Robotics - Partridge, Kenneth, 1980- (New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 2010)
Of men and machines : robotics--past, present, and future. Robots may storm world--but first, soccer / Mikiko Miyakawa ; Better than people ; The robotic economy / Arnold Brown ; Robot population explosion / Alan S. Brown ; Science reaches for the dream machine / Conrad Walter -- Faster, stronger, cheaper : robotic automation in the workplace. Robots on the rise / Jack Smith ; New era of robots / Lindsay Chappell ; Robotics orders are rising / Michael LeGault ; Robotics' growth skyrockets / Jean Thilmany ; Machine-tending robots increase flexibility, morale ; Meet the new robots / John Teresko -- "The robot will see you now" : robotics in health care. Dress for action with bionic suit / John Boyd ; Robo-school / Jean DerGurahian ; Now you see me-- / Claire O'Connell ; Swallow the surgeon ; Robots : the next generation / Joseph Mantone ; Paging Dr. C-3PO / Dave Carpenter -- Robots in space. Space robot 2.0 / Molly Bentley ; Robonauts / Carolyn Y. Johnson ; NASA and Caltech test steep-terrain rover / NASA Jet Propulsion Lab ; Robot armada might scale new world / NASA Jet Propulsion Lab ; NASA to begin attempts to free sand-trapped Mars rover / NASA Jet Propulsion Lab ; Robot firm aims for contract to build lunar launch pad / David Templeton -- Lifesavers or killing machines? The pros and cons of robots in the military. Bug-sized spies / James Hannah ; Attack of the killer robots / Eric Stoner ; Mobilizing machines / Andrew Waldman ; Forget everything bad I said about robots / Scott Feschuk ; Killer robots / Gordon S. Clark ; Robots on battlefield -- Thinking, feeling robots : the dream (or nightmare) of artificial intelligence. AI comes of age / Gary Anthes ; New generation humanoid robots raise ethical dilemmas : scientist ; Robot babies / Abigail Tucker ; Robots may soon have tails, whiskers / Chinadaily.com ; Dreaming of electric sheep / Steven Johnson ; Forecasts for artificial intelligence / Bohumir Stedron.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-169) and index.
Keywords: Robotics; Robots