Robots
$52.44
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2016
Summary
An accessible and engaging account of robots, covering the current state of the field, the fantasies of popular culture, and implications for life and work.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 a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262529501 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262529505 |
| Author: | John M. Jordan |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm x 14mm |
| Series: | MIT Press Essential Knowledge series |
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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.
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John M. Jordan
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.
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