Nature-inspired mobile robotics: proceedings of the 16th International Conference …
by Waldron, Kenneth J., Tokhi, Mohammad O., Virk, Gurvinder S., International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Sydney, Australia, CLAWAR, Sydney, Australia, Climbing and Walking Robots Conference, Sydney, Australia
"Making Simple Robots is based on one idea: Anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, English majors, school teachers, and grandparents. If you can knit, sew, or fold a flat piece of paper into a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. If you can use a hot glue gun, you …
Robot law
Robot law
How should the law think about robots? / Neil M. Richards and William D. Smart -- Allocating the risk of physical injury from "sophisticated robots" : efficiency, fairness, and innovation / Patrick Hubbard -- The application of traditional tort theory to embodied machine intelli…
Just Ordinary Robots: Automation from Love to War
"A social robot is an autonomous robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role. This book provides a socially involved but at the same time sober insight into the questions of ro…
Medieval robots: mechanism, magic, nature, and art
A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts, liturgies, and literacy texts. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, and silent metal guardians; some served to ent…
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds wit…
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds wit…
"While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor on Innovation, he traveled to forty-one countries. He visited some of the toughest places in the world--from refugee camps of Congo to Syrian war zones. From phone-charger stands in eastern Congo to R&D labs in Sou…
