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Almost Human: Making Robots Think

Almost Human: Making Robots Think

Almost Human: Making Robots Think Paperback / softback - 2009

by Lee Gutkind

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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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Paperback / softback. New. "A crazy suspense story about these kids at Carnegie Mellon and their leader making robots . . . fascinating stuff." -Jon Stewart
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  • Title Almost Human: Making Robots Think
  • Author Lee Gutkind
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York and London
  • Publication date 2009-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780393336849
  • ISBN 9780393336849 / 0393336840
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.44 x 5.36 x 0.74 in (21.44 x 13.61 x 1.88 cm)
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006101046
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.892
  • Quantity available 10

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Reader reviews for Almost Human: Making Robots Think

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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 Zoe, 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."
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