“Do Robots Dream of Cookies?” a video starring the Robotics Institute’s HERB, the Home Exploring Robot Butler, won top honors at the Robot Film Festival July 20-21 in San Francisco.

The video features HERB’s newly acquired ability to separate Oreo cookies and was created as an online component of this year’s “Cookie vs. Creme” advertising campaign for the popular brand. Sidd Srinivasa, associate professor of robotics and head of the Personal Robotics Laboratory, and Pras Velagapudi, project scientist, had supporting roles.

The festival jury selected the video as the winner of the “Botsker” award for “Most Innovative Technology.” The theme of this year’s festival, “Form vs. Function,” made that a significant award, said Heather Knight, a Ph.D. student in robotics and the festival’s executive director.