The robot : the life story of a technology / Lisa Nocks.
Material type: TextPublication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.Edition: Johns Hopkins pbk. edDescription: xxx, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780801890710
- 0801890713
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"First published in 2007 by Greenwood Press"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Between ritual, myth, and machine : robot ancestors -- Automata to automation -- Into the factory : the first robots -- Smarter machines : artificial intelligence and robotics -- Getting around : perception, locomotion, and power -- Robots among us : the latest developments -- Conclusion.