The Robotic Tales

Author : Dario Floreano
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262371790
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from a Robotic World written by Dario Floreano and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from the future of intelligent machines—from rescue drones to robot spouses—and accounts of cutting-edge research that could make it all possible. Tech prognosticators promised us robots—autonomous humanoids that could carry out any number of tasks. Instead, we have robot vacuum cleaners. But, as Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo report, advances in robotics could bring those rosy predictions closer to reality. A new generation of robots, directly inspired by the intelligence and bodies of living organisms, will be able not only to process data but to interact physically with humans and the environment. In this book, Floreano, a roboticist, and Nosengo, a science writer, bring us tales from the future of intelligent machines—from rescue drones to robot spouses—along with accounts of the cutting-edge research that could make it all possible. These stories from the not-so-distant future show us robots that can be used for mitigating effects of climate change, providing healthcare, working with humans on the factory floor, and more. Floreano and Nosengo tell us how an application of swarm robotics could protect Venice from flooding, how drones could reduce traffic on the congested streets of mega-cities like Hong Kong, and how a “long-term relationship model” robot could supply sex, love, and companionship. After each fictional scenario, they explain the technologies that underlie it, describing advances in such areas as soft robotics, swarm robotics, aerial and mobile robotics, humanoid robots, wearable robots, and even biohybrid robots based on living cells. Robotics technology is no silver bullet for all the world’s problems—but it can help us tackle some of the most pressing challenges we face.

Author : David Ewing Duncan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524743615
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Talking to Robots written by David Ewing Duncan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan considers 24 visions of possible human-robot futures—Incredible scenarios from Teddy Bots to Warrior Bots, and Politician Bots to Sex Bots—Grounded in real technologies and possibilities and inspired by our imagination. What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a fantastic new future, or destroy us? What do some of our greatest thinkers, from physicist Brian Greene and futurist Kevin Kelly to inventor Dean Kamen, geneticist George Church, and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, anticipate about our human-robot future? For even as robots and A.I. intrigue us and make us anxious about the future, our fascination with robots has always been about more than the potential of the technology–it’s also about what robots tell us about being human.

Author : Henry Kuttner
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 1626814015
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robots Have No Tails written by Henry Kuttner and published by Diversion Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete collection of Galloway Gallegher stories from “one of the major names in science fiction” (The New York Times). In this comprehensive collection, Henry Kuttner is back with Galloway Gallegher, his most beloved character in the stories that helped make him famous. Gallegher is a binge-drinking scientist who’s a genius when drunk and totally clueless sober. Hounded by creditors and government officials, he wakes from each bender to discover a new invention designed to solve all his problems—if only he knew how it worked . . . Add a vain and uncooperative robot assistant, a heckling grandfather, and a host of uninvited guests—from rabbit-like aliens to time-traveling mafia lawyers to his own future corpse—and Gallegher has more on his hands than even he can handle. Time for another drink! “[A] pomegranate writer: popping with seeds—full of ideas.” —Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 421

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 0575130369
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adam Robots written by Adam Roberts and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathered together for the first time from a major publisher - a collection of short stories by Adam Roberts. Unique twisted visions from the edges and the centre of the SF genres. Stories that carry Adam Roberts' trademark elegance of style and restless enquiry of the genre he loves so much. Acclaimed stories, some that have appeared in magazines, some in anthologies, some appearing for the first time. Stories to make you think, to make you laugh, to make you wonder, to make you uneasy. Stories that ask questions, stories that sow mysteries. But always stories that entertain.

Author : Heather Brown
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740797255
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Robot Book written by Heather Brown and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A robot is made of many parts but what is on the inside?

Author : Natalie Igharo
Publisher : Young Writers
ISBN 13 : 9780956238801
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Robotic Tales written by Natalie Igharo and published by Young Writers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eliot Rahal
Publisher : Z2 Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781940878393
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robot's Tale written by Eliot Rahal and published by Z2 Comics. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever feel like you're living in a simulation? Like nothing is real and it doesn't matter? What if you found out you were right? Dog Villain, burdened by this ultimate knowledge, has built a machine. A machine with a single purpose: To destroy the simulation and free Dog Villain from where he feels trapped inside the never ending farce. But there's something Dog Villain doesn't know. At the end of the simulation there will be no freedom. Will Dog Villain be able to give up control long enough to find the truth and learn the things that really matter? Based on the mythology created by Dance Gavin Dance The Tale of The Robot is a mind bending story for both fans and new comers

Author : A. Merc Rustad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781590216415
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So You Want to Be a Robot written by A. Merc Rustad and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step one: forget the convention and disregard the binary. Gender? Sexuality? Old words unsuited for new consciousness. The twenty-one stories in this book challenge the imagination as only acclaimed author A. Merc Rustad can. Pages of robots and AIs constructing lives and exploring "humanity"; wasted worlds with monstrous cityhearts; assassins and the perils of enchanted labyrinths; and always the raw truths of love, loss, and devotion. Step two: read these science-fiction and fantasy tales as if they are the only stories you will discover on your bookshelf this day. Step three: dare to feel.

Author : STEWART. ROSS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781789502473
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TWISTED FAIRY TALES written by STEWART. ROSS and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Russell Punter
Publisher : Usborne Books
ISBN 13 : 9780746080535
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories of Robots written by Russell Punter and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains three stories about out-of-control robots.