Tech prognosticators promised us robotsāautonomous 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 machinesāfrom rescue drones to robot spousesāalong 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 problemsābut it can help us tackle some of the most pressing challenges we face.
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Tales from a Robotic World
How Intelligent Machines Will Shape Our Future
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Tales from a Robotic World
How Intelligent Machines Will Shape Our Future
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1āRobots in the Lagoon
- 2āThe Really Big One
- 3āOur First Martian Homes
- 4āDrones and the City
- 5āLove and Sex with Robots
- 6āA Day in the Factory of the Future
- 7āThe First Nobel for Robotics
- 8āMicrosurgeonsā Fantastic Voyage
- 9āLife as It Could Be
- 10āHow to Compete with Robots
- 11āInventing an Industry
- Epilogue: What Could Go Wrong, OR The Ethics of Robotics
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
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