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Robots Rising

Robots Rising

They’re fast. They’re intelligent. They’re deadly. Soon they’ll be everywhere.

1998•1h 45m
Documentary

Comprehensive survey of robotics filmed in the leading labs of the world (primarily the United States and Japan) and featuring experts such as Rodney Brooks of MIT and William “Red” Whittaker of Carnegie Mellon University. Incorporates pop culture robots with the less glamorous real world and delves into the ultimate issues of what constitutes life and whether consciousness is a product of intelligence.

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Production

Arcwelder Films, Discovery Communications

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton

Narrator

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