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The robot : the life story of a technology / Lisa Nocks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication 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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Contents:
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.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks TJ211.N63 2008 1 Available 33710001131866

"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.