A triple bill of sci-fi cops. The first film, ' Robocop', is set in the near future & Detroit's soaring crime rate is unsuccessfully policed by a corporation which plans to build a new city, if its workers can go about unmolested. When its new 'enforcement droid' proves unworkable, a murdered cop (Peter Weller) is wired into a computer-controlled titanium body & set to the task at h&. Unimpressed, ' Robocop' seeks vengeance on all sides in this violent but often funny tale. In the second film, ' Robocop 2', a new model, Robocop 2 (Tom Noonan), is built while Robocop 1 still patrols the streets of Detroit. Robocop 2 is given a maniac's 'soul', thereby setting the stage for a showdown between the two computer constables. Finally, in ' Robocop 3' Robocop is befriended by a young girl whose parents have been killed, & after his partner is killed by the head of a private security firm, he joins a group of rebels to fight back against the evil businessmen. There is a notable fight sequence between a plastic-like robot Ninja & the sluggish metal Robocop, which, together with the rebels hiding out in the derelict General Motors Factory, constitutes a thinly veiled critique of the Japanese car industry from the heart of Detroit
- the original motor city.
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A triple bill of sci-fi cops. The first film, ' Robocop', is set in the near future & Detroit's soaring crime rate is unsuccessfully policed by a corporation which plans to build a new city, if its workers can go about unmolested. When its new 'enforcement droid' proves unworkable, a murdered cop (Peter Weller) is wired into a computer-controlled titanium body & set to the task at h&. Unimpressed, ' Robocop' seeks vengeance on all sides in this violent but often funny tale. In the second film, ' Robocop 2', a new model, Robocop 2 (Tom Noonan), is built while Robocop 1 still patrols the streets of Detroit. Robocop 2 is given a maniac's 'soul', thereby setting the stage for a showdown between the two computer constables. Finally, in ' Robocop 3' Robocop is befriended by a young girl whose parents have been killed, & after his partner is killed by the head of a private security firm, he joins a group of rebels to fight back against the evil businessmen. There is a notable fight sequence between a plastic-like robot Ninja & the sluggish metal Robocop, which, together with the rebels hiding out in the derelict General Motors Factory, constitutes a thinly veiled critique of the Japanese car industry from the heart of Detroit
- the original motor city.
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Constitutes the proceedings of the 11th Robo Cup International Symposium, held in Atlanta, GA, USA, in July 2007, immediately after the 2007 Robo Cup Soccer, Robo Cup Rescue & Robo Cup Junior competitions. This volume is suitable for R&D professionals & educationalists active or interested in robotics & artificial intelligence. ...

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Includes:: the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th Robo Cup International

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James's mum designs computers that can launch space missions, but she's not so good at ordinary, boring mum stuff like giving him dinner money & signing school permissions slips. But are all James's problems solved when his mum invents the Robomum? ...