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Contents

Introduction xvii

Acknowledgments xix

1 In the beginning 1
Why build robots? 2
Purpose of robots 2
Exploration 3
Industrial robots—going to work 7
Design and prototyping 7
Hazardous duty 8
Maintenance 8
Fire-fighting robots 9
Medical robots 9
Nanotechnology 10
War robots 11
Robot wars 11
Civilian uses for robotic drones 12
Domestic 12
What we haven’t thought of yet—the killer application 12
More uses 13

2 Artificial life and artificial intelligence 15
Artificial intelligence 15
Evolution of consciousness in artificial intelligence 16
Is consciousness life? 17
Artificial life 17
Nanorobotics—are we alive yet? 18

Team LRN

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