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Introduction
Historical timeline
Endowed with motion : robots in myth and legend (1800 BCE-17th century)
Automating work : mechanization and human capability (1590-1900)
Fear your creation : the robot revolution (1600s-1920s)
Automated ethics : robotics, ethics, and morality (1920s-1950s)
The computer revolution : a history of early computers (1940s-1950s)
Approaching intelligence : first steps toward modern artificial intelligence (1940s-1960s)
Factory work : development of industrial manufacturing machines (1913-1980s)
The illusion of language : language replicating machines and programs (1950s-1970s)
The perfect body : robot design in pop culture and reality (1950s-2010s)
Seasons of AI : development and stagnation in AI research (1950s-present)
Hands free : the search for autonomous transportation (1930s-present)
Robotic justice : the use of robots in security and policing (1970s-2010s)
Where no one can go : robots in dangerous places and dangerous jobs (1980s-present)
Mechanical medicine : robotics in medicine and health (1980s-present)
Playing robot : robots as a toy and hobby (1993-present)
War games : the use of robotics and AI in the military (1994-present)
Space oddities : robotics in space (1966-present)
The ultimate strategy machine : robots and the great human strategy games (1996-present)
Homebots : robots in the home (1998-present)
Replicating humanity : robotic approximations of human form and function (2000-present)
The AI assistant : virtual and digital assistants (2011-present)
Robotic citizenship : public attitudes toward robots and robotics (2014-present)
Biorobotics : the use of robotics to repair and enhance the human body (2017-present)
Robotic living : smart homes and robotic household aides (2017-present)
The future of work : how robotics could impact the future of the working world (2019)
Quantum computing : the potential future of computing technology (2019)
The singularity : the transcendence of technology (2020)
Conclusion : robotics and AI : oppressors or a new Utopia?
Appendixes.
Historical timeline
Endowed with motion : robots in myth and legend (1800 BCE-17th century)
Automating work : mechanization and human capability (1590-1900)
Fear your creation : the robot revolution (1600s-1920s)
Automated ethics : robotics, ethics, and morality (1920s-1950s)
The computer revolution : a history of early computers (1940s-1950s)
Approaching intelligence : first steps toward modern artificial intelligence (1940s-1960s)
Factory work : development of industrial manufacturing machines (1913-1980s)
The illusion of language : language replicating machines and programs (1950s-1970s)
The perfect body : robot design in pop culture and reality (1950s-2010s)
Seasons of AI : development and stagnation in AI research (1950s-present)
Hands free : the search for autonomous transportation (1930s-present)
Robotic justice : the use of robots in security and policing (1970s-2010s)
Where no one can go : robots in dangerous places and dangerous jobs (1980s-present)
Mechanical medicine : robotics in medicine and health (1980s-present)
Playing robot : robots as a toy and hobby (1993-present)
War games : the use of robotics and AI in the military (1994-present)
Space oddities : robotics in space (1966-present)
The ultimate strategy machine : robots and the great human strategy games (1996-present)
Homebots : robots in the home (1998-present)
Replicating humanity : robotic approximations of human form and function (2000-present)
The AI assistant : virtual and digital assistants (2011-present)
Robotic citizenship : public attitudes toward robots and robotics (2014-present)
Biorobotics : the use of robotics to repair and enhance the human body (2017-present)
Robotic living : smart homes and robotic household aides (2017-present)
The future of work : how robotics could impact the future of the working world (2019)
Quantum computing : the potential future of computing technology (2019)
The singularity : the transcendence of technology (2020)
Conclusion : robotics and AI : oppressors or a new Utopia?
Appendixes.