Robots: computers at work (Captioned)

Before we consider the impact of robots on our lives, we need to know more about how they work, what they can do, and how scientists and engineers see them developing in the future. This film takes its examples mainly from Japan where more robots are currently in use than in any other country, including U.S.A.

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Credits

producer

Gakken Company

Duration

00:22:00:00

Production places

Japan

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323990

Language

English

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Japan

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Robots

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Japan, 1985

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