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The History of Robots and Robotics

Author : Margaux Baum
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1499438931
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book The History of Robots and Robotics written by Margaux Baum and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the subject of speculative fiction, robots are now reality in many spheres of life, including business, law enforcement, the military, the sciences, entertainment, and even in our homes. They will play bigger roles in the near and distant future. This book traces the development of robots from antiquity through the modern era and into the myriad possibilities of their future practical uses, including the exciting potential intersection of robots and artificial intelligence. A lively historical narrative and stimulating imagery of robots throughout the ages make this book a valuable resource for robot fans and casual readers alike.

The American Robot

Author : Dustin A. Abnet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 022669271X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The American Robot written by Dustin A. Abnet and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Dustin Abnet shows, the robot-whether automaton, Mechanical Turk, cyborg, or iPhone, whether humanized machine or mechanized human being-has long been a fraught embodiment of human fears. Abnet investigates, moreover, how the discourse of the robot has reinforced social and economic inequalities as well as fantasies of social control. "Robots" as a trope are not necessarily mechanical but are rather embodiments of quasi humanity, exhibiting a mix of human and nonhuman characteristics. Such figures are troubling to dominant discourses, which cannot easily assimilate them or identify salient boundaries. The robot lurks beneath the fears that fracture society"--

Medieval Robots

Author : E. R. Truitt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812246977
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Robots written by E. R. Truitt and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.

Novel Design and Applications of Robotics Technologies

Author : Zhang, Dan
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522552774
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Novel Design and Applications of Robotics Technologies written by Zhang, Dan and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through expanded intelligence, the use of robotics has fundamentally transformed a variety of fields, including manufacturing, aerospace, medical, social services, and agriculture. Providing successful techniques in robotic design allows for increased autonomous mobility, which leads to a greater productivity level. Novel Design and Applications of Robotics Technologies provides innovative insights into the state-of-the-art technologies in the design and development of robotic technologies and their real-world applications. The content within this publication represents the work of interactive learning, microrobot swarms, and service robots. It is a vital reference source for computer engineers, robotic developers, IT professionals, academicians, and researchers seeking coverage on topics centered on the application of robotics to perform tasks in various disciplines.

The History of Robots

Author : Chris Oxlade
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1484640365
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book The History of Robots written by Chris Oxlade and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know that the first industrial robot started work in 1959? Now robots are in factories, in homes, laboratories, and the sky. Robots explore other planets as well as ocean depths. They also carry out jobs that are dangerous for humans. From the first robots of the 1950s to the drones and androids of the present day, this book charts the amazing history of robots.

R. U. R.

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book R. U. R. written by Karel Capek and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gods and Robots

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691202265
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Gods and Robots written by Adrienne Mayor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.

Robots Through History

Author : Jeri Freedman
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1448823838
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Robots Through History written by Jeri Freedman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the history of robotics, from the earliest machines of ancient Greece to modern humanoid robots used by NASA.

Perspectives on Digital Humanism

Author : Hannes Werthner
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030861449
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Digital Humanism written by Hannes Werthner and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. This initiative emerged from the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism and the associated lecture series. Digital Humanism deals with the complex relationships between people and machines in digital times. It acknowledges the potential of information technology. At the same time, it points to societal threats such as privacy violations and ethical concerns around artificial intelligence, automation and loss of jobs, ongoing monopolization on the Web, and sovereignty. Digital Humanism aims to address these topics with a sense of urgency but with a constructive mindset. The book argues for a Digital Humanism that analyses and, most importantly, influences the complex interplay of technology and humankind toward a better society and life while fully respecting universal human rights. It is a call to shaping technologies in accordance with human values and needs.

Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application

Author : Ceccarelli, Marco
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466602929
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application written by Ceccarelli, Marco and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers the latest research within the field of service robotics, using a mixture of case studies, research, and future direction in this burgeoning field of technology"--

Robots

Author : Ben Russell
Publisher : Scala
ISBN 13 : 9781785510687
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Robots written by Ben Russell and published by Scala. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the surprisingly long history of our obsession with creating machines in human form, from 16th-century mechanized monks to the 'tin man' robots of the 1950s and cutting-edge robots from today's research labs

Darwin's Devices

Author : John Long
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465029280
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Devices written by John Long and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when we let robots play the game of life? The challenge of studying evolution is that the history of life is buried in the past—we can’t witness the dramatic events that shaped the adaptations we see today. But biorobotics expert John Long has found an ingenious way to overcome this problem: he creates robots that look and behave like extinct animals, subjects them to evolutionary pressures, lets them compete for mates and resources, and mutates their ‘genes’. In short, he lets robots play the game of life. In Darwin’s Devices, Long tells the story of these evolving biorobots—how they came to be, and what they can teach us about the biology of living and extinct species. Evolving biorobots can replicate creatures that disappeared from the earth long ago, showing us in real time what happens in the face of unexpected environmental challenges. Biomechanically correct models of backbones functioning as part of an autonomous robot, for example, can help us understand why the first vertebrates evolved them. But the most impressive feature of these robots, as Long shows, is their ability to illustrate the power of evolution to solve difficult technological challenges autonomously—without human input regarding what a workable solution might be. Even a simple robot can create complex behavior, often learning or evolving greater intelligence than humans could possibly program. This remarkable idea could forever alter the face of engineering, design, and even warfare. An amazing tour through the workings of a fertile mind, Darwin’s Devices will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about evolution, robot intelligence, and life itself.

Work in the Age of Robots

Author : Mark P. Mills
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1641770287
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Work in the Age of Robots written by Mark P. Mills and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are robots finally replacing humans? Does the emerging age of artificial intelligence and automation mean we will soon see “peak jobs” and the need for a Universal Basic Income to support a widening swath of hapless citizens unsuited for employment in a primarily “knowledge” workforce? Improving productivity—reducing labor hours per unit of product or service—has been the hallmark of economic progress for centuries. But advances due to robots and AI, some say, will be fundamentally different because digital machines are ready to revolutionize the nature of work in nearly every sector, not just one or two. But the lessons of history and the realities of technologies suggest that, despite yet more disruption, the overall result will be net job gains and faster economic growth.

Nature's Robots

Author : Charles Tanford
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578517
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Nature's Robots written by Charles Tanford and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003-11-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proteins are amazingly versatile molecules. They make the chemical reactions happen that form the basis for life, they transmit signals in the body, they identify and kill foreign invaders, they form the engines that make us move, and they record visual images. All of this is now common knowledge, but it was not so a hundred years ago. Nature's Robots is an authoritative history of protein science, from the origins of protein research in the nineteenth century, when the chemical constitution of 'protein' was first studied and heatedly debated and when there was as yet no glimmer of the functional potential of substances in the 'protein' category, to the determination of the first structures of individual proteins at atomic resolution - when positions of individual atoms were first specified exactly and bonding between neighbouring atoms precisely defined. Tanford and Reynolds, who themselves made major contributions to the golden age of protein science, have written a remarkably vivid account of this history. It is a fascinating story, involving heroes from the past, working mostly alone or in small groups, usually with little support from formal research groups. It is also a story that embraces a number of historically important scientific controversies. Written in clear and accessible prose, Nature's Robots will appeal to general readers with an interest in popular science, in addition to professional scientists and historians of science.

Work

Author : James Suzman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525561773
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Work written by James Suzman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a tour de force." --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman Work defines who we are. It determines our status, and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hard-wired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like? To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are. Drawing insights from anthropology, archaeology, evolutionary biology, zoology, physics, and economics, he shows that while we have evolved to find joy, meaning and purpose in work, for most of human history our ancestors worked far less and thought very differently about work than we do now. He demonstrates how our contemporary culture of work has its roots in the agricultural revolution ten thousand years ago. Our sense of what it is to be human was transformed by the transition from foraging to food production, and, later, our migration to cities. Since then, our relationships with one another and with our environments, and even our sense of the passage of time, have not been the same. Arguing that we are in the midst of a similarly transformative point in history, Suzman shows how automation might revolutionize our relationship with work and in doing so usher in a more sustainable and equitable future for our world and ourselves.

Robots and Art

Author : Damith Herath
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811003211
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Robots and Art written by Damith Herath and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first compendium on robotic art of its kind, this book explores the integration of robots into human society and our attitudes, fears and hopes in a world shared with autonomous machines. It raises questions about the benefits, risks and ethics of the transformative changes to society that are the consequence of robots taking on new roles alongside humans. It takes the reader on a journey into the world of the strange, the beautiful, the uncanny and the daring – and into the minds and works of some of the world’s most prolific creators of robotic art. Offering an in-depth look at robotic art from the viewpoints of artists, engineers and scientists, it presents outstanding works of contemporary robotic art and brings together for the first time some of the most influential artists in this area in the last three decades. Starting from a historical review, this transdisciplinary work explores the nexus between robotic research and the arts and examines the diversity of robotic art, the encounter with robotic otherness, machine embodiment and human–robot interaction. Stories of difficulties, pitfalls and successes are recalled, characterising the multifaceted collaborations across the diverse disciplines required to create robotic art. Although the book is primarily targeted towards researchers, artists and students in robotics, computer science and the arts, its accessible style appeals to anyone intrigued by robots and the arts.

Famous Robots and Cyborgs

Author : Dan Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628739274
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Famous Robots and Cyborgs written by Dan Roberts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famous Robots and Cyborgs is a high-octane voyage through the history of our metallic friends and foes. Dan Roberts narrates the history, strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and foibles of a plethora of fictional robots, cyborgs, and mechanical races—taking in the pronouncements of sci-fi visionaries and eminent robotics scientists along the way. Roberts guides us through the evolution of the deadly Cylons of Battlestar Gallactica in its various forms to movie classics like the mysterious Gort of The Day the Earth Stood Still, the iconic C-3PO, and of course the Terminator. We encounter crazed cybernetic killers, megalomaniac computers, living spaceships, beautiful androids, human brains in metal bodies, and ultracompetitive robot gladiators. Along the way, find answers to such questions as: Are robots capable of love? Which were the least convincing and most laughable movie robots of all time? Can robots harm humans to save themselves? And can you really destroy a deadly cyborg assassin with the force of an exploding oil tanker? Famous Robots and Cyborgs is a joyful, eclectic, informative, celebratory journey through the hi-tech world of the mechanical man (and woman). Packed full of trivia, robo-facts, controversy, history, and information on robot toys, games, films, TV, and books, it will delight the dedicated robot aficionado and the interested newcomer alike.