| #126286 in Books | The MIT Press | 2013-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.44 x5.38l,.66 | File type: PDF | 160 pages | ||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting and thought provoking|By John|Starting with a well-written, accessible review of the current state of robotics research and development, Nourbakhsh explores the potential effects on individuals and society of probable near-term developments in robotics. i particularly liked his technique of starting each chapter with a fictional scenario as a way to leapfrog the rea||| Robot Futures is a highly imaginative view of the ways robotics may change both our technology and our view of ourselves. Every chapter begins with a fictional but plausible future scenario involving human/robot interaction. Anyone concerned with the
With robots, we are inventing a new species that is part material and part digital. The ambition of modern robotics goes beyond copying humans, beyond the effort to make walking, talking androids that are indistinguishable from people. Future robots will have superhuman abilities in both the physical and digital realms. They will be embedded in our physical spaces, with the ability to go where we cannot, and will have minds of their own, thanks to artificial intellige...
You easily download any file type for your device.Robot Futures (MIT Press) | Illah Reza Nourbakhsh.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
