From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Jan 13 2001 - 17:58:46 MST
Robotics Books, Kits, Magazines, Movies, and Toy Robots
http://www.robotbooks.com/
The hobby of robotics covers a wide range of interests and activities. Few
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mechanisms, computer hardware, software, and artificial intelligence. If
you are interested in any one of these, we invite you to take a look
around our site
_Robot_: Since Hans Moravec's _Mind Children_ was published in 1988,
machines have defeated the world chess champion, driven vans across
thousands of miles of public roads, found theorem proofs sought by
mathematicians for a half century, composed music that sophisticated
listeners found pleasant and interesting, and earned livings making
scientific, medical and financial decisions. These accomplishments had
eluded researchers in the previous three decades. A major factor in the
recent successes is the availability of about 100 times more computer
power than before. The available power is now doubling every year, and a
rapid evolution of machine intelligence is underway. The new book
documents, extrapolates and evaluates the prospects. Concluding chapters
speculate on the distant future of evolving intelligence.
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