Title Statements
- Full title :Robots.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2018.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):ABC-CLIO, LLC
- Place of Publication:Santa Barbara
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018.
Notes
National Robotics Initiative (2011/2016).
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (357 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781440858628, 1440858624
- oclc:on1049913871
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 History and Background; The Precursors: Automata; How Do Automata Work?; The Transfer of Knowledge: Islam to Europe; Why Automata?; Toward the Golden Age of Automata; Automata in the Modern World; From Automata to Robots; The Birth of the Modern Robot; Evolution of the Robot; Industrial Robots; Humanoid Robots; Humanoid Robots in Literature and the Arts; Types of Robots; Conclusion; References; 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions; A Robotic Threat to the Human Species?; Naysayers and Doubting Thomases; Robots and a Jobless Future.
Disruptive TechnologiesIncome in a Jobless Future; Social Benefits in a Jobless Future; Education and Leisure in a Jobless Future; Moral Robots; Robots at Work Today; Agriculture; Business and Finance; Education; Comfort Robots; Health Care; Military Applications; Space Research; Learning about Robots; Conclusion; References; 3 Perspectives; Where Are All the Robots? by Richard Hooper; Engaging Students through Robotics by David E. Johnson; Robotics: A Potential Human Adjunct Needed for the Improvement of Global Health Care and Research Development by Samuel C. Okpechi.
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