Reinventing Man - The Robot Becomes A Reality

by Igor and Piers Burnett Aleksander

Numerous figures. Library sticker on tail of spine, creasing and slightly wear to corners of cover, small piece of half-title page is torn off, library label on front inside cover, library stamp on title and catalogue pages and page block, light yellowing to page edges, otherwise text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout.

304 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Chris Maguire · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is now an interesting history lesson in robots, computers, programming, AI and neural networks. I find that it helps me to understand what the state of the art was back in the early days so that I can better understand what the state of the art is now. What were people trying to do in the past? What was working? Where did they think things would end up? What predictions did they have for the far-off and amazing year 2000?

I'm quite happy to have read a somewhat gentle introduction into the now basic problems of automating machinery and processes. I enjoyed reading about what was possible with limited computing power, manufacturing capability and technology. I did not struggle too much to understand all the content as I'm progressively imbibing newer material.

[Pablo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting