Almost Human Making Robots Think

Name: Almost Human Making Robots Think
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ISBN: 9780393058673

ISBN-10: 0393058670

ISBN-13: 9780393058673

Edition: 2007

Authors: Lee Gutkind

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A remarkable, intense portrait of the robotic subculture and the challenging quest for robot autonomy. The high bay at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University is alive and hyper night and day with the likes of Hyperion, which traversed the Antarctic, and Zoe, the world's first robot scientist, now back home. Robot Segways learn to play soccer, while other robots go on treasure hunts or are destined for hospitals and museums. Dozens of cavorting mechanical creatures, along with tangles of wire, tools, and computer innards are scattered haphazardly. All of these zipping and zooming gizmos are controlled by disheveled young men sitting on the floor, folding chairs, or tool cases,…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/17/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.60" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction: The Rookie Revolution



The Atacama



Wild Ride to Base Camp



Big Red



Groundhog



Bummed and Elated



A Lack of Vision



Autonomy



RoboCup



The Color of Thinking



Asimo and Friends



Frustration



The Challenge



Fresh Blood



The Ops



The Grasshopper and the Ant



Fallback Positions



The Desert Makes Us Wacky



Peeing on a Rock



Downtime



Two Versions of Reality



Making history



Nathalie



Pirate's Cove



Hardware vs. Software



In the Field



The Barest Beginning


Acknowledgments


Notes