Bibliograph

Robotics, a very short introduction, Alan Winfield

Type

Label

Robotics, a very short introduction, Alan Winfield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (135-137) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Robotics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

781680680

Responsibility statement

Alan Winfield

Series statement

Very short introductions, 330

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Yet, despite these successes, robots have failed to live up to the predictions of the 1950s and 60s. In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Winfield considers how robotics can be both a success story and a disappointment, and how robots can be both ordinary and quite remarkable

Table Of Contents

What is a robot? -- What robots do now -- Biological robotics -- Humanoid and android robots -- Robot swarms, evolution, and symbiosis -- Robotic futures

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