# Robot Readable World

> A short film pulled together from computer vision research footage: a glimpse of the world as cameras and algorithms register it.

- Page: https://www.elasticspace.com/2012/02/robot-readable-world/
- Author: Timo Arnall (https://www.elasticspace.com/)
- Section: Projects (https://www.elasticspace.com/project/)
- Published: 2012-02-07
- Updated: 2026-07-05
- Tags: BERG, Machine Vision, Research, Visual Storytelling
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This is a short film, an experiment in machine-vision footage. It uses found-footage from computer vision research to explore how machines are making sense of the world.

Video: [Robot Readable World](https://vimeo.com/36239715)

*Robot Readable World. Timo Arnall 2011. 5’09”.*

As [robots begin to inhabit the world alongside us](http://berglondon.com/blog/2012/01/06/gardens-and-zoos/), how do they see and gather meaning from our streets, cities, media and from us? Machines have a tiny, fractional view of our environment, that sometimes echoes our own human vision and often doesn’t.

[Read more about the film](http://berglondon.com/blog/2012/02/06/robot-readable-world-the-film/) and have a look at [Matt Jones’](http://berglondon.com/blog/2011/08/03/the-robot-readable-world/) talk of the same title.