Robots
John M. Jordan
אוק׳ 2016 · Ascent Audio · בקריינות של Walter Dixon
4.0star
4 ביקורותreport
headphones
ספר אודיו
5 שע' 11 דק'
לא מקוצר
family_home
כשיר
info
reportהביקורות והדירוגים לא מאומתים מידע נוסף
רוצה דוגמה למשך 34 דק'? אפשר להאזין בכל זמן, אפילו אופליין.
הוספה
מידע על ספר האודיו הזה
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 about C-3PO and Robocop but not much about Atlas, Motoman, Kiva, or Beam--real-life robots that are reinventing warfare, the industrial workplace, and collaboration. In this book, technology analyst John Jordan offers an accessible and engaging introduction to robots and robotics, covering state-of-the-art applications, economic implications, and cultural context.
Jordan chronicles the prehistory of robots and the treatment of robots in science fiction, movies, and television -- from the outsized influence of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (in which Asimov coined the term "robotics"). He offers a guided tour of robotics today, describing the components of robots, the complicating factors that make robotics so challenging, and such applications as driverless cars, unmanned warfare, and robots on the assembly line.
Roboticists draw on such technical fields as power management, materials science, and artificial intelligence. Jordan points out, however, that robotics design decisions also embody such nontechnical elements as value judgments, professional aspirations, and ethical assumptions, and raise questions that involve law, belief, economics, education, public safety, and human identity. Robots will be neither our slaves nor our overlords; instead, they are rapidly becoming our close companions, working in partnership with us -- whether in a factory, on a highway, or as a prosthetic device. Given these profound changes to human work and life, Jordan argues that robotics is too important to be left solely to roboticists.
Jordan chronicles the prehistory of robots and the treatment of robots in science fiction, movies, and television -- from the outsized influence of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (in which Asimov coined the term "robotics"). He offers a guided tour of robotics today, describing the components of robots, the complicating factors that make robotics so challenging, and such applications as driverless cars, unmanned warfare, and robots on the assembly line.
Roboticists draw on such technical fields as power management, materials science, and artificial intelligence. Jordan points out, however, that robotics design decisions also embody such nontechnical elements as value judgments, professional aspirations, and ethical assumptions, and raise questions that involve law, belief, economics, education, public safety, and human identity. Robots will be neither our slaves nor our overlords; instead, they are rapidly becoming our close companions, working in partnership with us -- whether in a factory, on a highway, or as a prosthetic device. Given these profound changes to human work and life, Jordan argues that robotics is too important to be left solely to roboticists.
דירוגים וביקורות
4.0
4 ביקורות
על המחבר
Walter Dixon is a winner of Audible's "#1 Editor's Choice and Customer Favorites" award. The narrator of more than 200 audiobooks, he has performed on stage in stand-up comedy, theater, and opera productions. He has also voiced animated features, vintage radio dramas, and audio tours for the Guggenheim and other museums.
רוצה לדרג את ספר האודיו הזה?
נשמח לשמוע מה דעתך.
פרטי האזנות
סמארטפונים וטאבלטים
כל מה שצריך לעשות הוא להתקין את האפליקציה של Google Play Books ל-Android או ל-iPad/iPhone. היא מסתנכרנת באופן אוטומטי עם החשבון שלך ומאפשרת לך לקרוא מכל מקום, גם ללא חיבור לאינטרנט.
מחשבים ניידים ושולחניים
ניתן לקרוא ספרים שנרכשו ב-Google Play באמצעות דפדפן האינטרנט שבמחשב שלך.
