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National Geographic looks at humanoid machines in movie
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“ROBOTS” gives viewers a first-hand look at the machines. Robonaut works for NASA as the first space robot handyman.
This summer, moviegoers at Fernbank Museum of Natural History will get to know a new generation of machines in the new giant-screen film presented by National Geographic, “ROBOTS.” Showing from July 17 through Oct. 29 in the IMAX theater at 767 Clifton Road NE in Atlanta, “ROBOTS” gives audiences an inside look at humanoid robots and explores just how hard it is to mimic what humans do as well as what it means to be humanoid. The film’s host and narrator RoboThespian, an android voiced by actor, comedian and filmmaker Simon Pegg (“Star Trek”; “Shaun of the Dead”), takes viewers on a lively tour of the world to meet a dozen of the most remarkable robots in Europe, Japan and the United States. From Robonaut, the first space robot handyman, to robot butlers and home helper humanoids to eerily human-looking androids to search and rescue robots, the movie showcases the latest cutting edge efforts as well as the challenges driving roboticists, engineers and scientists around the globe to new breakthroughs.