Robo Sapiens: Evolution of a New Species
by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio (MIT Press)
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Description: From MIT Press
Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio present the next generation of intelligent robots and their makers. Accompanying brilliant photographs of more than one hundred robots is an account of the little-known, yet vitally important scientific competition to build an autonomous robot...
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Containing extensive interviews with robotics pioneers, anecdotal "field notes" with behind-the-scenes information, and easy-to-understand technical data about the machines, Robo sapiens is a field guide to our mechanical future.
"This is one of the most mind-stretching &150; and frightening &150; books I've ever read. It's also a tour de force of photography: the images reveal a whole new order of creation about to come into existence. No one who has any interest in the future can afford to miss it."
-- Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Specifications/Key Features:
- Reprint Edition: October 2001
- 240 pp
- Paperback
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