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To the researchers who are finding in robots
a mirror in which to learn more about humanity.

MODERN ROBOTICS: Building Versatile Machines
Copyright © 2006 by Harry Henderson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Henderson, Harry, 1951–
Modern robotics: building versatile machines / Harry Henderson.
p. cm. — (Milestones in discovery and invention)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8160-5745-1
1. Robotics. I. Title. II. Series.
TJ211.H36 2006
629.8'92—dc22 2005031805

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