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9/1993 Robotics Institute Video Collection Footage of a demonstration of the robot Xavier's ability to move through hallways and lift objects in Wean Hall; while navigating hallways Xavier's speech abilities are also demonstrated.

10/31/1986 Robotics Institute Video Collection The Navlab 1 van completes field testing on Flagstaff Hill in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

5/2001 Robotics Institute Video Collection "Pearl," the second iteration of the Nursebot project, is tested in the Longwood at Oakmont Retirement Community interacting with residents.

3/29/1985 Robotics Institute Video Collection Terregator completes field testing in the Experimental Mine from the U.S. Department of Mines in Bruceton, PA. The video includes footage of Terregator's camera relay, showing what the robot is seeing inside the mine.

1999 Robotics Institute Video Collection An informational retrospective video produced by Carnegie Mellon demonstrating the small-size league soccer robots at the 1998 Robocup World Cup in Paris. The 1998 robots are shown in action scoring goals on their way to the 1998 championship, with demonstrations of the algorithm that controls the team.

1/1/1990 Robotics Institute Video Collection Footage of test runs for the Navlab 1 van on dirt paths. Examples of the vehicle's vision capabilities, autonomous driving abilites, and the interior workstations are shown in the video.

4/29/1992 Robotics Institute Video Collection Footage of Navlab I practicing parallel parking skills in Schenley Park. The video also includes filmed lab simulations and a demonstration of parallel parking with regular vehicles.

2002 Robotics Institute Video Collection A recording of a match at the 2002 Robocup World Cup in Fukuoka, Japan, between the CMPack team from Carnegie Mellon and a team from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). As part of the Legged League in Robocup, it featured the AIBO robots produced by Sony. The beginning of the video also shows the very end of the previous match.

2/14/1986 Robotics Institute Video Collection Terregator completes field testing on CMU's campus in February 1986, traversing snow-covered pathways. Attached to the front of the robot is an early LiDAR sensor, which was later used on Navlab I. The video also shows a demonstration of Terregator's vision, displaying what the robot is reading from its surroundings.

12/12/1982 Robotics Institute Video Collection Ivan Sutherland explains the components of his Walking Robot, or Trojan Cockroach, on CMU's campus. Sutherland also demonstrates the machine's abilities in legged locomotion.