“Living With Robots” to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

Honda's Asimo will be shown following 'Living With Robots' at Sundance

As a part of their "The Power of Dreams - Dream the Impossible" series of short films, Honda will be showing the newest contribution to the documentary series entitled "Living With Robots".  The film will introduce (or enforce) the idea of robots as a part of every day life.  It will raise questions such as how someone respond to a new robot worker at a store they frequent or how easily robots will be able to integrate into a household.  The film will include interviews from a variety of robot authors, scientists, enthusiasts, academics and more .  A live demonstration of Honda's Asimo humanoid robot will follow the film.

While I commend Honda for making documentaries that are forward thinking and encourage critical thinking towards technology, my idea of a future with robots is probably much more oppressive then the film will convey.  A robot may fetch your coffee at Starbucks one day, but the next day it could be smashing you over the head with an espresso machine.  I'm sure the Asimo demonstration will be awe inspiring as well, but I prefer not be to face to face with something that will eventually be hunting me down.  At the very least, "Living With Robots" will raise awareness about the current state of robotics and allow those in attendance to know the face of the enemy.

You can view the other short films Honda has produced here.

::from Plastic Pals via Botropolis::