Judith Hann demonstrates Nintendo's latest gaming gizmo: the Robot Operated Buddy, ROB. But how does it work? This clip is from Tomorrow's World BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 17 February 1987.

Too busy playing video games to have a social life? No worries. In 1985, Nintendo introduced R.O.B. — otherwise known as the Robotic Operating Buddy. It was made to play Nintendo with you. In Japan, ...