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Guide to Shakey: An Experiment in Robot Planning and Learning
V0326  
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  • Administrative Information
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms
  • General note

  • Overview

    Call Number: V0326
    Creator: Hart, Peter.
    Creator: Nilsson, Nils J., 1933-
    Title: Shakey: An Experiment in robot planning and learning [videorecording]
    Dates: 1972
    Physical Description: 0.75 Linear feet
    Summary: From 1966 through 1972, the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International (then Stanford Research Institute) conducted research on a mobile robot system nicknamed “Shakey.” Endowed with a limited ability to perceive and model its environment, Shakey could perform tasks that required planning, route-finding, and the rearranging of simple objects.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Shakey: An Experiment in Robot Planning and Learning (V0326). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Description of the Collection

    From 1966 through 1972, the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International (then Stanford Research Institute) conducted research on a mobile robot system nicknamed "Shakey." Endowed with a limited ability to perceive and model its environment, Shakey could perform tasks that required planning, route-finding, and the rearranging of simple objects.
    Film producered by Peter Hart and Nils Nilsson.

    Access Terms

    Hart, Peter.
    Nilsson, Nils J., 1933-
    Artificial intelligence.
    Robotics.

    General note

    This DVD is a film to tape transfer of the original 16mm film housed in the Stanford University Archives (Film E116).