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Almost Human: Making Robots Think
Contributor(s): Gutkind, Lee (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393336840     ISBN-13: 9780393336849
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $22.75  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2009
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Annotation: Award-winning author Gutkind immersed himself in the robotic subculture and makes intelligible their discoveries and stumbling points in this lively behind-the-scenes work. Includes 15 illustrations.
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Robotics
- Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics
Dewey: 629.892
LCCN: 2006101046
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.36" W x 8.44" L (0.52 lbs) 300 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
In the High Bay at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon, Segways scoot across the floor chasing soccer balls while other robots hunt for treasure. Nursebots, developed to care for hospital patients, mingle with a robotic Lara Croft lookalike. Lee Gutkind immersed himself in this frenzied subculture and, in Almost Human, introduces us to Zoë, Groundhog, Grace, and Sandstorm--robots designed to help, or in some cases replace, humans--as well as to the colorful cast of researchers attempting to create language to talk not only to machines but also to one another across their disciplines.

Contributor Bio(s): Gutkind, Lee: - Lee Gutkind is the founder and editor of the literary journal Creative Nonfiction and a pioneer in the field of narrative nonfiction. Gutkind is also the editor of In Fact and Becoming a Doctor, the author of Almost Human, and has written books about baseball, health care, travel, and technology. A Distinguished Writer in Residence at Arizona State University, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Tempe, Arizona.
 
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