Guide to the Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Films
Stanford University Libraries.
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University Libraries.
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
October 2010
Copyright © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Overview
Call Number: F0110
Creator:
Stanford University. Computer Science Dept.
Title: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, films
Dates: 1968-1977
Physical Description:
22 film reel(s) (16mm)
Language(s): The materials are inEnglish.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Biographical/Historical note
The Department of Computer Science was established in 1965.
Collection Contents
Box 1
110.1
G. Podnar, "Don't Blame the Computer"
1977
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.7
D. I. Okhotsimsky and A. K. Platonov, "A Soviet Ant Takes a Walk"
1972
D. I. Okhotsimsky and A. K. Platonov, "A Soviet Ant Takes a Walk", 1975
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Scope and Content Note
A dislpay simulation of a 6-legged ant-like walker getting over various obstacles. The research is aimed at a planetary rover
that would get around by walking.
By D.I. Okhotsimsky, et al, Insitute of Applied Mathematics -- USSR Academy of Science, titles translated by Stanford AI Lab
and edited by Suzanne Kandra.
Technical Details
B/W, silent, 10 minutes
Box 1
110.2
Copy
1972
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Okhotsimsky, D. I.
Box 1
110.3
"Automated Pump Assembly"
1973
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Physical Description: color, silent, 7 minutes
Scope and Content Note
Shows the hand-eye system assembling an automobile water pump, using vision to locate the pump body and to check for errors.
The parts are assembled and screws inserted, using some special tools designed for the arm. Some titles are included to help
explain the film.
Richard Paul, Karl Pingle, Bob Bolles, Vic Scheinman, Les Earnest, John McCarthy
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bolles, Robert.
Earnest, Les
McCarthy, John, 1927-2011.
Paul, Richard.
Pingle, Karl.
Scheinman, Victor.
Box 2
110.22A
Automated Pump Assembly (outtakes)
1973
Physical Description:
2 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 2
110.22B
Automated Pump Assembly
1973
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 2
110.22D
Automated Pump Assembly
1973
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.4
MIT Logo Project
ca. 1975
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.6
Ray Reddy, D. Espar, and A. Eisenson, "Hear, Here"
1969
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Physical Description: color with sound, 15 minutes
Scope and Content Note
This film describes the state of the speech recognition project as of Spring, 1969. A discussion of the problems of speech
recignition is followed by two realtime demonstrations of the system. The first shows the computer learning to recognize phrases
and the second shows how the hand-eye system may be controlled by voice commands. Commands as complicated as 'Pick up the
small block in the lower lefthand corner', are recognized and the tasks are carried out by the computer controlled arm.
Scope and Content Note
Describes the state of the speech recognition project as of Spring 1969. A discussion of the problems of speech recognition
is followed by two real time demonstrations of the current system. The first shows the computer learning to recognize phrases
and second shows how the hand-eye system may be controlled by voice commands. Commands as complicated as "pick up the small
block in the lower lefthand corner" are recognized and the tasks are carried out by the computer controlled arm.
Box 1
110.10
"Programmable Assembly, Three Short Examples"
1974
Use copy
Physical Description: color, sound, 8 minutes
Physical Description: 3 sound tracks
Scope and Content Note
The first segment demonstrates the arm's ability to dynamically adjust for position and orientation changes. The task is to
mount a bearing and seal on a crankshaft. Next, the arm is shown changing tools and recovering from a run-time error. Finally,
a cinematic first: two robot arms cooperating to assemble a hinge.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bolles, Robert.
Paul, Richard.
Pingle, Karl.
Scheinman, Victor.
Box 1
110.5
Duplicate copy
1974
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.11
Duplicate copy
1974
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.12
Duplicate copy
1974
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.9
Copy no. 5
1974
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.10A
Soundtrack 1
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.10B
Soundtrack 2
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.10C
Soundtrack 3
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.13
Unidentified
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.14
Orbital skyhooks: The Elegant Route to Space
1977
Orbital skyhooks: The Elegant Route to Space, 1977
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Scope and Content Note
Two parts of computer simulation depicting a dynamic orbital skyhook, a cable in a sub synchronous orbit that rotates to touch
the planet surface. The first part shows a touch down and take off of an end of the cable at a hypothetical space port in
Africa. The second segment shows an animated diagram of the cable skyhook as it rotates and orbits to "walk" the planet surface.
Shot directly off a video monitor - low image quality.
Box 2
110.15
Brian Harvey, "Display Terminals at Stanford"
1975
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Physical Description: B/W, sound, 13 minutes
Scope and Content Note
Although there are many effective programs to use display terminals for special graphics applications, very few general purpose
timesharing systems provide good support for using display terminals in normal text display applications. This film shows
a session using the display system at the Stanford AI Lab, explaining how the display support features in the Stanford monitor
enhance the user's control over his job and facilitate the writing of display-effective user programs.
Box 1
110.16
A. Eisenson and G. Feldman, "Butterfinger"
1968 Mar
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Physical Description: color, sound, 8 minutes
Scope and Content Note
Describes the state of the hand-eye system at the Artificial Intelligence Project in the fall of 1967. The PDP-6 computer
getting visual information from a television camera and controlling an electrical-mechanical arm solves simple tasks involving
stacking blocks. The techniques of recognizing the blocks and their positions as well as controlling the arm are briefly presented.
[2 copies]
Box 110.16U2
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
110.16
Outtakes
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 110.16U1
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
Box 2
110.17
Unidentified
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
110.18
"Motion and Vision"
1972
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Physical Description: color, sound, 26 minutes
Scope and Content Note
A technical presentation of three research projects completed in 1972: advanced arm control by Richard P. Paul [AIM-177],
visual feedback control by A. Gill [AIM-178], and representation and description of curved objects by G. Agin [AIM-173].
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kandra, Suzanne.
Box 110.19U
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
Box 2
110.19
Duplicate copy
Physical Description: narrative track only
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kandra, Suzanne.
Box 2
110.20
"Hands"
1972
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Scope and Content Note
Stanford gold arm, (SAIL Vic Scheinman) stacks four small colored cubes at three sites on a black table cloth.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bolles, Robert.
Box 1
110.21
Lunar Vehicle Remote Control: A Study by Stanford University Mechanical Engineering Design Division (3:54)
1966
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 1
110.8
Lunar Vehicle Remote Control: A Study by Stanford University Mechanical Engineering Design Division - outtakes (35:24)
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 110.8U
Use copy
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
Physical Description:
1 optical disc(s) (DVD)
Box 2
110.22C
Stanford Cart
Physical Description:
1 film reel(s) (16mm)
