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Cover of: Robots by Ben Russell, Owen Holland, Phil Husbands, Phil Loring, Helena Moosberg-Bustness, Andrew Nahum, Andrina Richards Lever, Elly Rachel Truitt, Judy Wajcman
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Robots

the 500-year quest to make machines human

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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 rationalized our technological ambitions, our sense of wonder at ourselves, and our position in a rapidly changing world. 'Robots: the 500-Year Quest to Make Machines Human' explores the surprisingly long history of our obsession with creating machines in human form, from 16th-century mechanized monks to the 'tin man' robots of the 1950s and cutting-edge robots from today's research labs. --Exhibition: The Science Museum, London, United Kingdom (08.02-03.09.2017).

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Robots in art, Inventions in art, Robots, History, Robotics

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Table of Contents

Being human: minds reflected in machines -- Phil Loring and Helena Moosberg-Bustnes
In whose image? ancient and medieval automata -- E R Truitt
Focus: the clockwork monk --
Automata, androids and life -- Andrew Naham
Focus: the automaton lathe --
Robots of cybernetics: Grey Walter's robot tortoises and the Ration Club -- Owen Holland and Phil Husbands
Focus: toy robots --
Humanoid robots and the promise of an easier life -- Judy Wajcman
Becoming human: a visual history or robots.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
745.4, 704.9/49629892
Library of Congress
NK1160-1590, TJ211 .R63 2017, TJ211.15

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Pagination
175 pages
Number of pages
175

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OL27236652M
Internet Archive
robots500yearque0000unse
ISBN 10
1785510681, 1785510673
ISBN 13
9781785510687, 9781785510670
OCLC/WorldCat
960495555

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