duman explores the factors that must be addressed in building these programs. Q&A follows the talk.. September 17, 2007. (more)
• Nanobot pushing a nanoball across the field.
  Video of a nanobot scoring goals released to promote the 2007 RoboCup Nanogram Demonstration Competition. June 28, 2007. (more)
• New ASIMO Receiving and Delivering a Tray.
  Short video showing ASIMO carrying a tray of coffee. December 2005. (more)
• Of Robots and Men - Rights for the Artificially Intelligent.
  "KJZZ's Dennis Lambert speaks with Scottsdale attorney David Calverley, whose research into bioethics is driving him to artificial intelligence." January 23, 2007. (more)
• Opportunities For Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine.
  Pharmacogenomics is the study of how variation in human genes leads to variation in drug response. One of the major promises of the genome project was to improve medical outcomes for patients by using knowledge of their genetic background. The PharmGKB (Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacogenetics Knowledge Base) is an NIH-funded resource at Stanford University charged with supporting the research community in pharmacogenomics, by storing both genetic variation information and drug-response information, building tools to help scientists visualize and analyze the data, curating the pharmacogenomics scientific literature (both manually and through text processing algorithms), representing pathways of genes that work together to affect drug response, and providing expert annotation of current pharmacogenomic knowledge.. Feb. 22, 2006. (more)
• Overview Talk on Informatics by Edward "Ted" H. Shortliffe, MD, PhD., presented at the Biomedical Informatics @ Arizona State University Symposium 2006.
  An overview of the field, from inception to current trends, and suggestions for how to establish a new Biomedical Informatics academic program. January 19, 2006. (more)
• Poker Academy Bots Win AAAI Competition.
  Brief explanation of poker-playing program, Sparbot, after win at AAAI-06 competition in Boston. Short interviews with Michael Bowling and Darse Billings. September 2006. (more)
• Radio Interview with Rodney Brooks.
  Fresh Air. WHYY-FM / available from NPR. "Rodney Brooks, the director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). His new book is called Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us. Brooks offers a vision of the future of humans and robots." March 4, 2002. (more)
• ReadyBot Goes to Work.
  First prototype of kitchen-helper robot. "Readybot is intended to be a general-purpose, moderate-dexterity robot. It is built with commonly available components and is capable of being mass-produced. It is designed to perform common household and commercial tasks." January 2008. (more)
• Reflections on Science (series): Creativity and Computers - a discussion with Margaret Boden, University of Sussex..
  "The concept of creativity from the point of view of how original ideas develop is explored with the aid of recent advances in computer modelling programming strategies. Featuring some beautiful examples, Margaret [Boden] addresses the question, can computers ever be truly creative?" Hosted by Mike Bullivant, a scientist at the Open University. 1998. (more)
• Robo-Cup German Open 2005.
  RoboCup German Open 2005 at Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum Paderborn. Short video clips of robot teams in soccer competition & other events. 2005. (more)
• RoboCup German Open 2008, Humanoid League Winner NimbRo
  The video shows the performance of the Humanoid League team NimbRo at RoboCup German Open 2008. For the first time, 3 vs. 3 soccer games were played. The NimbRo robots clearly won the competition. May, 2008. (more)
• Robot Conducts Orchestra.
  A robot designed by Honda conducts a Detroit Symphony performance of 'Impossible Dream'. May 14, 2008. (more)
• Robot risk 'is worth it'.
  BBC HARDtalk's Lyce Doucet interviews Rodney Brooks. August 19, 2002. (more)
• Robot takes to Antarctic skies.
  Unmaned robotic aircraft flies over Antarctica for the first time. March, 2008. (more)
• Robotic animal thrives on land, in sea.
  The Salamander Robot is an experimental machine that has been developed at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). It can operate in three modes: swimming, slithering and walking. See the device in action, and find out why it's a technological first. CNET News.com's Zamir Haider reports. 03/22/2007. (more)
• Robotics Principles.
  Collection of URLs for many demonstrations of robots from 1980s to the present.. various. (more)
• Robots aim to top humans at air hockey .
  First, a supercomputer beats a chess master. Then, an artificial intelligence program deals defeat to a poker champion. Next: A robot takes on humans in air hockey. July 08, 2008. (more)
• Robots in the OR -- Stat!.
  Penelope the robot may free nurses to do more "human" tasks. By Josh Chamot. National Science Foundation Discoveries." "As the decade unfolds with its shortage of nurses, the sheer volume of patients each nurse must care for is leading to a critical burden for each of these professionals. While nurses will always be crucial to the care of patients, certain jobs may soon be accomplished by sophisticated robots. Surgeon Michael R. Treat and his team at Robotic Surgical Tech, Inc. have developed a robotic surgical assistant, named 'Penelope,' to perform tasks usually assigned to the scrub nurse. All of Penelope's talents are made possible by the innovative application of artificial intelligence to surgical situations." April 28, 2005. (more)
• Robots that climb walls.
  "US scientists have developed robots using the same principles of electro-magnetics that make balloons stick to ceilings after being rubbed. The robots, developed by a team in SRI's Mobile Robotics and Transducers Programme, are around the size of a remote-controlled car and have caterpillar tracks similar to those on toy tanks. The technology could be used to enable robots to work in areas that are difficult for humans to go, such as tunnels or outside large buildings." July 8, 2008. (more)
• Roomba Videos
  "This YouTube channel is designed to give you an inside glimpse of iRobot. We'll show you a vast array of interesting videos, interviews with roboticists, ideas and answers to your questions. Check back often to see what's new and cool!". 2009. (more)
• SIAI Interview Series: Barney Pell, Powerset CEO.
  Dr. Barney Pell is an SIAI Advisor and co-founder and CEO of Powerset, a San Francisco company working to build a transformative consumer search engine. In this interview, Pell talks about advanced AI, progress in the AI field, Powerset, his involvement with SIAI, his robotics work at NASA Ames, the dangers of AI, the importance of foresight, and more. May 30, 2007. (more)
• Searching with an Autononmous Robot.
  We discuss online strategies for visibility-based searching for an object hidden behind a corner, using Kurt3D, a real autonomous mobile robot. This task is closely related to a number of well-studied problems. Our robot uses a three-dimensional laser scanner in a stop, scan, plan, go fashion for building a virtual three-dimensional environment. Besides planning trajectories and avoiding obstacles, Kurt3D is capable of identifying objects like a chair. We derive a practically useful and asymptotically optimal strategy that guarantees a competitive ratio of 2, which differs remarkably from the well-studied scenario without the need of stopping for surveying the environment. Our strategy is used by Kurt3D.. June 11, 2004. (more)
• Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence.
  Lecture at Stanford by Stephen Omohundro, Self-Aware Systems. "We are on the verge of a radical new paradigm for both computer software and hardware. "Self-improving systems" will have detailed models ... all » ... all » of their own designs and will improve themselves by learning from their own operation. They will continuously adapt themselves to the tasks they need to perform. Eventually they will be able to improve every aspect of themselves: their programs, programming languages, specification logics, instruction sets, and hardware architectures. In this talk we present fundamental principles that underlie the operation of this kind of system. ... We conclude with a discussion of some of the broader social implications of this kind of system.". October 31, 2007. (more)
• SimAgent Demonstration Movies from The University of Birmingham School of Computer Science.
  "This directory provides mpeg movies showing what can be done with the SimAgent toolkit running in the Poplog/Pop11 environment using the RCLIB 2-D graphical interface tools." 1994-2004. (more)
• Singularity Summit 2007 Keynote Speaker - Rodney Books: The Singularity, A Period Not An Event.
  Whatever writes future history will look back at what we are calling the singularity not as a single event but as a period of time. The singularity period will encompass a time where a collection of technologies were invented, developed, and deployed in fits and starts, driven not by the imperative of the singularity itself, but by the normal economic and sociological pressures of human affairs. A Hollywood treatment of the singularity would have a world just like today's, plus the singularity, as a singular event. In reality, the world will be changing continuously due to rapid growth in technologies that are both related and unrelated to the singularity itself. The future will be embedded in a different world than the one we inhabit. And the AI systems we create will not have the same desires, beliefs, and goals as today-us. Tomorrow-us will be much better equipped for the changes that will take place in our world. This talk will explore how things might unfold and how we will transform ourselves along the way. September 8, 2007. (more)
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures by Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman - Lecture #1a (of 20): Overview and Introduction to Lisp..
  "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs has been MIT's introductory pre-professional computer science subject since 1981. It emphasizes the role of computer languages as vehicles for expressing knowledge and it presents basic principles of abstraction and modularity, together with essential techniques for designing and implementing computer languages. This course has had a worldwide impact on computer science curricula over the past two decades." 1986. (more)
• TED Conference - Hod Lipson: Robots that are "self-aware".
  “Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. At the root of this uncanny demo is a deep inquiry into the nature of how humans and living beings learn and evolve, and how we might harness these processes to make things that learn and evolve.”. March 10, 2008. (more)
• Talking Robots: The Podcast on Robotics and A.I..
  This podcast series features interviews with high-profile professionals in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for an inside view on the science, technology, and business of intelligent robotics. Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Switzerland. (more)
• The Age of Intelligent Machines: The Film. By Raymond Kurzweil.
  From the original video notes: A survey of Artificial Intelligence showing AI at work and under development. The paradoxes, promise and challenges of advanced computer science, with authorities Marvin Minsky, Roger Schank, Raj Reddy and other leaders in the field. 1987. (more)
• The ENIAC and its makers: Eighteen-thousand vacuum tubes and a box of light bulbs.
  On Valentine's Day sixty years ago, the world read the first newspaper accounts of a mysterious, new computing machine in Philadelphia. It wasn't the first computer ever made, but on that day, public awareness of modern technology took its first great post-war jump forward." Featuring Presper Eckert, John Mauchly, and ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. 1946. (more)
• The Future of Robotics.
  Bruce Gellerman hosts this episode of Living on Earth'', distributed by Public Radio International. "From vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers to military landmine detectors, robots are becoming increasingly present in our daily lives. Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman visits MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) to meet a humanoid robot named Domo, its creator, PhD student Aaron Elsinger, and the man behind all the magic, CSAIL director Rodney Brooks." Links to various audio formats are offered and the transcript is also available. January 12, 2007. (more)
• The Next Big Thing (Series Two): Machines with Minds.
  Real moving, interacting robots is one promising direction in artificial intelligence. But what about the original hope of matching human performance, and what has A.I. told us about the human brain? When science of artificial intelligence was launched in the 50s, its goal was to match the intellectual achievements of human beings. Why isn't machine intelligence already far superior to that of people? Chaired by Colin Blakemore [Oxford University], the panel consists of Professor Aaron Sloman (University of Birmingham), Dr Amanda Sharkey (University of Sheffield), and Professor Igor Aleksander (Imperial College). 2002. (more)
• The Painting Fool.
  Simon Colton lecture on The Painting Fool. Winner of the 2007 Machine Intelligence Competition. December 11, 2007. (more)
• The Role of Semantic Web in Web 2.0: Partner or Follower?.
  Web 2.0 encompasses some of today's most exciting web-based applications: mashups, blogs/wikis/feeds, interface remixes, and social networking/tagging systems. Although most Web 2.0 applications rely on an implicit, lightweight, shared semantics in order to deliver user value, Web 2.0 technologies are significantly outdistancing semweb technologies in both implementation and mindshare. Panel discussion at Intl. Semantic Web Conference, ISWC-2006, Athens, GA with Benjamin Grosof, Tom Gruber, Tim Berners Lee. 2006. (more)
• This Week on Philosophy Talk - Artificial Intelligence.
  With Ken Taylor and John Perry of Stanford University. KALW, 91.7 FM, San Francisco. "At least some versions of artificial intelligence are attempts not merely to model human intelligence, but to make computers and robots that exhibit it: that have thoughts, use language, and even have free will. Does this make sense? What would it show us about human thinking and consciousness? Join John and Ken [and guest Marvin Minsky] as they uncover the philosophical issues raised by artificial intelligence." May 20, 2007. (more)
• Top Ten Robot Videos.
  Links to ten robot videos. (more)
• Tribute to Joshua Lederberg.
  Brief summary of Joshua Lederberg's contributions to science. Shown at the presentation of the Morris F. Collin Award to Lederberg by the American College of Medical Informatics, 1999. Includes short interviews with Edward Feigenbaum, Don Lindberg, Tom Rindfleisch, Carl Djerassi, and Ted Shortliffe. 1999. (more)
• UK Future TV: Future Technology episode with Austin Tate.
  "Austin Tate of the University of Edinburgh talks about artificial intelligence techniques and their use in emergency response centres." March 10, 2007. (more)
• USC Presents...Closer To Truth: Can We See the Near Future - Year 2025?
  "Close you eyes. Now fast-forward 25 years. Open your eyes. What do you see? Humanity has moved through the agrarian age to the industrial age and now, the information age. With what moniker will we label our future? Experts gather to argue where we've been, what we've learned, what the future holds in store, and if it really is possible to forecast the not too distant future. Joining host Robert Kuhn are creativity pioneer Edward de Bono; fuzzy logic expert Bart Kosko; artificial intelligence expert Edward Feigenbaum; futurist Graham T.T. Molitor; and planetary scientist Bruce Murray." June 2000. (more)
• Unicycle riding robot unveiled
  Japanese robot firm Murata manufacturing has unveiled a robot which is well-balanced enough to ride a unicycle. The robot called "Murataseiko-chan" can also detect obstacles with its sensor and move toward or around them. Sept. 24, 2008. (more)
• University Video Communications Distinguished Lecture Series: Daniel G. Bobrow - Common LISP Object Standard (CLOS).
  Daniel Bobrow, Chairman of the Common LISP Object Specification Committee, characterized this lecture as "a snapshot of history in action." After discussing the history of object systems and the current state of the art, he explores the process of developing this new standard. . October 27, 1987. (more)
• Washburn Lecture Series at the Museum of Science, Boston: "2001: A Space Odyssey. Are we there yet?" Lecture one (of three) - Human/Computer Conversation: HAL and Beyond, with Justine Cassell, Ph.D..
  Justine Cassell's lecture, "Human/Computer Conversation: HAL and Beyond," was the first in the three speaker lecture series: "2001: A Space Odyssey. Are we there yet?" November 6, 2001. (more)
• Where the Social Web Meets the Semantic Web.
  Tom Gruber invited lecture at Intl.Semantic Web Conference ISWC-2006, Athens, GA. "The Semantic Web is an ecosystem of interaction among computer systems. The social web is an ecosystem of conversation among people. Both are enabled by conventions for layered services and data exchange. Both are driven by human-generated content and made scalable by machine-readable data. ... the Semantic Web [is] a substrate for collective intelligence. The best shot we have of collective intelligence in our lifetimes is large, distributed human-computer systems. The best way to get there is to harness the "people power" of the Web with the techniques of the Semantic Web." 2006. (more)
• Women in the History of Computer Science: a panel discussion at the 1997 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference.
  "A panel of pioneers of the 1940s and 1950s discusses their experiences which range from programming the world's first computing machines to developing biomedical and graphical applications for computers. This video provides an opportunity to hear and learn the hidden history of the period and confirm that Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper were not the only female contributors to the rich history of computing! These pioneers remain role models for women in computing today." September 1997. (more)

Video Collections

• Science Lectures. Links to hundreds of lectures from VideoLectures.net.
• Top Ten Robot Videos. Links to ten robot videos from New Scientist.