The fugitive

Abstract

The aim of the movie is to highlight some of the key challenges facing social robots in the wild. The opening scene shows a PR2 leaving a research laboratory venturing into the real world alone in search of meaning. Each subsequent scene in the movie raises important research questions highlighting problems that need to be addressed in the field of social service robotics. When will robots wander around buildings unsupervised? How will they navigate and localize with glass walls: this research problem is exposed when a robot finds itself having to move around a real building.