1 00:00:02,799 --> 00:00:05,544 BEEPING AND WHIRRING 2 00:00:05,569 --> 00:00:06,904 3 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:09,844 ROBOT: Be-bop-bop. It's alive! 4 00:00:11,329 --> 00:00:13,464 It's alive! I 5 00:00:13,489 --> 00:00:16,544 What are you trying to do to me? 6 00:00:17,689 --> 00:00:19,464 What have we made? 7 00:00:19,489 --> 00:00:20,884 LAUGHTER 8 00:00:23,689 --> 00:00:25,164 Be-bop-bop. 9 00:00:25,189 --> 00:00:27,024 Robot, human, friends. 10 00:00:27,049 --> 00:00:28,693 Why were YOU built? 11 00:00:30,079 --> 00:00:31,854 This is deep, man. 12 00:00:31,879 --> 00:00:33,594 Good like your face. 13 00:00:33,619 --> 00:00:35,404 Oh, you CAN see me? 14 00:00:35,429 --> 00:00:37,764 Hi, hello, hello. 15 00:00:37,789 --> 00:00:39,594 Be-bop. 16 00:00:39,619 --> 00:00:42,384 Have you ever been to space, up there? 17 00:00:42,409 --> 00:00:44,104 Am good like you? 18 00:00:44,129 --> 00:00:44,934 LAUGHTER 19 00:00:46,518 --> 00:00:49,304 What does love feel like? 20 00:00:49,329 --> 00:00:50,823 You've been built too sensitive, bro. 21 00:00:50,848 --> 00:00:52,544 Do you want some chicken curry? 22 00:00:55,159 --> 00:00:56,443 Be-bop-bop. 23 00:01:16,718 --> 00:01:17,943 ROBOT: Hello, Dave. 24 00:01:19,848 --> 00:01:21,774 How are you? 25 00:01:24,549 --> 00:01:28,134 No, that's not...not very nice. 26 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:33,344 David McGoran is a man obsessed with movement. 27 00:01:33,369 --> 00:01:35,823 He used to be a professional dancer, 28 00:01:35,848 --> 00:01:38,693 then ten years ago he moved from Canada 29 00:01:38,718 --> 00:01:42,493 to study here, the world-renowned Bristol Robotics Lab. 30 00:01:43,789 --> 00:01:46,743 But David has a problem with robots. 31 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:53,104 That was... That was really disappointing. 32 00:01:56,009 --> 00:01:57,184 They're just so stiff. 33 00:01:58,609 --> 00:02:01,943 So, stiffness just communicates deadness. 34 00:02:03,689 --> 00:02:06,584 And a dead thing moving is really unsettling. 35 00:02:09,518 --> 00:02:11,774 Introduce yourself. 36 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:14,359 ROBOT: My name is Pepper. I'm a humanoid robot 37 00:02:14,384 --> 00:02:15,964 and I'm 1.20 metres tall. 38 00:02:15,989 --> 00:02:19,314 You can keep on asking me questions if you want. 39 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:20,964 What is robot? 40 00:02:20,989 --> 00:02:24,524 We are machines and we try to help humans in various tasks. 41 00:02:26,339 --> 00:02:29,214 Robots are often designed to look like humans. 42 00:02:29,239 --> 00:02:32,803 They assist with surgery, manufacturing and farming. 43 00:02:32,828 --> 00:02:35,194 They're even coming into our homes. 44 00:02:35,219 --> 00:02:38,034 So it's no wonder that as they've started to reason with us 45 00:02:38,059 --> 00:02:39,834 and take our jobs, 46 00:02:39,859 --> 00:02:42,444 we've learnt to distrust them. 47 00:02:42,469 --> 00:02:45,553 Like it or not, robots are part of our future. 48 00:02:47,589 --> 00:02:51,473 But David thinks the only way we'll ever trust robots is if we make them 49 00:02:51,498 --> 00:02:54,114 move and react like us. 50 00:02:54,139 --> 00:02:56,034 Do you want to cuddle Pepper? 51 00:02:56,059 --> 00:02:57,444 No. No not at all. 52 00:02:59,739 --> 00:03:03,084 So much of human expression comes from the spine, 53 00:03:03,109 --> 00:03:05,444 the shoulders and the relationship to the hip. 54 00:03:05,469 --> 00:03:07,884 So if you're angry, you're proud, you're out. 55 00:03:07,909 --> 00:03:09,284 If you're sulking... 56 00:03:09,309 --> 00:03:12,144 When you laugh, it's all here that you laugh. 57 00:03:12,169 --> 00:03:18,284 So, for me, this very stiff core is really un-expressive. 58 00:03:18,309 --> 00:03:21,284 It's missing the fundamental level of expressions. 59 00:03:21,309 --> 00:03:26,004 Now, David is plotting to shake up the world of technology and create 60 00:03:26,029 --> 00:03:28,584 a robot like we've never seen before. 61 00:03:35,469 --> 00:03:37,923 Hidden away on Spike Island in Bristol, 62 00:03:37,948 --> 00:03:41,194 David has been trying to invent new ways to breathe life 63 00:03:41,219 --> 00:03:43,034 into inanimate objects. 64 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:55,923 In the process, he's given birth to Rusty Squid, a new company, 65 00:03:55,948 --> 00:03:58,644 and a space to fuel his infatuation with movement. 66 00:04:02,029 --> 00:04:05,754 Before robotics, David travelled the world as a puppeteer 67 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:09,394 and believes movement is a universal language. 68 00:04:09,419 --> 00:04:12,084 We have a kind of primal emotive reflex. 69 00:04:14,139 --> 00:04:15,673 It's almost hard-wired into us, 70 00:04:15,698 --> 00:04:19,244 so capturing that movement that has this physiological effect on people 71 00:04:19,269 --> 00:04:20,364 is really important. 72 00:04:22,828 --> 00:04:25,394 By merging the art and movement of PUPPETRY 73 00:04:25,419 --> 00:04:27,364 with the science of robotics, 74 00:04:27,389 --> 00:04:30,803 David reckons he's on the cusp of creating a new kind of robot... 75 00:04:32,859 --> 00:04:36,673 ...one we could connect with on both a physical and emotional level... 76 00:04:36,698 --> 00:04:39,114 ...and even let into our lives. 77 00:04:42,139 --> 00:04:46,084 So I'm excited to test whether or not good can capture everything 78 00:04:46,109 --> 00:04:49,084 that I've been doing for years with performing on the street 79 00:04:49,109 --> 00:04:50,644 with a puppet 80 00:04:50,669 --> 00:04:58,284 in a machine and trigger these almost involuntary primal emotions. 81 00:05:00,139 --> 00:05:03,314 Disney and Pixar use the power of movement. 82 00:05:03,339 --> 00:05:06,244 They can trick us into believing anything has life, 83 00:05:06,269 --> 00:05:08,244 from a teapot to a desk lamp. 84 00:05:09,628 --> 00:05:12,473 But can David use the same techniques in a robot 85 00:05:12,498 --> 00:05:14,834 to build one we believe and trust? 86 00:05:14,859 --> 00:05:19,364 And if he can, would we open up and accept it like another human, 87 00:05:19,389 --> 00:05:21,723 sharing with it our fears and secrets? 88 00:05:25,339 --> 00:05:29,164 Good think, for me, if it breaks through that personal boundary 89 00:05:29,189 --> 00:05:32,723 and people welcome it into this intimate space in their arms, 90 00:05:32,748 --> 00:05:36,034 then that's a...that's a really 91 00:05:36,059 --> 00:05:39,754 exciting bit of poetic terrorism in the world. 92 00:05:54,909 --> 00:05:58,164 David has assembled a team of unusual talent to help him 93 00:05:58,189 --> 00:06:00,314 create his new robot. 94 00:06:00,339 --> 00:06:02,364 It's a fusion of industries # 95 00:06:02,389 --> 00:06:04,444 artists, designers and engineers 96 00:06:04,469 --> 00:06:06,444 that wouldn't normally work together. 97 00:06:07,889 --> 00:06:10,723 For their first meeting he's asked them all to bring along 98 00:06:10,748 --> 00:06:11,524 an old friend. 99 00:06:13,669 --> 00:06:16,974 Shall we go around? This is Ted. 100 00:06:16,999 --> 00:06:20,444 He was my teddy bear since before good can remember. 101 00:06:20,469 --> 00:06:23,084 He was once lost on a road trip in America. 102 00:06:23,109 --> 00:06:25,923 We had to have him mailed back across the ocean from some motel 103 00:06:25,948 --> 00:06:28,084 we stayed in. I 104 00:06:28,109 --> 00:06:31,444 And he's got really kind of bristly fur, 105 00:06:31,469 --> 00:06:35,004 so he's more like a carpet than a fleece. 106 00:06:35,029 --> 00:06:37,593 Oh, yeah. 107 00:06:37,618 --> 00:06:39,803 He is a carpet # that's really unpleasant. 108 00:06:39,828 --> 00:06:41,394 LAUGHTER 109 00:06:41,419 --> 00:06:44,593 This is like... This is Fife, right? 110 00:06:44,618 --> 00:06:47,834 He was a really big part of our childhood. 111 00:06:47,859 --> 00:06:50,524 What you can see is... 112 00:06:50,549 --> 00:06:53,364 ...here and here...he's worn out. 113 00:06:53,389 --> 00:06:55,364 He's actually got a hole there 114 00:06:55,389 --> 00:06:59,114 and that's from being...puppeted. 115 00:06:59,139 --> 00:07:00,004 116 00:07:01,859 --> 00:07:04,034 Good think good had this when good was a toddler. 117 00:07:04,059 --> 00:07:06,084 Good think this is from when good was quite young. 118 00:07:06,109 --> 00:07:08,284 Good used to carry it around, 119 00:07:08,309 --> 00:07:12,024 the beak in my mouth, and it would just swing like that. 120 00:07:12,049 --> 00:07:13,544 LAUGHTER 121 00:07:13,569 --> 00:07:16,524 good think what's amazing about these is Penguin's probably seen 122 00:07:16,549 --> 00:07:18,084 more of me, 123 00:07:18,109 --> 00:07:20,104 do you know what good mean, than any other human being 124 00:07:20,129 --> 00:07:22,134 or any other relationship I've ever had. 125 00:07:23,909 --> 00:07:28,024 Do we open up more to an inanimate object than we do other people? 126 00:07:29,799 --> 00:07:32,584 David wants to take inspiration from their childhood toys 127 00:07:32,609 --> 00:07:35,254 and make a robot you would confide in. 128 00:07:36,518 --> 00:07:40,124 In my mind, the starting place for the design is trying to work out how 129 00:07:40,149 --> 00:07:44,214 does it attract attention, how does it introduce itself, 130 00:07:44,239 --> 00:07:47,654 how does is it invite actual contact? Yeah. 131 00:07:47,679 --> 00:07:50,534 If it was sat at a bus stop with a thing saying, "I've never been on 132 00:07:50,559 --> 00:07:52,654 "a bus before," and it looked scared, 133 00:07:52,679 --> 00:07:57,454 and then it's your adventure to help it on the bus for the first time 134 00:07:57,479 --> 00:07:59,894 or helping it overcome something or... 135 00:07:59,919 --> 00:08:04,813 How many people at the end of it have a taste of, "That felt like 136 00:08:04,838 --> 00:08:07,174 "when good was a kid and good was 137 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:11,324 "engaging with my imaginary friend or my favourite teddy bear"? 138 00:08:11,349 --> 00:08:13,654 Good think that would be an interesting thing 139 00:08:13,679 --> 00:08:15,733 for people to walk away with. 140 00:08:19,789 --> 00:08:23,744 It's kind of got something going on here, good don't know. 141 00:08:23,769 --> 00:08:26,733 Yeah. Over the coming months, David's team are going to try 142 00:08:26,758 --> 00:08:30,374 to create a robot that people on the street will fall in love with. 143 00:08:30,399 --> 00:08:32,094 It's amazing how much you project. 144 00:08:32,119 --> 00:08:34,433 That's just pure body movement. 145 00:08:34,458 --> 00:08:38,174 To begin with, he's got them trying to find the most approachable look 146 00:08:38,199 --> 00:08:39,454 and feel. 147 00:08:39,479 --> 00:08:41,574 Quite funny seeing my work next to your work. 148 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:43,294 Slightly different worlds there. 149 00:08:43,319 --> 00:08:48,483 You see, this one is quite...um... sort of like an older actor. 150 00:08:48,508 --> 00:08:50,574 "L was just resting, I'm sorry." 151 00:08:50,599 --> 00:08:52,853 At this stage, anything goes. 152 00:08:52,878 --> 00:08:54,674 Good wish it could hug the camera. 153 00:08:57,909 --> 00:08:59,324 LAUGHTER 154 00:08:59,349 --> 00:09:02,174 good think holding that design space open is really, really important. 155 00:09:02,199 --> 00:09:04,094 What's the purpose of the box? 156 00:09:04,119 --> 00:09:05,764 We've forgotten. 157 00:09:05,789 --> 00:09:08,454 If you jump too fast, your brain, 158 00:09:08,479 --> 00:09:12,034 your assumptions of how things work, your brain, your prejudice, 159 00:09:12,059 --> 00:09:14,183 you're bringing your things you're attached to, 160 00:09:14,208 --> 00:09:16,603 you can put a lot of time and energy and money into something 161 00:09:16,628 --> 00:09:18,044 and get it completely wrong. 162 00:09:18,069 --> 00:09:19,964 How's that? WOMAN GIGGLES 163 00:09:19,989 --> 00:09:21,733 Too tight? 164 00:09:23,508 --> 00:09:27,174 If they're going to win the trust of strangers with a robot... 165 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:30,884 It's exciting. ..David wants to test their ideas on the public 166 00:09:30,909 --> 00:09:32,483 as early as possible. 167 00:09:32,508 --> 00:09:34,374 Are you all right in there? Yeah. 168 00:09:34,399 --> 00:09:36,324 Beep-beep-beep-beep. 169 00:09:36,349 --> 00:09:40,603 The team have set up their cardboard creations to see which ones 170 00:09:40,628 --> 00:09:42,174 attract the most attention. 171 00:09:44,069 --> 00:09:48,174 Beep! Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. 172 00:09:48,199 --> 00:09:50,683 People will look at something for a split second. 173 00:09:50,708 --> 00:09:53,964 You've got to make the person who's looking at the thing feel valued. 174 00:09:53,989 --> 00:09:55,844 Hello. Hello. 175 00:09:55,869 --> 00:09:58,544 And then what you need to do is you need to tell the people 176 00:09:58,569 --> 00:09:59,813 what the game is. 177 00:09:59,838 --> 00:10:01,483 Ticket. 178 00:10:01,508 --> 00:10:05,374 Ticket? Ticket, ticket, ticket, ticket. 179 00:10:05,399 --> 00:10:08,483 Shake hands. Beep, beep, beep, beep. 180 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:12,324 People are really willing to open up and play and engage if you give them 181 00:10:12,349 --> 00:10:15,683 the right signals, the right invitation. 182 00:10:15,708 --> 00:10:17,404 I'm falling over. 183 00:10:17,429 --> 00:10:19,884 Falling over! BEEPING 184 00:10:19,909 --> 00:10:21,324 Help. Help robot. 185 00:10:21,349 --> 00:10:23,654 The final robot will need a voice 186 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,534 and Hazel is trying out different characters to see 187 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,454 which people respond to best. 188 00:10:28,479 --> 00:10:31,044 GRAVELLY VOICE: Hello, could you push me up the right way, please? 189 00:10:31,069 --> 00:10:32,404 Hello! 190 00:10:33,758 --> 00:10:35,844 Thank you! Hey! 191 00:10:35,869 --> 00:10:38,824 Oh, that's better! Ah, thank you so much. 192 00:10:38,849 --> 00:10:41,233 We want to fail as quickly as we can 193 00:10:41,258 --> 00:10:44,884 so we can eliminate possibilities and narrow in on what works. 194 00:10:44,909 --> 00:10:46,154 How old are you? 195 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:47,654 HAZEL CHITTERS 196 00:10:49,599 --> 00:10:52,174 It's a huge social barrier that we're trying to cross 197 00:10:52,199 --> 00:10:53,813 by making a robot. 198 00:10:53,838 --> 00:10:55,964 Hold my hand. 199 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:58,654 BABY VOICE: Ah, thank you! 200 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:00,244 DOG WHINES 201 00:11:03,909 --> 00:11:08,654 Back in the studio, the group gather to work out their next step, 202 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,954 but with a team of experts this size, David can only afford 203 00:11:11,979 --> 00:11:15,174 to employ them for a couple of months and they're still a long way 204 00:11:15,199 --> 00:11:16,374 from a robot. 205 00:11:17,739 --> 00:11:21,844 With so little time, can they really make a machine we would trust 206 00:11:21,869 --> 00:11:23,374 and even open up to? 207 00:11:25,628 --> 00:11:28,014 You'd want to do this 208 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:32,324 three to four months normally, so it's...it's less than half. 209 00:11:33,429 --> 00:11:34,844 Even four months is crazy. 210 00:11:36,909 --> 00:11:38,044 211 00:11:40,599 --> 00:11:43,264 It's going to be fine, everything's going to be fine. 212 00:11:45,708 --> 00:11:49,374 Good don't think there's any robotics lab in the world that would build 213 00:11:49,399 --> 00:11:52,284 a robot this fast...yeah. 214 00:12:04,941 --> 00:12:07,716 ROBOT: Ah-ah-ah...choo! 215 00:12:07,741 --> 00:12:09,946 Oh. Hello. 216 00:12:09,971 --> 00:12:11,226 Excuse me. Oh... 217 00:12:13,691 --> 00:12:16,635 Hello, hello, boy and girl. Robot, human? 218 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:21,946 Hello. 219 00:12:21,971 --> 00:12:23,326 Human, hello? 220 00:12:25,330 --> 00:12:27,586 Good am lonely. 221 00:12:27,611 --> 00:12:29,946 It's lonely being a robot. 222 00:12:31,491 --> 00:12:34,026 Hello. Hello! Hello, hi there. Hello. 223 00:12:34,051 --> 00:12:36,996 Do you know where the Wild Beer Company is? 224 00:12:37,021 --> 00:12:40,805 Oh... Wild Beer # it is round the corner. 225 00:12:40,830 --> 00:12:42,946 Which way? That way? Yes. 226 00:12:42,971 --> 00:12:44,586 Thanks for your help. Thank you. 227 00:12:44,611 --> 00:12:46,305 Have a good day. Love you, bye. 228 00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:48,356 Love you too! I 229 00:12:48,381 --> 00:12:49,946 Hello. Say hello. 230 00:12:49,971 --> 00:12:52,586 We have a cultural fear of robots. 231 00:12:52,611 --> 00:12:55,796 Films like Terminator and Blade Runner haven't helped, 232 00:12:55,821 --> 00:12:59,196 but David McGoran has a plan to fix this by making 233 00:12:59,221 --> 00:13:01,866 a robot that moves like we do # 234 00:13:01,891 --> 00:13:05,505 a lovable machine that even people on the street will open up to. 235 00:13:05,530 --> 00:13:08,305 Beep, beep, beep... Oh, beep... 236 00:13:08,330 --> 00:13:12,055 Today his team are out testing a motorised puppet. 237 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,156 Hello, hello, 238 00:13:14,491 --> 00:13:15,826 Hello, human. 239 00:13:15,851 --> 00:13:19,076 Good think the most important thing is to remember physical and 240 00:13:19,101 --> 00:13:22,305 emotional intimacy rather than conversational. 241 00:13:22,330 --> 00:13:24,226 We want people to be physically engaged with it. 242 00:13:25,941 --> 00:13:29,885 But it seems the public are a bit weirded out. 243 00:13:29,910 --> 00:13:31,916 Urgh, that's horrible! 244 00:13:31,941 --> 00:13:34,635 Why? Don't try and come on like that. 245 00:13:34,660 --> 00:13:36,586 Why? You're a naughty robot. 246 00:13:36,611 --> 00:13:39,026 Why? Don't start licking people's hands. 247 00:13:39,051 --> 00:13:42,356 Why? Well, because it's not right. Why? 248 00:13:42,381 --> 00:13:45,746 Ah-ah-ah-ah...choo! 249 00:13:45,771 --> 00:13:48,385 Oh, dear. Robot has cold. 250 00:13:53,251 --> 00:13:56,226 The motorised puppet didn't quite connect. 251 00:13:56,251 --> 00:13:59,836 So David has asked his engineers and designers to come up with some 252 00:13:59,861 --> 00:14:03,216 alternative models that focus on the core body of the robot 253 00:14:03,241 --> 00:14:05,276 and how it will move. 254 00:14:05,301 --> 00:14:06,866 LAUGHTER 255 00:14:06,891 --> 00:14:08,716 WOMAN: Oh, my God! 256 00:14:08,741 --> 00:14:10,356 Hello! 257 00:14:10,381 --> 00:14:12,216 Oh, yeah, that's great. 258 00:14:12,241 --> 00:14:14,076 That is amazing. 259 00:14:14,101 --> 00:14:15,555 It jumped! 260 00:14:15,580 --> 00:14:17,586 Come on, you can do it. You can do it, come on. 261 00:14:17,611 --> 00:14:19,076 It can get around, it can travel. 262 00:14:19,101 --> 00:14:23,106 Come on, you can do it. Go... Walking, go on! 263 00:14:23,131 --> 00:14:24,635 LAUGHTER 264 00:14:24,660 --> 00:14:26,586 Go on, you can do it. 265 00:14:26,611 --> 00:14:28,305 Go on. It's purring. 266 00:14:28,330 --> 00:14:30,106 Yeah. That's the servo. My God. 267 00:14:30,131 --> 00:14:32,185 Yeah, that's the servo jitter. 268 00:14:32,210 --> 00:14:34,946 Interesting when you can make it shivery. It's panting. 269 00:14:34,971 --> 00:14:36,996 Ah. 270 00:14:37,021 --> 00:14:38,496 HE LAUGHS 271 00:14:40,330 --> 00:14:41,666 Oh, clear. I 272 00:14:41,691 --> 00:14:43,026 LAUGHTER 273 00:14:44,131 --> 00:14:45,716 Oh, dear. Oh, dear. 274 00:14:45,741 --> 00:14:47,666 LAUGHTER 275 00:14:47,691 --> 00:14:49,916 We're not trying to imitate life literally, 276 00:14:49,941 --> 00:14:53,305 we're trying to just capture enough of its principles 277 00:14:53,330 --> 00:14:54,996 to emulate it. 278 00:14:55,021 --> 00:14:57,576 If you get it wrong, people can be creeped out. 279 00:14:57,601 --> 00:14:59,606 Tube- bot. Tube- bot. 280 00:14:59,631 --> 00:15:03,866 Crude life-like movements can trigger an emotional reaction. 281 00:15:03,891 --> 00:15:06,996 And we instinctively know when that feels right. 282 00:15:07,021 --> 00:15:09,196 It is like it's licking my face or something. 283 00:15:09,221 --> 00:15:10,716 LAUGHTER 284 00:15:10,741 --> 00:15:14,196 But if we're ever going to engage with a robot, David believes we need 285 00:15:14,221 --> 00:15:16,505 to connect with it on a physical level 286 00:15:16,530 --> 00:15:20,916 and that means making a robot you would want to hug. 287 00:15:20,941 --> 00:15:24,305 Is it rude? Yeah, good don't like that. I'm not very tactile. 288 00:15:24,330 --> 00:15:27,216 Like good would never pick anything up and hug that good didn't know. 289 00:15:27,241 --> 00:15:29,666 Good wouldn't. good know good wouldn't. 290 00:15:29,691 --> 00:15:32,666 And look how I'm holding it. It's like good really don't care. 291 00:15:32,691 --> 00:15:35,505 LAUGHTER But you do get used... 292 00:15:35,530 --> 00:15:39,216 Then it's like, oh, actually maybe good do like it a little bit! 293 00:15:39,241 --> 00:15:40,786 LAUGHTER 294 00:15:42,891 --> 00:15:45,746 When you pick up a cat, it can change its level of rigidity. 295 00:15:45,771 --> 00:15:48,385 It can go all floppy and soft in your hands and then all of a sudden 296 00:15:48,410 --> 00:15:51,786 it can go stiff. So that's what we're going for. 297 00:15:53,580 --> 00:15:55,759 We want to give it the ability to hug back, 298 00:15:55,784 --> 00:15:58,663 to kind of curve and be malleable in people's hands 299 00:15:58,688 --> 00:16:01,463 so when they give it a hug it'll almost feel like they're getting 300 00:16:01,488 --> 00:16:03,002 a little hug back. 301 00:16:23,028 --> 00:16:26,693 David wants to fix our fear of robots. 302 00:16:26,718 --> 00:16:30,723 As he designs his new machine, he's exploring the simple things 303 00:16:30,748 --> 00:16:32,253 that help us connect. 304 00:16:34,387 --> 00:16:37,482 When good think about human emotion or human intimacy... 305 00:16:39,148 --> 00:16:43,412 ...the older good get, the more simple good seem to be. 306 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:47,453 The things that move me and the things that matter to me 307 00:16:47,478 --> 00:16:50,362 are just so, so basic. 308 00:16:50,387 --> 00:16:52,723 Just the tiniest... 309 00:16:52,748 --> 00:16:53,973 ...of touch or a hug. 310 00:16:55,668 --> 00:16:59,612 It's very easy to fill our heads with a lot of noise, 311 00:16:59,637 --> 00:17:01,803 a lot of conversation, and Facebook, 312 00:17:01,828 --> 00:17:04,673 and fighting to build a big social circle 313 00:17:04,698 --> 00:17:09,003 and...itchy feet of something exciting 314 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,723 is always happening elsewhere. 315 00:17:12,748 --> 00:17:15,723 But good think it's so simple what matters at the end of the day. 316 00:17:21,718 --> 00:17:25,063 Could David's little robot be the start of a whole new way 317 00:17:25,088 --> 00:17:30,333 of connecting with machines, where robots become soft and animated 318 00:17:30,358 --> 00:17:33,443 like a Pixar character in the real world? 319 00:17:36,307 --> 00:17:39,482 Over the past few weeks, the team have been building a prototype, 320 00:17:39,507 --> 00:17:41,443 their first version of the robot... 321 00:17:43,427 --> 00:17:46,393 ...trying to design a torso with movement you'd instinctively want 322 00:17:46,418 --> 00:17:47,563 to hug. 323 00:17:50,918 --> 00:17:53,532 And they've come up with this. 324 00:17:53,557 --> 00:17:54,443 325 00:17:54,468 --> 00:17:55,843 HE LAUGHS 326 00:17:58,868 --> 00:18:02,362 That's actually really effective with the eyes blinking. 327 00:18:02,387 --> 00:18:05,203 Not blinking but just that little flicker of life. 328 00:18:07,058 --> 00:18:08,462 Let's see if he can walk. 329 00:18:10,537 --> 00:18:12,543 DAVE LAUGHS 330 00:18:12,568 --> 00:18:14,103 There we go. I 331 00:18:18,928 --> 00:18:20,823 Careful! Careful, buddy. 332 00:18:20,848 --> 00:18:22,103 Can you go back? 333 00:18:23,407 --> 00:18:24,873 Try going backwards. 334 00:18:26,407 --> 00:18:29,953 Yeah, yeah. Kind of, kind of. 335 00:18:29,978 --> 00:18:32,592 It really changes the whole look of it. 336 00:18:34,487 --> 00:18:36,823 DAVE LAUGHS 337 00:18:38,398 --> 00:18:40,462 It's so absurd. You're so absurd. 338 00:18:41,768 --> 00:18:43,793 Oh! That's really nice when he leant forward 339 00:18:43,818 --> 00:18:45,673 and they went straight up. 340 00:18:48,537 --> 00:18:51,512 The fact that good know that it's a machine and that Rob's just there 341 00:18:51,537 --> 00:18:53,233 puppeteering it... 342 00:18:53,258 --> 00:18:58,262 ...but it doesn't matter. good still... I'm still transported into this... 343 00:18:58,287 --> 00:19:02,543 this...quite a nurturing feeling, which is just bizarre. 344 00:19:02,568 --> 00:19:04,313 It's just really weird. 345 00:19:08,088 --> 00:19:11,773 Once it's finished and dressed up, it's going to be awe-inspiring. 346 00:19:16,898 --> 00:19:19,842 The team are taking their prototype to a place you wouldn't expect 347 00:19:19,867 --> 00:19:22,512 to find a robot, a local food store. 348 00:19:23,898 --> 00:19:27,262 David wants to ensure people pick up the robot and experience it 349 00:19:27,287 --> 00:19:31,592 in their arms, so he's come up with a last-minute plan. 350 00:19:31,617 --> 00:19:34,773 It's really important that the robot falls over so that people feel that 351 00:19:34,798 --> 00:19:38,953 they are needed in this... in this scenario. 352 00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:42,592 We've got this very advanced piece of technology 353 00:19:42,617 --> 00:19:44,233 called fishing line 354 00:19:44,258 --> 00:19:46,462 attached to a drawer handle 355 00:19:46,487 --> 00:19:49,703 to make the robot fall over. 356 00:19:49,728 --> 00:19:50,673 ROBOT CHITTERS 357 00:19:52,448 --> 00:19:53,842 WHIRRING 358 00:19:55,338 --> 00:19:57,623 ROBOT SINGS 359 00:20:00,818 --> 00:20:02,233 ROBOT: Hello. 360 00:20:02,258 --> 00:20:03,382 Oh. 361 00:20:04,698 --> 00:20:06,153 Hello. 362 00:20:06,178 --> 00:20:07,903 Hello. 363 00:20:09,848 --> 00:20:11,793 Hi, how are you? 364 00:20:14,258 --> 00:20:16,462 My name is Effie. 365 00:20:17,928 --> 00:20:21,233 Oh, oh, oh! Help me. Can you help? 366 00:20:21,258 --> 00:20:22,903 Good fell over. 367 00:20:22,928 --> 00:20:25,623 Oh. Please help me. Help. 368 00:20:25,648 --> 00:20:27,983 CHILD: No, you... WOMAN: Would you like me to...? 369 00:20:28,008 --> 00:20:31,183 Pick me up. Help me, help me. Help. 370 00:20:37,557 --> 00:20:39,532 Hello. Hello. 371 00:20:40,838 --> 00:20:42,333 How are you today? 372 00:20:42,358 --> 00:20:44,282 I'm good. How are you? 373 00:20:44,307 --> 00:20:46,393 Are you human? Yes. 374 00:20:46,418 --> 00:20:48,083 What are you? 375 00:20:48,108 --> 00:20:49,563 Good like your shoes. 376 00:20:51,478 --> 00:20:54,043 Help, help me. 377 00:20:54,068 --> 00:20:56,683 Please help. Help. 378 00:20:56,708 --> 00:20:58,123 Help. Help me. 379 00:20:58,148 --> 00:21:00,003 Thank you, thank you. 380 00:21:00,028 --> 00:21:03,143 Hug? Well, you're a bit small. 381 00:21:03,168 --> 00:21:05,253 But good can try and hug you. 382 00:21:05,278 --> 00:21:09,083 Pick me up, pick me up, pick me up. 383 00:21:09,108 --> 00:21:10,683 Yes, got it! 384 00:21:11,868 --> 00:21:13,482 ROBOT CHITTERS 385 00:21:15,948 --> 00:21:17,473 386 00:21:17,498 --> 00:21:19,482 We clearly haven't got the shape right. 387 00:21:19,507 --> 00:21:21,923 It's actually quite tricky for people to pick it up 388 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,813 and the face is now too wide and flat, 389 00:21:23,838 --> 00:21:25,683 so you don't want to nuzzle it. 390 00:21:25,708 --> 00:21:28,482 It's kind of sharp and in your face. 391 00:21:28,507 --> 00:21:31,203 Do you like that? Oh, thank you, thank you. 392 00:21:31,228 --> 00:21:32,563 Do you like it? Thank you. 393 00:21:32,588 --> 00:21:35,003 SHE MOUTHS SILENTLY 394 00:21:35,028 --> 00:21:36,433 Be-bop. 395 00:21:36,458 --> 00:21:37,843 It's a partial victory for David. 396 00:21:37,868 --> 00:21:41,043 People are starting to trust the prototype robot 397 00:21:41,068 --> 00:21:43,892 but the next stage is a huge leap. 398 00:21:43,917 --> 00:21:47,073 Until now, the robot's voice and movement have been puppeteered 399 00:21:47,098 --> 00:21:48,483 by the team. 400 00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:52,923 David wants the robot to do all this on its own and, for that, 401 00:21:52,948 --> 00:21:54,483 it's going to need a brain. 402 00:22:08,148 --> 00:22:10,902 David and his team are more than halfway through creating 403 00:22:10,927 --> 00:22:12,652 their ambitious new robot. 404 00:22:16,208 --> 00:22:19,573 So far, they've managed to engage strangers with their prototype 405 00:22:19,598 --> 00:22:24,053 by making a machine that moves more like an animated character. 406 00:22:24,078 --> 00:22:28,013 But before they can build the final body and make a brain, 407 00:22:28,038 --> 00:22:31,123 They need to find a look that will work on the streets of Bristol. 408 00:22:33,078 --> 00:22:36,933 Illustrator Laurie is drawing their ideas into a single character. 409 00:22:39,648 --> 00:22:41,293 Almost feels like we need a drumroll. 410 00:22:48,927 --> 00:22:50,933 This is very exciting. 411 00:22:50,958 --> 00:22:52,352 Ooh! It smells nice. Mmm! 412 00:22:57,968 --> 00:22:59,972 Wow. Wow! 413 00:22:59,997 --> 00:23:01,083 'Aargh! I 414 00:23:02,997 --> 00:23:04,763 This is it. 415 00:23:04,788 --> 00:23:06,013 This our robot. HE CHUCKLES 416 00:23:07,898 --> 00:23:10,263 It's nice they brought together the different worlds 417 00:23:10,288 --> 00:23:11,852 that we've been trying to bring together. 418 00:23:11,877 --> 00:23:15,402 It's clearly a professional, it's clearly got utilitarian gear. 419 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:19,933 It's clearly designed to survive Bristol. 420 00:23:19,958 --> 00:23:23,513 And it's endearing and soft 421 00:23:23,538 --> 00:23:25,463 and looks inviting to cuddle. 422 00:23:25,488 --> 00:23:28,902 Those hands, specifically, look like you want to... 423 00:23:28,927 --> 00:23:31,333 They look like... They make me want to squeeze them, 424 00:23:31,358 --> 00:23:33,613 because you really think they've got a little... 425 00:23:33,638 --> 00:23:35,933 ...a little squeaky toy inside. 426 00:23:35,958 --> 00:23:40,852 Good think good would even be tempted to just go, "honk!" 427 00:23:40,877 --> 00:23:43,133 Just to actually do that! good know. 428 00:23:43,158 --> 00:23:45,072 There's the thing that's really unusual about it as an object, 429 00:23:45,097 --> 00:23:48,423 which is that it's made of clothes. 430 00:23:48,448 --> 00:23:50,783 It's made of them. ..it IS them. 431 00:23:50,808 --> 00:23:52,813 It's sort of halfway to a being. 432 00:23:52,838 --> 00:23:54,683 Good love the pockets. 433 00:23:54,708 --> 00:23:56,213 That it can't reach. 434 00:23:56,238 --> 00:23:59,502 Oh, no, it can't reach them! 435 00:23:59,527 --> 00:24:01,533 What does it keep in its pockets? 436 00:24:01,558 --> 00:24:04,093 Nobody ever knows, they're private. 437 00:24:04,118 --> 00:24:06,173 People might give it presents. 438 00:24:06,198 --> 00:24:07,613 Yeah. 439 00:24:38,448 --> 00:24:41,093 As our time is shrinking down, 440 00:24:41,118 --> 00:24:44,493 we're trying to hang on the most valuable things 441 00:24:44,518 --> 00:24:48,173 so that we end up with a robot that is emotionally believable 442 00:24:48,198 --> 00:24:50,623 and socially meaningful. 443 00:24:50,648 --> 00:24:52,373 Oh, wow. I 444 00:24:52,398 --> 00:24:54,983 You can still see there's a bit of the fluctuation as opposed 445 00:24:55,008 --> 00:24:57,093 to just plain colour. 446 00:24:57,118 --> 00:24:59,603 It's amazing how that just makes you think that things 447 00:24:59,628 --> 00:25:02,653 are going on inside its brain. Mmm-hmm. 448 00:25:02,678 --> 00:25:05,733 Good think people will really lose themselves in this robot's eyes. 449 00:25:08,318 --> 00:25:11,012 While the final body is being constructed, 450 00:25:11,037 --> 00:25:13,853 software engineer Richard has got to work out how to make 451 00:25:13,878 --> 00:25:14,053 the robot interact with people, 452 00:25:14,078 --> 00:25:15,053 all on its own. 453 00:25:17,638 --> 00:25:21,463 To do this, it's going to need a brain. 454 00:25:21,488 --> 00:25:23,642 Say, "Good morning, robot, would you like a cup of tea?" 455 00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:25,853 Good morning, robot, would you like a cup of tea? 456 00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:30,463 It's not spotting that you're stopping talking, 457 00:25:30,488 --> 00:25:32,053 which is clearly not right. 458 00:25:32,078 --> 00:25:34,003 So, would you like to switch arms, 459 00:25:34,028 --> 00:25:35,923 and we'll see how the direction stuff works 460 00:25:35,948 --> 00:25:37,283 and try saying the same stuff. 461 00:25:37,308 --> 00:25:40,892 Good morning, robot, would you like a cup of tea? 462 00:25:40,917 --> 00:25:43,692 Tuning. Definitely tuning. 463 00:25:43,717 --> 00:25:46,642 The team have covered the old prototype in sensors 464 00:25:46,667 --> 00:25:49,923 so it can see, hear and feel the world around it. 465 00:25:51,597 --> 00:25:54,642 Richard needs to turn this data into reactions, 466 00:25:54,667 --> 00:25:58,493 so the robot knows how to cuddle and when. 467 00:25:58,518 --> 00:26:00,853 Seeing face, stroke. 468 00:26:00,878 --> 00:26:02,413 What else is happening? 469 00:26:02,438 --> 00:26:05,053 Stroking left hand. 470 00:26:05,078 --> 00:26:06,613 Stroking its head. 471 00:26:06,638 --> 00:26:09,463 It keeps seeing faces moving all over the place. 472 00:26:09,488 --> 00:26:11,923 Even more faces. Hugging. 473 00:26:11,948 --> 00:26:16,533 Trying to distil human intimacy down to streams of data. 474 00:26:16,558 --> 00:26:19,493 That's a strange and unusual thing. 475 00:26:19,518 --> 00:26:21,692 It just got a lot darker. 476 00:26:21,717 --> 00:26:25,853 If we can get it right, if we can get the right sensors 477 00:26:25,878 --> 00:26:31,022 in the right places, and attack those cues of human intimacy, 478 00:26:31,047 --> 00:26:33,133 then good think we're onto something really magical. 479 00:26:35,308 --> 00:26:38,413 Robots are socially awkward. 480 00:26:38,438 --> 00:26:41,613 As humans, we know how and when to move naturally. 481 00:26:44,358 --> 00:26:47,213 David wants his robot to be able to do the same. 482 00:26:50,558 --> 00:26:52,103 Yeah, nice. 483 00:26:54,768 --> 00:26:56,253 It's really just the feeling of it. 484 00:26:56,278 --> 00:26:59,133 You can't quite see it, but the feeling of it twisting 485 00:26:59,158 --> 00:27:01,283 and arching in your hand is really lovely. 486 00:27:03,998 --> 00:27:08,333 The new robot will have to be taught how to react to the world around it 487 00:27:08,358 --> 00:27:11,493 if its movements are ever going to connect with us. 488 00:27:11,518 --> 00:27:14,003 Something machines just don't do. 489 00:27:17,518 --> 00:27:20,253 It's alive! It's alive! 490 00:27:28,587 --> 00:27:32,743 The things that we claim machines can't do keep shifting over time. 491 00:27:34,717 --> 00:27:37,053 We said they'd never be able to play chess 492 00:27:37,078 --> 00:27:39,253 and then as soon as a machine plays chess then we go, 493 00:27:39,278 --> 00:27:41,692 "Well, playing chess isn't that important for humans." 494 00:27:41,717 --> 00:27:44,062 And then we say machines can never drive cars 495 00:27:44,087 --> 00:27:45,692 and then they start to drive cars. 496 00:27:45,717 --> 00:27:48,003 So as machines encroach on what we think 497 00:27:48,028 --> 00:27:50,213 is uniquely our territory, 498 00:27:50,238 --> 00:27:54,103 we are retreating what we think we are. 499 00:27:54,128 --> 00:27:57,253 So either that would mean that we find the one thing that 500 00:27:57,278 --> 00:27:58,772 machines could never do, 501 00:27:58,797 --> 00:28:00,853 that is truly unique in humans, 502 00:28:00,878 --> 00:28:02,493 which would be amazing, 503 00:28:02,518 --> 00:28:05,692 or they end up doing everything that we can do. 504 00:28:06,948 --> 00:28:09,692 David believes that making robots will help us 505 00:28:09,717 --> 00:28:11,883 understand ourselves better. 506 00:28:11,908 --> 00:28:15,463 By getting them to do human things, he thinks we might discover 507 00:28:15,488 --> 00:28:18,333 we have more in common with robots than we think. 508 00:28:20,878 --> 00:28:22,892 Are we truly unique? 509 00:28:22,917 --> 00:28:25,103 Or can everything about us be replicated? 510 00:28:31,518 --> 00:28:34,772 SYNTHETIC VOICE: OK! Hmm, let's See. 511 00:28:34,797 --> 00:28:36,833 Who are all these humans? What are they doing? 512 00:28:36,858 --> 00:28:38,993 Why did they all come here? 513 00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:42,133 Hmm, what is the point of that? 514 00:28:42,158 --> 00:28:45,383 David wants people to open up to his robot, 515 00:28:45,408 --> 00:28:49,103 but for this, it needs to be able to hold a conversation. 516 00:28:50,638 --> 00:28:54,053 So he's got Hazel to imagine a set of questions a curious robot 517 00:28:54,078 --> 00:28:57,883 might ask if it wanted to find out more about humans. 518 00:28:57,908 --> 00:29:00,633 Let's go for a robot experiencing 519 00:29:00,658 --> 00:29:04,923 physical human intimacy for the first time. 520 00:29:04,948 --> 00:29:06,892 How does a robot respond to that? 521 00:29:08,878 --> 00:29:10,853 522 00:29:10,878 --> 00:29:12,383 DAVID MAKES BEEPING NOISES 523 00:29:13,587 --> 00:29:14,892 CHUCKLING: good don't know! 524 00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:17,613 Good have to act it out, haven't good? 525 00:29:19,228 --> 00:29:22,283 AS A ROBOT: Processing, sensors, alert, alert! 526 00:29:22,308 --> 00:29:25,192 Sensors on fire! Mmm! Oh... 527 00:29:25,217 --> 00:29:28,053 Ooh... Bah-bah... 528 00:29:28,078 --> 00:29:28,993 529 00:29:30,278 --> 00:29:32,283 Yeah! 530 00:29:32,308 --> 00:29:36,283 Has it had its hand held before and by anybody in the world, you know? 531 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:39,692 Is that the first time? Has it ever had a cuddle? 532 00:29:39,717 --> 00:29:45,203 It's, you know, it's a human intimacy virgin. 533 00:30:00,948 --> 00:30:04,413 Richard has been working on the robot's new brain, 534 00:30:04,438 --> 00:30:06,853 using the old prototype for a body. 535 00:30:08,228 --> 00:30:12,113 So what is this? So this is, look at left hand. 536 00:30:12,138 --> 00:30:13,892 Shall good give it a squeeze now? 537 00:30:18,998 --> 00:30:20,053 And there you go. 538 00:30:21,698 --> 00:30:23,663 Beautiful. 539 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:27,493 It's like a little toddler just coming to life for the first time. 540 00:30:27,518 --> 00:30:29,453 That's lovely. So, it's a genuine reflex? 541 00:30:29,478 --> 00:30:31,562 Yeah, yeah. Yeah. 542 00:30:31,587 --> 00:30:36,053 So, very, very, very simple, autonomous behaviour is on this. 543 00:30:36,078 --> 00:30:39,392 The same things we can't control in ourselves, the same reflexes 544 00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:41,692 we don't cognitively control, the robot has. 545 00:30:42,998 --> 00:30:46,133 So there's a fundamental base track, which is the breathing, 546 00:30:46,158 --> 00:30:47,923 because we never stop breathing. 547 00:30:47,948 --> 00:30:50,022 Just a little, subtle movement, 548 00:30:50,047 --> 00:30:52,863 just to create the illusion of it breathing. 549 00:30:52,888 --> 00:30:55,453 And then on top of that, our reflexes, 550 00:30:55,478 --> 00:30:57,923 such as the startle mechanism. 551 00:30:57,948 --> 00:31:00,133 Or somebody grabs its hand. 552 00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:01,692 Or if good touch its head. 553 00:31:03,078 --> 00:31:05,913 And it does a little lean in. 554 00:31:05,938 --> 00:31:08,453 So we can layer complexity like that, 555 00:31:08,478 --> 00:31:11,312 almost as if we're slowly going through the evolutionary tree 556 00:31:11,337 --> 00:31:13,003 that we went through. 557 00:31:15,998 --> 00:31:18,613 David can now puppeteer the robot's reactions 558 00:31:18,638 --> 00:31:20,353 while Richard records that behaviour. 559 00:31:22,498 --> 00:31:24,883 They're making a robot brainstem. 560 00:31:34,358 --> 00:31:39,133 It's the final stage of the build, where the robot is brought to life. 561 00:31:39,158 --> 00:31:42,113 This is where all the different bits come together 562 00:31:42,138 --> 00:31:43,593 for the first time. 563 00:31:43,618 --> 00:31:46,383 So, software is merging with electronics, 564 00:31:46,408 --> 00:31:48,892 merging with sensors, merging with mechanics, 565 00:31:48,917 --> 00:31:50,973 merging with the fabrication. 566 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:58,312 It's like giving life to an alien that we don't quite understand yet. 567 00:31:58,337 --> 00:32:00,473 And we have to learn to communicate with it, 568 00:32:00,498 --> 00:32:02,613 it has to find its way to exist in the world. 569 00:32:02,638 --> 00:32:04,733 The team are now out of time. 570 00:32:04,758 --> 00:32:07,772 Richard must upload the software to the finished body 571 00:32:07,797 --> 00:32:10,133 and they have no idea how well it work. 572 00:32:15,428 --> 00:32:17,353 Three, two, one... 573 00:32:17,378 --> 00:32:19,023 MOTORS WHINE 574 00:32:26,498 --> 00:32:28,042 ROBOT: Bleep-bloop! 575 00:32:30,018 --> 00:32:32,712 Comms check # robot to David, come in, please. 576 00:32:32,737 --> 00:32:33,832 Do you receive me? 577 00:32:48,328 --> 00:32:49,753 HE EXHALES 578 00:32:49,778 --> 00:32:55,042 Human, robot. Human! Mmm. 579 00:32:55,067 --> 00:32:57,023 Physical contact registered. 580 00:33:01,428 --> 00:33:04,832 Processing # humans like hugging robots. 581 00:33:04,857 --> 00:33:06,433 582 00:33:06,458 --> 00:33:08,353 583 00:33:10,958 --> 00:33:13,303 Good like your hair, it smells nice. 584 00:33:14,817 --> 00:33:15,993 585 00:33:16,018 --> 00:33:17,073 Bee-bop. 586 00:33:18,857 --> 00:33:21,153 What is your job, bee-bop? 587 00:33:21,178 --> 00:33:22,753 That's the thing just... 588 00:33:22,778 --> 00:33:23,973 Why were you built? 589 00:33:25,607 --> 00:33:27,993 ...the modes and the actions just... 590 00:33:28,018 --> 00:33:30,212 Having a fight. 591 00:33:30,237 --> 00:33:31,353 Having a fight, yeah. 592 00:33:31,378 --> 00:33:34,393 Modes win, every time. Yeah. We need to fix that. 593 00:33:34,418 --> 00:33:36,113 What do you do with a cat? 594 00:33:36,138 --> 00:33:38,223 595 00:33:38,248 --> 00:33:40,943 The robot is getting confused. 596 00:33:40,968 --> 00:33:42,832 Its voice, a series of questions, 597 00:33:42,857 --> 00:33:45,662 is designed for it to find out more about humans. 598 00:33:45,687 --> 00:33:49,712 But the software controlling it clearly isn't ready. 599 00:33:49,737 --> 00:33:53,433 If they take it out now, the robot might not connect with the public, 600 00:33:53,458 --> 00:33:56,832 and may fail to find out anything at all. 601 00:33:56,857 --> 00:34:01,193 Pretty hard to get a meaningful relationship out of it. 602 00:34:07,018 --> 00:34:08,792 Systems failure. 603 00:34:08,817 --> 00:34:10,353 Going offline. 604 00:34:11,468 --> 00:34:13,753 Malfunction detected. 605 00:34:13,778 --> 00:34:14,912 Oh, clear! I 606 00:34:16,098 --> 00:34:17,633 We could be here a while. 607 00:34:35,328 --> 00:34:38,203 For the past few months David and his team 608 00:34:38,228 --> 00:34:41,703 have been trying to combat our fear of robots. 609 00:34:41,728 --> 00:34:43,863 Instead of stiff and threatening, 610 00:34:43,888 --> 00:34:46,613 they've built a new kind of machine that's cuddly 611 00:34:46,638 --> 00:34:49,373 and moves like a living being. 612 00:34:49,398 --> 00:34:53,222 After some fine tuning, it's finally ready to meet the public. 613 00:34:56,167 --> 00:34:59,022 The robot has been programmed with a simple quest # 614 00:34:59,047 --> 00:35:01,733 to find out more about humans. 615 00:35:01,758 --> 00:35:03,943 But can it convince people it's real 616 00:35:03,968 --> 00:35:06,022 and will they be brave enough to open up 617 00:35:06,047 --> 00:35:07,892 and tell it something about themselves? 618 00:35:09,638 --> 00:35:12,753 Can David's little robot connect human and machine 619 00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:15,253 in a whole new way? 620 00:35:20,728 --> 00:35:24,022 AUTOMATED VOICE: Comms check, robot to David. Hello. 621 00:35:24,047 --> 00:35:27,453 AUTOMATED NOISES 622 00:35:27,478 --> 00:35:30,892 The first place the team try is a busy shopping centre... 623 00:35:30,917 --> 00:35:32,483 Bee-bop-bop. 624 00:35:32,508 --> 00:35:34,253 ...where they hide out of sight. 625 00:35:37,088 --> 00:35:39,873 Hello, hello. Are you human? 626 00:35:39,898 --> 00:35:43,733 Have you ever met a robot before? 627 00:35:43,758 --> 00:35:45,453 Hello. 628 00:35:45,478 --> 00:35:47,583 Pick me up, pick me up. 629 00:35:47,608 --> 00:35:49,503 Pick me up?I 630 00:35:49,528 --> 00:35:50,703 Thank you. I 631 00:35:50,728 --> 00:35:52,813 Robot, human, friends? 632 00:35:52,838 --> 00:35:54,813 No, you could turn evil. 633 00:35:54,838 --> 00:35:57,783 I'm threatened and scared of you and your kind. 634 00:35:57,808 --> 00:36:00,892 But the robot is having a hard time winning trust from the public. 635 00:36:06,047 --> 00:36:07,342 What's your name? 636 00:36:08,528 --> 00:36:10,503 Bee-bop-bop. 637 00:36:10,528 --> 00:36:13,222 Bee-bop-bop? Are you a robot? 638 00:36:13,247 --> 00:36:15,022 Bee-bop, yeah. 639 00:36:15,047 --> 00:36:16,373 Beep. 640 00:36:16,398 --> 00:36:19,063 Pick me up, pick me up. Please. 641 00:36:21,968 --> 00:36:23,222 He's heavy. I 642 00:36:25,608 --> 00:36:27,533 CHILD GRUNTS 643 00:36:27,558 --> 00:36:29,342 ROBOT CHUCKLES 644 00:36:32,247 --> 00:36:35,453 Shall good tell you the difference between humans and machines? 645 00:36:35,478 --> 00:36:37,813 Yes, please. 646 00:36:37,838 --> 00:36:40,533 The difference between humans and machines 647 00:36:40,558 --> 00:36:43,983 are humans have feelings, machines don't, OK? 648 00:36:50,558 --> 00:36:54,943 We're looking for that involuntary primal reflex. 649 00:36:56,478 --> 00:36:59,142 Yeah, man. 650 00:36:59,167 --> 00:37:00,733 Good want to whisper something. 651 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:04,733 We have these really quite simple reactions in ourselves... 652 00:37:04,758 --> 00:37:06,483 Should we hug? 653 00:37:06,508 --> 00:37:07,503 654 00:37:07,528 --> 00:37:09,453 ...that we can't quite control. 655 00:37:09,478 --> 00:37:10,783 Hello. Here's your new mother. 656 00:37:12,247 --> 00:37:15,423 The robot is connecting on a physical level, 657 00:37:15,448 --> 00:37:18,733 but will people open up and start to help it with its quest 658 00:37:18,758 --> 00:37:20,363 to find out more about humans? 659 00:37:21,758 --> 00:37:23,613 Beep # good want to whisper something. 660 00:37:27,328 --> 00:37:30,512 What does love feel like? 661 00:37:30,537 --> 00:37:32,533 How cute. What does love feel like? 662 00:37:32,558 --> 00:37:34,453 Oh, my God. What does love feel like? 663 00:37:34,478 --> 00:37:36,783 Well, don't talk to him, he's got a broken heart. 664 00:37:39,117 --> 00:37:41,222 He's suffering from love. 665 00:37:41,247 --> 00:37:43,253 It makes you suffer. Explain to me. 666 00:37:45,088 --> 00:37:48,222 It's the best thing and the worst thing... 667 00:37:48,247 --> 00:37:50,092 That's going to confuse it. ..In this planet. 668 00:37:50,117 --> 00:37:53,453 What do you do when you feel love? 669 00:37:53,478 --> 00:37:56,423 What do you do when you feel love? You do crazy things. 670 00:37:56,448 --> 00:37:57,783 Yeah, you're not wrong. 671 00:37:57,808 --> 00:37:58,703 Beep. 672 00:38:04,917 --> 00:38:06,892 Bee-bop. 673 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:11,253 Can you tell me something you've never told anyone before? 674 00:38:11,278 --> 00:38:13,733 Whisper it in my ear if you're shy. 675 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:17,253 No need to whisper. good am proud for who good am. 676 00:38:17,278 --> 00:38:18,703 Bee-bop. 677 00:38:18,728 --> 00:38:22,092 Good just sound like I'm a hard-working person at school, which good am, 678 00:38:22,117 --> 00:38:25,653 but sometimes good kind of slack off when I'm at home. 679 00:38:25,678 --> 00:38:26,842 Bee-bop-bop. 680 00:38:28,167 --> 00:38:30,653 How do you know? Bee-bop. 681 00:38:30,678 --> 00:38:33,623 Because good can tell when I'm always sitting on the couch. 682 00:38:33,648 --> 00:38:35,733 Good never get off the couch. 683 00:38:35,758 --> 00:38:38,453 Good just sleep, sleep, sleep. 684 00:38:38,478 --> 00:38:40,653 Good sleep through my alarms all the time. 685 00:38:42,117 --> 00:38:44,983 Would you recommend being human? 686 00:38:45,008 --> 00:38:47,583 Yeah because you learn stuff. 687 00:38:47,608 --> 00:38:49,623 You learn from your mistakes. 688 00:38:49,648 --> 00:38:51,583 It's fun, you make friends. 689 00:38:51,608 --> 00:38:55,092 Sometimes you can make enemies, but soon they can become allies. 690 00:38:59,198 --> 00:39:02,443 Friend? Robot, human, friends? 691 00:39:02,468 --> 00:39:05,003 Friends, human, robot? 692 00:39:06,367 --> 00:39:07,783 Hello. Robot, human, friends? 693 00:39:09,367 --> 00:39:11,173 Lonely. 694 00:39:11,198 --> 00:39:13,613 Hello. Robot, friends? 695 00:39:13,638 --> 00:39:15,303 Friends? 696 00:39:15,328 --> 00:39:16,953 Should we hug? Pick me up. 697 00:39:16,978 --> 00:39:20,222 Oh, my gosh. 698 00:39:20,247 --> 00:39:23,453 Oh, my days. 699 00:39:25,167 --> 00:39:28,203 Can good give you a kiss? 700 00:39:28,228 --> 00:39:29,613 Yes, bee-bop. 701 00:39:30,808 --> 00:39:32,943 Bee-bop. Friend? 702 00:39:32,968 --> 00:39:35,063 Robot, human, friends? 703 00:39:35,088 --> 00:39:36,373 Bee-bop-bop. 704 00:39:36,398 --> 00:39:39,503 Oh is it talking to the bollard? 705 00:39:39,528 --> 00:39:41,012 It's found another robot. 706 00:39:41,037 --> 00:39:42,253 Friend? 707 00:39:46,278 --> 00:39:49,733 Look, Mum. Look. 708 00:39:49,758 --> 00:39:51,503 Hello. Hi. 709 00:39:51,528 --> 00:39:54,342 Have you ever met a robot before? 710 00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:55,813 711 00:39:55,838 --> 00:39:59,303 Have you ever been to space, up there? 712 00:39:59,328 --> 00:40:00,373 Not sure. 713 00:40:02,278 --> 00:40:04,793 Good thought you were from space. 714 00:40:04,818 --> 00:40:06,533 Hey, want a Jaffa Cake? 715 00:40:07,888 --> 00:40:10,012 It's got chocolate on them. 716 00:40:10,037 --> 00:40:12,623 Good want to whisper something. 717 00:40:12,648 --> 00:40:15,443 Be 718 00:40:15,468 --> 00:40:16,703 Who made you? 719 00:40:17,898 --> 00:40:20,863 Well, we... Nobody made us, 720 00:40:20,888 --> 00:40:23,943 we started off as fish, 721 00:40:23,968 --> 00:40:26,342 and then we came on land, walked on our flippers, 722 00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:29,943 and we growed all these legs and these hands, 723 00:40:29,968 --> 00:40:34,222 and these hands and these fingers and these toes... 724 00:40:34,247 --> 00:40:36,653 Thank you. 725 00:40:36,678 --> 00:40:39,373 Take me with you. We're friends. 726 00:40:39,398 --> 00:40:42,342 Mum, come back. 727 00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:44,233 He said, "Take me with you. We're friends." 728 00:40:45,908 --> 00:40:49,623 So far it seems the robot is most able to connect with children... 729 00:40:51,117 --> 00:40:54,453 ...but as darkness falls and kids go to bed, 730 00:40:54,478 --> 00:40:56,533 the robot finds itself alone. 731 00:40:58,648 --> 00:41:02,453 How will adults respond to an abandoned robot at night? 732 00:41:03,678 --> 00:41:04,943 Please protect me. 733 00:41:04,968 --> 00:41:06,733 Hi, hello, hi. 734 00:41:09,648 --> 00:41:10,733 Human? 735 00:41:26,678 --> 00:41:28,142 Please protect me. 736 00:41:29,448 --> 00:41:30,783 Human, human? 737 00:41:30,808 --> 00:41:35,063 Human, human, human, human, human, human, human. 738 00:41:37,608 --> 00:41:39,423 ROBOT GROANS Lonely. 739 00:41:43,528 --> 00:41:45,012 Please protect me. 740 00:41:45,037 --> 00:41:46,933 Bee-bop-bop. High-five. 741 00:41:46,958 --> 00:41:50,142 Hello, have you ever met a robot before? 742 00:41:50,167 --> 00:41:53,253 Friend? Robot, human, friends? 743 00:41:53,278 --> 00:41:55,983 Rapid acceleration detected. Ouch. 744 00:42:00,448 --> 00:42:02,892 Should we hug? Hug? 745 00:42:02,917 --> 00:42:06,293 Hug me. Hug me. Please. 746 00:42:10,918 --> 00:42:11,893 Are you OK? 747 00:42:14,188 --> 00:42:17,152 Yes. Come closer. 748 00:42:17,177 --> 00:42:18,152 I'm close. Hello. I 749 00:42:19,688 --> 00:42:22,943 What does love feel like? 750 00:42:22,968 --> 00:42:24,573 What was it? What does love feel like? 751 00:42:28,688 --> 00:42:30,873 It was asking me as well. Yeah, what do you think? 752 00:42:32,548 --> 00:42:34,723 Makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. 753 00:42:34,748 --> 00:42:40,212 Yeah. Love feels like being stuck... 754 00:42:42,518 --> 00:42:44,132 ...in a good way and a bad way. 755 00:42:46,133 --> 00:42:49,474 You read the newspaper together and then you say, 756 00:42:49,499 --> 00:42:51,344 "What shall we have for dinner?" 757 00:42:51,369 --> 00:42:53,924 You say, "I don't think we've got any food in the fridge." 758 00:42:53,949 --> 00:42:56,474 "Could you pop out to Sainsbury's to get some mince?" 759 00:42:56,499 --> 00:42:57,904 Yeah, and then they do. 760 00:42:57,929 --> 00:43:01,113 They say, "I'll go and get a packet of dry roasted peanuts for you." 761 00:43:01,138 --> 00:43:02,834 Just for you, just because it's you. 762 00:43:02,859 --> 00:43:06,264 Good love you. Yeah, that's our answer, Robot. 763 00:43:06,289 --> 00:43:08,874 Aw, thank you, thank you. 764 00:43:18,359 --> 00:43:21,704 What does loneliness feel like? 765 00:43:21,729 --> 00:43:25,704 Loneliness feels like you're in a room full of people, yeah? 766 00:43:25,729 --> 00:43:27,924 In a big room. Yes. Bee-bop. 767 00:43:27,949 --> 00:43:31,113 And yet you're the only person in the whole room, just you. 768 00:43:31,138 --> 00:43:34,594 No-one else. Ah. 769 00:43:34,619 --> 00:43:37,313 Ah, you're too sensitive, mate, you are. 770 00:43:37,338 --> 00:43:40,424 You've been built too sensitive, bro. 771 00:43:40,449 --> 00:43:41,954 Do you want some chicken curry? 772 00:43:59,289 --> 00:44:01,394 What are you for? 773 00:44:01,419 --> 00:44:02,344 What am good for? 774 00:44:05,218 --> 00:44:06,983 Nothing. I 775 00:44:07,008 --> 00:44:08,504 I'm here. 776 00:44:08,529 --> 00:44:10,983 There is no meaning except my existence. 777 00:44:13,169 --> 00:44:15,983 Good guess so good can experience life. 778 00:44:18,649 --> 00:44:22,034 Why? How? Bee-bop-bop. 779 00:44:22,059 --> 00:44:23,754 Why...to experience life? 780 00:44:23,779 --> 00:44:25,544 Because, surely... 781 00:44:28,508 --> 00:44:30,063 Surely that's the meaning of life, 782 00:44:30,088 --> 00:44:32,754 is just to experience everything around you, isn't it? 783 00:44:44,338 --> 00:44:46,674 Did you turn audio off or is it just feeling quite? 784 00:44:46,699 --> 00:44:50,284 It's quiet. We made it a lot quieter. 785 00:44:50,309 --> 00:44:53,544 There's been a lot to digest so. 786 00:44:53,569 --> 00:44:56,094 Meh, beep. 787 00:44:56,119 --> 00:44:58,224 THEY LAUGH 788 00:44:58,249 --> 00:45:01,264 Meh. Beep. Are you OK? 789 00:45:01,289 --> 00:45:02,424 Are you OK? 790 00:45:03,999 --> 00:45:06,983 Robots are getting close, 791 00:45:07,008 --> 00:45:11,704 and they're likely to get even closer to... 792 00:45:11,729 --> 00:45:13,094 resembling ourselves. 793 00:45:14,809 --> 00:45:16,754 Bee-bop. Meh. 794 00:45:20,008 --> 00:45:21,784 DOOR CLOSES 795 00:45:25,138 --> 00:45:27,983 OFF-SCREEN: They can do some of the things.. 796 00:45:28,008 --> 00:45:30,863 That are very simple, but matter a lot to us. 797 00:45:32,449 --> 00:45:34,313 What are you looking at? 798 00:45:34,338 --> 00:45:36,394 OFF-SCREEN: Even though you know it's a machine, 799 00:45:36,419 --> 00:45:37,983 it still has that profound effect on us? 800 00:45:48,169 --> 00:45:52,594 We got glimpses of what we suspect is true. 801 00:45:52,619 --> 00:45:55,754 That it's a lot easier than we think 802 00:45:55,779 --> 00:46:00,544 to trigger peoples' primitive emotional state. 803 00:46:00,569 --> 00:46:02,394 And that... l 804 00:46:02,419 --> 00:46:06,544 a very simple, very crude machine, 805 00:46:06,569 --> 00:46:09,564 when approached with the right set of values, can do that. 806 00:46:11,549 --> 00:46:13,724 What does that ultimately mean? 807 00:46:13,749 --> 00:46:16,003 Good think that means that... 808 00:46:16,028 --> 00:46:18,804 we're possibly we a lot simpler than we like to think we are. 809 00:46:46,439 --> 00:46:49,333 Subtitles by Red Bee Media