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• Winner of LJ Best Reference of 2021 2022
• Winner of LJ Best Reference of 2021 2022 (United States)

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Author:   Richard A. Hall
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781440873843

ISBN 10:   1440873844
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   12 July 2021
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  College/higher education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Chronology of Milestone Events Introduction Thematic Essays Robots and Slavery Heroic Robots and Their Impact on Sci-Fi Narratives Villainous Robots and Their Impact on Sci-Fi Narratives Cyborgs: Robotic Humans or Organic Robots? AI and the Apocalypse: Science Fiction Meeting Science Fact A–Z Entries Adam Al/Ziggy Alita Androids Arnim Zola AWESOM-O 4000 Batcomputer B.A.T.s (Battle Android Troopers) Battle Droids Baymax BB-8 Bender Bernard Bishop Borg Brainiac Buffybot C-3PO Cambot/Gypsy/Tom Servo/Crow Cerebro/Cerebra Control Cybermen Cyborg Cylons Daleks Darth Vader D-O Doctor Octopus Doctor/EMH (Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I) Dolores Doombots Dr. Theopolis and Twiki Echo/CT-1409 ED-209 EV-9D9 Fembots General Grievous The Great Intelligence HAL 9000 HERBIE Human Torch IG-88/IG-11 Inspector Gadget Iron Giant Iron Legion Iron Man Jaime Sommers Janet JARVIS/Friday Jocasta Johnny 5/S.A.I.N.T. Number 5 K-2SO K9 KITT L3-37/Millennium Falcon Landru Lieutenant Commander Data LMDs (Life Model Decoys) Lore/B4 Marvin the Paranoid Android Maschinenmensch/Maria The Matrix/Agent Smith Max Headroom Mechagodzilla Medical Droids Metalhead Metallo Muffit Nardole OASIS Oz R2-D2 Rehoboam Replicants Robby the Robot RoboCop Robot Robots Rosie Sentinels Skynet Soji and Dahj Asha Speed Buggy Starfleet Computer Stepford Wives Steve Austin TARDIS Terminators Teselecta Tin Woodsman Transformers Ultron V-GER VICI Vision Voltron WALL-E Warlock WOPR Zordon/Alpha-5 Glossary Bibliography About the Author and Contributors Index

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Fun, thought-provoking examination of contemporary society's use of robots and the continual evolution of AI and robotics. * Library Journal *

Fun, thought-provoking examination of contemporary society's use of robots and the continual evolution of AI and robotics. - Library Journal

Author Information

Richard A. Hall, PhD, is author of The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History; Pop Goes the Decade: The Seventies; The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television; and Pop Goes the Decade: The 2000s. He lives in Laredo, TX.

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