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Real-Time Control of Walking
M.D. Donner
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Paperback. Series: Progress in Computer Science and Applied Logic. BIC Classification: YQS. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 390.
I wonder whether Karel Capek imagined in 1923 that by his use of the Czech word for forced labor, rohota, to name the android creations of Mr. Rossum he was naming an important technology of his future. Perhaps it wasn't Capek's work directly, but rather its influence on Lang's movie Metropolis in 1926 that introduced the term to the popular consciousness. In the public mind ever since a robot has been a me chanical humanoid, tireless and somewhat sinister. In the research community the field of robotics has recently reached large size and respectability, but without answering the question, "What ... Read more
I wonder whether Karel Capek imagined in 1923 that by his use of the Czech word for forced labor, rohota, to name the android creations of Mr. Rossum he was naming an important technology of his future. Perhaps it wasn't Capek's work directly, but rather its influence on Lang's movie Metropolis in 1926 that introduced the term to the popular consciousness. In the public mind ever since a robot has been a me chanical humanoid, tireless and somewhat sinister. In the research community the field of robotics has recently reached large size and respectability, but without answering the question, "What ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston
Language
English
Condition
New
Series
Progress in Computer Science and Applied Logic
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Secaucus, United States
ISBN
9780817633325
SKU
V9780817633325
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99-15
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