(Ebook) Famous Robots & Cyborgs by Daniel Roberts ISBN 9781844680795, 1844680797

(Ebook) Famous Robots & Cyborgs by Daniel Roberts ISBN 9781844680795, 1844680797

Dan Roberts narrates this history in which he highlights the strengths, weaknesses, quirks and foibles of a plethora of fictional robots, cyborgs and other forms of mechanical races – taking in the pronouncements of sci-fi visionaries and eminent robotics scientists along the way.This narrative history guides us through generations of scientific Marvels from all kinds of sources, including the evolution of some of BBCTV's most feared creations like the deadly Daleks who started out as unarmed 'travel machines', through to the eerily prescient Cybermen from a time where mechanical replacement of body parts gone bad seemed to be both possible and fearful. Big screen cinema classics like the mysteriously godlike 'Gort' from ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’ and the still popular 'Forbidden Planets' creation of 'Robby' who inspired a multitude of later robotic helpers like 'The Robot' in Lost In Space are all covered in detail. Other areas of interest covered include crazed cybernetic killers, megalomaniacal computers, living spaceships, beautiful androids, human brains in metal bodies, Japanese Animated robots and ultra-competitive robotic gladiators. Your guide on this interesting journey also asks other relevant questions such as - Are robots capable of love? Can robots harm humans in order to save themselves? Can you really destroy a deadly cyborg assassin with the force of an exploding petrol tanker? And which were the least convincing and most scientifically laughable robot designs of all time!Famous Robots and Cyborgs is a joyful, eclectic, informative, celebratory journey through all the different hi-tech forms of the mechanical man and woman. Packed full of trivia, robo-facts, controversy, history, information on robot toys and games, films, TV and books, it will delight the dedicated robot aficionado and the interested newcomer alike and is a high-octane voyage through the history of all of our beloved metallic friends.