Description: In a clear-sighted look into the technological future, the director of MITUs Artificial Intelligence Laboratory graphically depicts the history of robotic progress while he vividly speculates on a not-too-distant world in which robotic helpers will be able to think, feel, repair themselves, and even reproduce.
Review Quotes: "A book that will spark intense reactions and generate mind-twisting questions." --The Boston Globe
"A stimulating book written by one of the major players in the field--perhaps the major player.... Offers surprisingly deep glimpses into what it is to be human." --The New York Times Book Review "Brooks...lucidly explores his life with robots.... Flesh and Machines ranges far and wide, but remains unified by the author's passion." --Wired "Readers don't have to share Brooks' vision of the future to love reading his book, the imaginative work of a skilled yet genial provocateur." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Brooks [is] the irrepressible Pied Piper of robotics." --Los Angeles Times "A considered and thought-provoking work.... This is the best kind of popular science book: The ideas are clear and accessible but not dumbed down." --American Scientist "A man-as-machine thesis that is presented accessibly and humanely." --Booklist