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A gripping look at the rise of the microchip and the British tech company caught in the middle of the global battle for dominance

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How, beginning in the mid 1960s, the US semiconductor industry helped shape changes in American science, including a new orientation to the short-term and the commercial.

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A broadly accessible introduction to robotics that spans the most basic concepts and the most novel applications; for students, teachers, and hobbyists.

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The next generation of robots will be truly social. How can we make sure that they play well in the sandbox

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The co-founder of Baidu explains how AI will transform human livelihood, from our economy and financial systems down to our daily lives.

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Introduces the distributed control of robotic networks. This book presents a set of tools for understanding coordination algorithms, determining their correctness, and assessing their complexity. It analyzes various cooperative strategies for tasks such as consensus, rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, deployment, and boundary estimation.

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Presents step-by-step instructions on building more than thirty science devices, including a magnetic heat machine, a high-voltage ion motor, a radio, and a rotary steam engine.

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A comprehensive overview of an interdisciplinary approach to robotics that takes direct inspiration from the developmental and learning phenomena observed in children's cognitive development.