Robots That Kill: Deadly Machines and Their Precursors in Myth, Folklore, Literature, Popular Culture and Reality

by Judith A. Markowitz

Book Overview

This book describes real-world killer robots using a blend of perspectives. Overviews of technologies, such as autonomy and artificial intelligence, demonstrate how science enables these robots to be effective killers. Incisive analyses of social controversies swirling around the design and use of killer robots reveal that science, alone, will not govern their future. Among those disputes is whether fully-autonomous, robotic weapons should be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476668132
• ISBN13: 9781476668130
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher