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Scientific American: Cutting-Edge Science - 21st Century Robotics
| Retail Price: | $43.95 |
| Betabooks Price | $35.16 |
ISBN: 9781404209855
Format: Hardback
Published: April 2007
Published By: Rosen Publishing Group
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Published: April 2007
Published By: Rosen Publishing Group
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Product Description
Pittsburgh, December 10, 2003: A cold rain blows sideways through the night into the face of Chris Urmson as he frets over Sandstorm, the robotic vehicle idling next to him on an overgrown lot between two empty steel mills. Urmson checks a tarp protecting the metal cage full of computers and custom electronics that serves as the sensate head of the chimeric robot, which has the body of an old Marine Corps Humvee. Uns ungloved hands shivering and his body aching from three sleep-deprived days and nights of work in the field, Urmson stares glumly at the machine and weighs his options. None of them are good.