What's a Robot?

The article presents the author's comments on the history of the robot as a functional machine. Topics include the four laws of robotics created by the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov; the relationship between software development and robots which manipulate physical objects and have a tangible...

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Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 7 - 8
Main Author:	Cerf, Vinton G.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Jan2013
Subjects:	Computer software development Robots Computer software industry Computer science Computer programming Robotics > Social aspects
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost