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Robots exist all around us. They populate our factories, assist our surgeons and have become an integral part of our armed forces. But they are not just working behind the scenes - impressive inventions such as free-roaming hoovers takecare of your household chores and the iPal is set to become your closest friend. David Hambling reveals the groundbreaking machines - once the realm of science fiction - that are by our sides today, and those that are set to change the future forever. From the Reem robocop that polices the streets of Dubai to the drones that deliver our parcels and even the uncanny Gemonoid Hi-4 built to look just like you, here are fifty unique robots that reach into every aspect of our daily lives. We:Robot examines why robots have become embedded in our culture, how they work and what they tell us about our society and its future.



About the Author

David Hambling

Non- Fiction: David Hambling is a freelance technology journalist based in South London.
He writes for New Scientist magazine, Aviation Week, Popular Mechanics, WIRED, The Economist, The Guardian newspaper and others.

Fiction:

Norwood is an area of South London with deep, dark roots. When I first moved here in 2001, I thought that that all London's history -- like all the tourist sites -- lay North of the river. I was wrong. Scratch the surface and you find this place is older and stranger than you think.

The houses on my street are modern; but they are built on Musto's Field, a corruption of 'Moot-Stow', a medieval village meeting place. The unremarkable woodland overlooking the garden is primeval forest, a remnant of the old Great North Wood which became Norwood. A wood notorious for dangerous outlaws, gypsies, hermits and other strange folk.

The nearby River Effra runs was diverted into an underground sewer a century ago. What hidden creatures flop and scuttle down there, what unhallowed Things are buried beneath those old oak trees, trees untouched since Druids carried out their disturbing rites?

From this soil sprang Shadows From Norwood...

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