Robots : the 500-year quest to make machines human
2017
Book
Total copies: 1
Humanoid robots are some of the most wondrous machines ever built. By imagining and reconstructing ourselves in artificial bodies, we are able to discover what amazing machines we are. But while mirroring our humanity, robots also offer insights into how we have rationalised our technological ambitions, our sense of wonder at ourselves and our position in a rapidly changing world. This book explores the surprisingly long history of our obsession with creating machines in human form, from 16th-century mechanised monks to the 'tin man' robots of the 1950s and cutting-edge robots from today's research labs.
Main title:
Robots : the 500-year quest to make machines human / edited by Ben Russell ; with contributions from Owen Holland [and eight others].
Author:
Russell, Ben, 1977-, editorScience Museum (Great Britain), host institution
Imprint:
London : Scala, 2017.
Collation:
175 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Science Museum, London.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785510687 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.892629.892RUS
Language:
English
BRN:
2489717