Description
Book SynopsisThis volume includes a timeline of important events, a glossary of terms, descriptions and statistics of robot labs and companies around the world, and a helpful bibliography of primary and secondary sources for further research.
Trade ReviewConcise and direct to the point, Nocks' technography on the robot offers a rich overview of the systems we understand as robotic. It summarizes the 30-some-year-long history of a plethora of ideas, experiments, and implementations that have found their places in our everyday lives. Choice What distinguishes this book from others is its attempt to cover the long history of robots, as well as to take the time to explain how many of the technologies actually work. -- Peter Asaro Isis
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Timeline
Part I: Ancestors
1. Between Ritual, Myth, and Machine: Robot Ancestors
2. Automata to Automation
Part II: The Early Years
3. Into the Factory: The First Robots
4. Smarter Machines: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Part III: Growth of the Field
5. Getting Around: Perception, Locomotion, and Power
6. Robots among Us: The Latest Developments
Conclusion
Glossary of Terms
Further Reading
Index
