Course Reading Materials

Items to review and read for the course. Think about robotics, then and now (and future?)

R.u.r. — by Dr. William L. Honig — last modified 2011-08-28 05:38 PM

(Rossum´s Universal Robots) A play in introductory scene and three acts by Karel Čapek

Python Tutorial — by Dr. William L. Honig — last modified 2011-10-25 08:13 PM

Need to catch up on Python? Object Oriented Python is introduced quickly in section 9.

Asimov's Laws of Robotics — by Dr. William L. Honig — last modified 2011-10-25 08:15 PM

A good introduction and analysis - can you apply them to NAO?

Masahiro Mori's Original Article — by Dr. William L. Honig — last modified 2011-12-01 01:41 PM

The originator of the term "uncanny valley: in translation...

The Uncanny Valley in Graphics — by Dr. William L. Honig — last modified 2011-12-01 01:03 PM

Look at graphics - more than is possible in robots right now...

Crossing the Uncanny Valley — by Dr. William L. Honig — last modified 2011-08-28 08:17 PM

Can robots be too human? The Economist, November 20, 2010.