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Robot

The Life Story of a Technology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvLisa Nocks

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In almost all depictions of the future, one technology plays a prominent role - the robot. Science fiction movies and stories tell us that, in the not so distant future, robots - from Robbie the Robot to C3PO to the Terminator - will be everywhere, taking care of every human need. Those are projections of the future. But robots have a history as well, and The Robot: A Life Story of a Technology tells their story. During the Englightenment, automata were mechnical toys that could simulate human actions. Robots became essential parts of factories, performing tasks perfectly that would be either too dangerous or boring for humans. And recent advances in artificial intelligence have made robots that can behave with intelligence.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-02-28
Mått156 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGreenwood Technographies
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313331688
UtmärkelserWinner of CHOICE 2007 Outstanding Academic Title 2007

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Concise and direct to the point, Nocks' technography on the robot offers a rich overview of the systems we understand as robotic. It summarizes the 30-some year-long history of a plethora of ideas, experiments, and implementations that have found their places in our everyday lives. . . . Kudos to the author on the perfect marriage between coverage and length in this volume. In fewer than 200 pages, one finds great essays that do not leave too much out. Everything relevant to robotics today can be found here, albeit in an introductory form. But that is exactly what this book aims to achieve: to give us the grand picture of a grand technology, and motivate us to explore further. Highly recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduates through faculty.