Robots - Lieven Scheire

Machines in human form The humanoid: a robot with arms and legs that has the shape of a human. For hundreds of years, he has populated our stories and films. But it won't be long before you encounter such a robot in real life: at work, somewhere on the street, or maybe even at home. The past three years, humanoids have undergone a huge evolution. Suddenly they have a well-functioning balance system, they can make acrobatic jumps, they navigate through unknown terrain, and they easily recognize objects, people, and situations. Why is it going so fast now? Thanks to AI and digital neural networks. The first humanoids are now on the assembly line in factories, they are occasionally seen at events, and the long-awaited household robot is also currently being fully tested. In Robots tells Lieven Scheire about the human-shaped robot, its history, its rapid evolution of the past few years, and its promising future. You can doom-think about it, you can hope-think about it, but everything starts with a thorough acquaintance with these wonderful machines.