

So don’t worry too much about leaving things out, even things that your paper may spend a bunch of time on. Remember that your objective with a video is not completeness-it’s more about communicating the essentials in an accessible way. And if you can get the majority of your viewers to stick around for 3 entire minutes, then congratulations, you’ve made a very compelling video! The goal here is not to make a video specifically for consumption through social media (although you can absolutely do that too), but a total of between 1-3 minutes is a good length to aim for. The short attention spans of Internet audiences should be kept in mind when developing a video concept. I often find it helpful to keep family in mind when thinking about an audience: pick a relative or two who may only have a vague idea of what you do for a living, and try to make a video that they could appreciate without having to turn to you for help. While most of the audience for your video will likely be other roboticists, you want to be careful to keep the video as accessible as possible, so that non-roboticists (or non-engineers) can watch it, understand it, and enjoy it. Please feel free to provide feedback on our approach! Just keep in mind that there are lots of ways of making a good robot video-the suggestions below will ideally offer a good foundation, but our hope is that the RAS community will share some of their perspectives and experiences as well.

Making a good robot video can be a little tricky, but with the assistance of RAS, I’ve put together some guidance that we hope will be helpful. Being able to present your research in a concise, accessible, and visually appealing way will help drive interest and engagement in your work, which can result in tangible value for you as a roboticist. I would argue that this is true not just in a commercial context, but in a research context as well. Videos have become the most effective way to communicate online. And as part of my job, I’ve shot and edited my fair share of robot videos, too. I’ve been writing about robots for a long, long time, which means that I’ve watched a truly astonishing number of robot videos-tens of thousands of them, at least. Hi there! My name is Evan Ackerman, and I write about robots for IEEE Spectrum. International Robotics Standards Coordination Effortīy Evan Ackerman, Senior Editor at IEEE Spectrum.


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