Robotics : a very short introduction /

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 or...

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Main Author: Winfield, A. F. T. (Alan F. T.), 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Very short introductions.
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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
Physical Description:xvii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (135-137) and index.
ISBN:0199695989
9780199695980