The Coming Robot Revolution
... robots may also require artistic practices to create robots. Cognitive and aesthetic design principles will be employed increasingly as we have more face to face encounters with robots, and as robots further proliferate in the ...
Robots and Empire
Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth.
Robot Teams
... robot requires the split of a large robot into two smaller robots. Thus, a single robot can function both as a large robot and, later, as a small robot, by activating only one of the robots created after the split. For example, in a ...
Making Simple Robots
Making Simple Robots is based on one idea: Anybody can build a robot!
Rising Stars in Human-Robot Interaction
... robots to be highly adaptable to varying structures and degrees of freedom in slave robots, further increasing productivity and reducing costs in a wider range of domains. Chain-type robots, such as PolyPod (Yim, 1994), CONRO (Castano ...
The Robots of Dawn
In this thrilling entry in the renowned Robot series, interplanetary detective Elijah Baley embarks on a mind-stretching journey after the universe’s most advanced robot is found murdered.
GCSE Computer Studies for You
... robots to make their goods . Even the wiring of some computers is done by robots ! Soon we will be able to see robots building robots ( Figure 5.3 ) ! Figure 5.3 One day robots will build other robots ! Moving robots Free standing robots ...
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
... ROBOTS ) By KAREL CAPEK English version by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair Staged by PHILIP MOELLER Settings and Costumes by LEE SIMONSON CHARACTERS ( in order of appearance ) Harry Domin : General Manager of Rossum's Universal Robots ...
Robots for Kids
This unique book brings together the experience of ten leading designers, researchers, and educators, each of whom has contributed a chapter describing his or her work developing or using a children's robotic learning device.
Autonomous Robots
In this book, George Bekey offers an introduction to the science and practice of autonomous robots that can be used both in the classroom and as a reference for industry professionals.
Robo Sapiens Japanicus
A necessary read for anyone interested in past, present, and future of robotics."—Stefan Helmreich, author of Silicon Second Nature: Culturing Artificial Life in a Digital World "This book is a highly original, superbly researched, and ...
THE VILLAGER
The robots do not bring in the millennium . The robots bring in chaos and sterility . The robots " co - operate " ; the robots " organize " ; the robots have the mass talent , for they lack individuality ; one robot looks like another robot ...
20,000 Robots Under the Sea
Now, years later, these satellites have begun sending their first videos back to Earth...and the stars of the show are two goofy robots. In this story, Joe and Rob are taking a beach vacation with one tiny twist.
Fighting Robots
Building battling robots has become an exciting and educational activity for science-minded people—including young scientists! This book provides readers with a deep understanding of the technology behind fun fighting robots.
Mobile Robots
... robots . With it a developer can quickly get a sense of the robot's state and its current behavior or misbehavior . In the case of the BALI environment , a development environment for small mobile robots based on the Java language ...
Robots
Millions of autonomous robots with some level of intelligence are now in domestic use, mainly as vacuum cleaners. Driverless cars - which are nothing less than autonomous robots - are starting to appear on our streets.
Moral Machines
Moral Machines is the first book to examine the challenge of building artificial moral agents, probing deeply into the nature of human decision making and ethics.
Robots and Automated Manufacture
... robots shows that there are some areas in the robot workspace which are unfavourable from the control point of view . In the proximity of these areas , a robot's motion may be fast and unpredictable , regardless of how slowly the ...
Robotic Persons
This book will consider three key areas of robotic development and the existential risks on the horizon for humans in the fields of work, war, and sex.
Robots
This fascinating book in the Fact Atlas series explores the history of robots, from the very first robot designed by Leonardo da Vinci to predictions of the roles robots will play in our future.