Rodney's Robot Revolution

A cutting edge science program exploring Artificial Intelligence with one of the world’s greatest minds – Professor Rodney Brooks – as he races to create the world’s first affordable personal robot. Professor Brooks has had one enduring ambition his entire life: to build machines that can truly think. He’s been doing so since he was eight years of age. It’s a dream which attracts constant criticism. The former head of , the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) at MIT, Brooks is constantly challenging the skeptics. At the forefront of a stunning period in robotic history, today Professor Brooks and his dedicated team of scientists are certain they’re about to make a technological breakthrough as they race to customize the world’s first truly socially interactive humanoid. Come inside the world of Rodney Brooks, and let him help you look into the future through the prism of of his glass- magnificent.