W.I.S.O.R. the Robo-Welder

"Because the documentary is shot on high-end video, one expects the transfer to DVD to be clean and precise, and indeed it is. As for the extras, the very dry interview with M.I.T. professor Walter Minsky, ""father of artificial intelligence,"" really doesn't have much to do with the subject of W.I.S.O.R. -- a repair robot really doesn't make its own decisions -- and the piece seems to go on forever. The photos of the completed machine seem to be added just for the record -- there are only two pictures on one page. Better is the teasing trailer for director Michel Negroponte's award-winning documentary Jupiter's Wife as well as several other trailers for distribution company Docurama's fine selection of films. Get this one for the main attraction -- the making of the W.I.S.O.R. robot -- and not the tacked-on bonuses."