The Robot: The Life Story of a Technology - Softcover

Nocks, Lisa

 
9780801890710: The Robot: The Life Story of a Technology
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801890713 ISBN 13: 9780801890710
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Robots fascinate us, and they have become increasingly important in post–World War II industry and space exploration. Where did the idea for such devices come from? What varied uses do they serve in our world, and where do they seem to be headed? Lisa Nocks traces the history of the robot, from the earliest concepts in ancient myth to mechanical toys of the Enlightenment, from the Jacquard punch card loom in the Industrial Revolution to Japanese car-making devices, and from rovers on Mars and the latest developments in artificial intelligence to the service robotics of the twenty-first century. This 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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lisa Nocks is a University Lecturer at New Jersey Institute of Technology in the Federated Department of History, NJIT/Rutgers. She writes on the recent history of technology and the social impact of techno-science.

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Verlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0801890713
ISBN 13 
9780801890710
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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