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The Resource Nature's technology

Nature's technology

Summary
We take so much of what we do absolutely for granted. But the fact is that so many of even the simplest things we do, tying our shoelaces, throwing a ball, picking up a cup of coffee, require the most complex co-ordination of hand and eye and muscles and joints. So how do you go about designing a robot that has anything like the flexibility and variety of movement that we have. The short answer is...with the very greatest difficulty! That's why, outside the movies, it has taken so long. Many different approaches have been tried, but one that is proving to be the most successful is to imitate nature's very own technology; to analyse the way in which insects and animals have evolved their various capabilities, and then to seek to replicate them. This documentary illustrates some of the ways in which that approach is opening up a completely new robotic future
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 DVD-video (52 min.)
Note
  • Catalogued from container
  • Marcom Projects : 6DCNTY
Instance
Label
Nature's technology
Title
Nature's technology
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
We take so much of what we do absolutely for granted. But the fact is that so many of even the simplest things we do, tying our shoelaces, throwing a ball, picking up a cup of coffee, require the most complex co-ordination of hand and eye and muscles and joints. So how do you go about designing a robot that has anything like the flexibility and variety of movement that we have. The short answer is...with the very greatest difficulty! That's why, outside the movies, it has taken so long. Many different approaches have been tried, but one that is proving to be the most successful is to imitate nature's very own technology; to analyse the way in which insects and animals have evolved their various capabilities, and then to seek to replicate them. This documentary illustrates some of the ways in which that approach is opening up a completely new robotic future
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Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
629.892
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
English
Runtime
52
Series statement
DigiComTV
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  • Robotics
  • Animal locomotion
  • Locomotion
  • Documentary films
  • Educational films
  • Nonfiction films
  • Short films
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Nature's technology
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Catalogued from container
  • Marcom Projects : 6DCNTY
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000053869580
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 DVD-video (52 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, colour
Publisher number
6DCNTY
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(Sirsi) a286857
System details
DVD; PAL; Region All; Dolby stereo; 4:3
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Nature's technology
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Catalogued from container
  • Marcom Projects : 6DCNTY
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000053869580
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 DVD-video (52 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, colour
Publisher number
6DCNTY
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(Sirsi) a286857
System details
DVD; PAL; Region All; Dolby stereo; 4:3
Video recording format
DVD

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