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Title:
Robotics : a very short introduction / Alan Winfield.
Author:
Winfield, A. F. T. (Alan F. T.), 1956- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Call Number:
TJ211 .W56 2012
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9780199695980
Series:
Very short introductions ; 330

Very short introductions ; 330.
Physical Description:
xviii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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Contents:
Where are the intelligent robots? -- Working robots: what robots do now -- Biological robotics -- Becoming human: humanoid and android robots -- Trends in robotics research: new approaches -- Robotic futures.
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