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A Conversation with Herbert Simon: Previous Research Experience.
Herbert A. Simon explains how he came to apply computers to psychology. (more)

BACON.
Herbert A. Simon describes BACON and the nature of programs that do science and scientific discovery. March 21, 1990. (more)

CSE Colloquia - 2007: Broadening Computer and Robotics Education and Participation for Women.
"Women and other underrepresented groups represent a vast amount of untapped human resource potential needed to fuel both industry and academic research needs. Professor Andrew Williams [Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia] describes a cohesive, integrated approach to increase the participation and education of women and African Americans using innovative robotics and computer curriculum and competitions. Williams provides several examples, including how the all-women Spelman College's SpelBots RoboCup Four-Legged robot soccer team, and the joint Spelman and Carnegie Mellon University NSF-sponsored project, C.A.R.E. [Computer and Robotics Education for African American Students], have inspired young girls to pursue education and research in robotics and artificial intelligence." November 14, 2006. (more)

Chess Play.
Excerpt from "Cognitive Processes" lecture by Herbert A. Simon. October 24, 1989. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Computers and the Pentagon - Part One (1986).
"The world's biggest computer user is the U.S. government and the military in particular. This program reviews the military uses of computer technology. Shot on location at various research centers around the country. Featured are the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Advanced Decision Systems in Mountain View, California. Demonstrations include the Pilot's Assistant and the Battlefield Commander's Assistant. Also flight and battle simulators from Singer Link." 1986. (more)

Expert Systems.
In this excerpt from "AI: What Can it Do? Where is it Going?," Herbert A. Simon explains the anatomy of expert systems. March 21, 1990. (more)

Google Author Series: Daniel Wilson - How to Survive a Robot Uprising.
“Daniel H. Wilson discusses his book ‘How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips On Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion.’” He then takes questions from the audience. January 30, 2006. (more)

Listen.
Demo of Project Listen for helping kids with reading. Computer listens to kids reading sentences of a story and gives feedback. 1994. (more)

Mind Reading.
“As pollsters have so well demonstrated this presidential primary season, reading minds, whether of voters or the person next to you, is close to impossible. However as this ScienCentral News video explains, scientists are actually one step closer to reading our thoughts. … [T]he new research is aimed at the biology underlying thoughts-- or, as scientists call them, ‘cognitive processes.’ Carnegie Mellon cognitive psychologist Marcel Just teamed up with machine learning expert Tom Mitchell to conduct the research.” February 2, 2008. (more)

NOVA: The Great Robot Race.
Join NOVA for an exclusive backstage pass to the DARPA Grand Challenge—a raucous race for robotic, driverless vehicles sponsored by the Pentagon, which awards a $2 million purse to the winning team. Armed with artificial intelligence, laser-guided vision, GPS navigation, and 3-D mapping systems, the contenders are some of the world's most advanced robots. The program is divided into seven segments: A Hard Problem; The Red Army; Team Dad, TerraMax, and Ghostrider; Stanley; Making the Cut; The Race is On; and Everybody Wins. March 28, 2006. (more)

Project Listen Collection.
Collection of Videos from Project Listen, the reading tutor developed by Jack Mostow at CMU. Last update 2006. (more)

Robotics Principles.
Collection of URLs for many demonstrations of robots from 1980s to the present.. various. (more)

Soar: excerpt from Allen Newell's William James Lectures.
Allen Newell explains the Soar architecture. March 11, 1987. (more)

Symbol System: excerpt from AI: What Can it Do? Where is it Going?.
Herbert A. Simon explains the hypothesis that intelligent behavior (be it humans or computers) requires the ability to deal with symbols/patterns. March 21, 1990. (more)

Tower of Hanoi: excerpt from A Conversation with Herbert Simon – A Video Tribute by Julia Love.
Herbert A. Simon uses the Tower of Hanoi puzzle to illustrate how human problem solving is studied. (more)

Unified Theory of Cognition: excerpt from Allen Newell's William James Lectures.
Excerpt from lecture by Allen Newell. February 18, 1987. (more)

Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle.
DARPA created the Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle (UGCV) program to develop vehicle prototypes based on novel designs unrestrained by the need to accommodate human crews. The resulting prototypes demonstrate advanced configurations and technology that are applicable to UGV design programs for the US Army’s Future Combat System (FCS). NREC with its three first level subcontractors (Boeing, Timoney Technology and DRS-TEM) developed and tested Spinner, a highly durable, invertible, six-wheel-drive, hybrid-powered vehicle that responds to the need of a UGCV to surmount challenging terrain obstacles, be easily teleoperated, and able to withstand an occasional moderate crash and rapidly recover. Date unknown (more)

Visual Elements in Robotics: excerpt from "AI: What Can it Do? Where is it Going?".
Excerpt from lecture by Herbert A. Simon. March 21, 1990. (more)

Wired Science Interviews: Red Whittaker, Roboticist.
Ziya Tong talks to Red Whittaker about his career path, autonomous robots in hazardous environments and emergency situations, the DARPA Urban Challenge, his favorite robot, and much more. Film clips of his robots at work are interspersed throughout the discussion. 2007. (more)