By Rolf Pfeifer,Josh Bongard,Don Berry

ISBN-10: 3640812212

ISBN-13: 9783640812219

Anthology from the yr 2011 within the topic Sociology - wisdom and data, , language: English, summary: it is a publication approximately embodiment -- the concept that intelligence calls for a physique -- and the way having a physique shapes the way in which we predict. the concept the physique is needed for intelligence has been round on the grounds that approximately 3 many years in the past, yet lots has replaced on the grounds that then. learn labs and top know-how businesses worldwide have produced a bunch of occasionally technology fiction-like creations: unbelievably practical humanoids, robotic musicians, wearable know-how, robots managed by means of organic brains, robots that could stroll with out a mind, real-life cyborgs, robots in houses for the aged, robots that actually placed themselves jointly, and synthetic cells grown instantly. This new breed of know-how is the direct results of the embodied method of intelligence. alongside the best way, a number of the firstly obscure rules were elaborated and the arguments sharpened, and are commencing to shape right into a coherent constitution. This well known technology publication, geared toward a large viewers, offers a transparent and recent assessment of the development being made. on the middle of the publication are a collection of summary layout ideas that may be utilized in designing clever structures of any style: in brief, a idea of intelligence. yet technology and expertise aren't any longer remoted fields: they heavily have interaction with the company, political, and social points of our society -- so this booklet not just presents a singular viewpoint on man made intelligence, but in addition goals to alter how we view ourselves and the area round us.

Credits:
Front disguise layout by way of Hakam El Essawy

Featuring the humanoid robotic ‘EDS’
Photo: Patrick Knab
Robot development: The robotic Studio (TRS)
ECCE robotic undertaking: EU's seventh Framework Programme, ICT Challenge2,
'Cognitive platforms and Robotics'
Motors: maxon motor, Switzerland
Know-How associate: Starmind.com

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