Adams, William D.
Summary: Robots are all around you. As robotics technology improves, robots are poised to take on even more important jobs, making your life easier, safer, and cooler! A robot has to have some sort of computing ability to do its job. But how smart are robots, really? What do they know and what can they do? Can they learn like us--and could they ever get too smart?
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.8 ADASummary: Looks inside the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a national competition in the design of rescue robots. Examines recent advances in the development of robots instilled with human skills. Offers speculation upon ways in which robots will become part of everyday life and the impact they will have on the job market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RISSummary: The study of artificial intelligence and robotics offer the enormous potential of continuing the wide-reaching debate about how men and machines live together, now and in the future. The notion that a machine can respond to its environment, make decisions, and learn, has been the stuff of science fiction for hundreds of years. This work examines the key principles and concepts behind the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salem Press, A division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. 2018
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Summary: "America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political. The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry and fearful that the future has left them behind.After narrowly stopping a bombing at Washington's Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: to field-test an advanced police robot. As a series of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SINWest, Darrell M.
Summary: "Robots, artificial intelligence, and driverless cars are no longer things of the distant future. They are with us today and will become increasingly common in coming years, along with virtual reality and digital personal assistants. As these tools advance deeper into everyday use, they raise the question--how will they transform society, the economy, and politics? If companies need fewer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brookings Institution Press 2018