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===Public awareness=== Warwick has directed a number of projects intended to interest schoolchildren in the technology with which he is involved. In 2000, he received the [[Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council|EPSRC]] Millennium Award for his Schools Robot League. In 2007, 16 school teams were involved in a project to design a humanoid robot to dance and then complete an assault course, with the final competition staged at the [[Science Museum, London]]. The project, entitled 'Androids Advance' was funded by EPSRC and was presented as a news item by Chinese television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://video.dvod.com.cn/news/950835.shtml |title=英国类人机器人大赛 寓教于乐两相宜 |trans-title=British humanoid robot competition is fun and educational |date=6 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323162027/https://video.dvod.com.cn/news/950835.shtml |archive-date=23 March 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Warwick contributes significantly to the [[public awareness of science|public understanding of science]] by giving regular public lectures, participating with radio programmes, and through popular writing. He has appeared in numerous television documentary programmes on [[artificial intelligence|AI]], robotics and the role of science fiction in science, such as ''[[How William Shatner Changed the World]]'', ''[[Future Fantastic]]'' and ''[[Explorations (TV)|Explorations]]''.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|id=0990120|name=Kevin Warwick}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990120/ Kevin Warwick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813061028/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990120/ |date=13 August 2020 }}. IMDb</ref> He also appeared in the [[Ray Kurzweil]]-inspired movie ''[[Transcendent Man]]'' along with [[William Shatner]], [[Colin Powell]], and [[Stevie Wonder]]. He has guested on several television talk shows, including ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'', ''[[Først & sist]]'', ''[[Sunday Brunch]]'' and ''[[Richard & Judy]]''.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> He has appeared on the cover of a number of magazines, for example the February 2000 edition of ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/coverbrowser/2000 |magazine=Wired |title=Cover Browser |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316092027/http://www.wired.com/wired/coverbrowser/2000 |archive-date=16 March 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> In 2005, Warwick was the subject of an [[early day motion]] tabled by members of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]], in which he was congratulated for his work in attracting students to science and for teaching "in a way that makes the subject interesting and relevant so that more students will want to develop a career in science."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/27353/reading-university-cybernetics |title=Reading University Cybernetics EDM #964 |date=21 March 2005 |website=edm.parliament.uk |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013215611/https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/27353/reading-university-cybernetics |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, Warwick was interviewed about his work in cybernetics for two documentary features on the DVD release of the 1985 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk:80/rtwebsite/AttackOfTheCybermenDVD.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302093813/http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk:80/rtwebsite/AttackOfTheCybermenDVD.htm |archive-date=2009-03-02 | title=Doctor Who Restoration Team website - Attack of the Cybermen}}</ref> He was also an interview subject for the televised lecture ''[[The Science of Doctor Who]]'' in 2013. In 2013, Warwick appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's ''[[The Museum of Curiosity]]'' with [[Robert Llewellyn]] and [[Cleo Rocos]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03f92qc | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Museum of Curiosity, Series 6, Llewellyn, Rocos, Warwick | access-date=29 January 2017 | archive-date=2 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102192234/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03f92qc | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, he appeared on BBC Radio 4's [[Midweek (BBC Radio 4)|''Midweek'']] with [[Libby Purves]], [[Roger Bannister]] and [[Rachael Stirling]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040hzys | title=BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, Sir Roger Bannister, Prof Kevin Warwick, Rachael Stirling, Diana Darke | access-date=29 January 2017 | archive-date=27 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127042904/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040hzys | url-status=live }}</ref>
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