Robotics : a very short introduction / Alan Winfield.

By:

Winfield, A. F. T. (Alan F. T.), 1956-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 330.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: xviii, 143 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780199695980 (pbk.)
0199695989 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Robotics

DDC classification:

629.892 23

LOC classification:

R AC 5 V573

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-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Referencia	Referencia (1er. Piso)	R AC 5 V573 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000109793

Includes bibliographical references (135-137) and index.

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-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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

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