John M. Jordan

Robots

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Robots are entering the mainstream. Technologies have advanced to the point of mass commercialization-Roomba, for example-and adoption by governments-most notably, their use of drones. Meanwhile, these devices are being received by a public whose main sources of information about robots are the fantasies of popular culture. We know a lot about C-3PO and Robocop but not much about Atlas, Motoman, Kiva, or Beam--real-life robots that are reinventing warfare, the industrial workplace, and collaboration. In this book, technology analyst John Jordan offers an accessible and engaging introduction to robots and robotics, covering state-of-the-art applications, economic implications, and cultural context. Jordan chronicles the prehistory of robots and the treatment of robots in science fiction, movies, and television-from the outsized influence of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (in which Asimov coined the term "robotics"). He offers a guided tour of robotics today, describing the components of robots, the complicating factors that make robotics so challenging, and such applications as driverless cars, unmanned warfare, and robots on the assembly line.

Produktdetails

• The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
• Verlag: MIT Press / The MIT Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780262529501
• ISBN-10: 0262529505
• Artikelnr.: 44825639

Autorenporträt

John M. Jordan is Clinical Professor of Supply Chain and Information Systems in Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. He is the author of Robots, also in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series.

Rezensionen

Robots is a small volume with 231 pages of text and a small 5x7 format, and yet it provides a great deal of insight and thought-provoking information for both the social scientist and the engineer. CHOICE connect