Robotics : a very short introduction

By:

Winfield, Alan

Material type: Text

9780199695980

Subject(s):

Robotics

DDC classification:

629.892 23 WIN-R

LOC classification:

TJ211 .W438 2012

Online resources:

Contents:

What is a robot? -- What robots do now -- Biological robotics -- Humanoid and android robots -- Robot swarms, evolution, and symbiosis -- Robotic futures.

Summary: 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--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Engineering and Allied Operation	629.892 WIN-R (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008080

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Includes bibliographical references (135-137) and index.

What is a robot? -- What robots do now -- Biological robotics -- Humanoid and android robots -- Robot swarms, evolution, and symbiosis -- Robotic futures.

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--

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