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Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind.There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and performance. A far greater number of smart machines impact our lives in countless other ways - improving the precision of surgeons, cleaning our homes, extending our reach to distant worlds - and we're on the cusp of even more exciting opportunities.In The Heart and the Chip, roboticist Daniela Rus and science writer Gregory Mone provide an overview of the interconnected fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, and reframe the way we think about intelligent machines while weighing the moral and ethical consequences of their role in society.
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Gregory Mone is the author of fourteen works of fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults, including Atlantis: The Accidental Invasion, Fish, and the Jack and the Geniuses series with Bill Nye. He is a contributing editor at Popular Science and an award-winning science writer. A graduate of Harvard College, he lives with his family on Martha's Vineyard.
