How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion
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An inspired and hilarious look at how humans can defeat the inevitable robot rebellion—as revealed by a robotics expert.
How do you spot a robot mimicking a human? How do you recognize and then deactivate a rebel servant robot? How do you escape a murderous “smart” house, or evade a swarm of marauding robotic flies? In this dryly hilarious survival guide, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the keys to quashing a robot mutiny.
From treating laser wounds to fooling face and speech recognition, besting robot logic to engaging in hand-to-pincer combat, How to Survive a Robot Uprising covers every possible doomsday scenario facing the newest endangered species: humans. And with its thorough overview of current robot prototypes—including giant walkers, insect, gecko, and snake robots—How to Survive a Robot Uprising is also a witty yet legitimate introduction to contemporary robotics. Full of cool illustrations, and referencing some of the most famous robots in pop-culture, How to Survive a Robot Uprising is a one-of-a-kind book that is sure to be a hit with all ages.
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- Could have been better, but worth itWhile it isn't written in the most exciting of tones, it does provide information for those who have a interest in robots but know nothing about them. For those who aren't so uninformed, this is a pass, but for everyone else, either borrow it or buy it and sell it when you're done.
- RobotsI have this brother who loves stuff like this.He like the book. He always reads things that will never happen, but enjoys the what ifs.
- Amazingly funny bookI picked up this book on a whim and found it to be a really great read.It has a lot of very realistic facts mixed with some fairly funny jokes.Worth checking out.
- Yep, I'm a Dead ManWhen I was in second grade, I was asked to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up.I wrote "Robot Maker."That was before I discovered that robot making wasn't about design so much as it was about programming.And programming meant math.I'm an English major.
Decades later, I finally got the chance to purchase my very own robot: a Roomba.I fell in love with my little Roomba, Red, until it died on me and started backing up in circles.After months of tinkering with it, where ... Read More
- One more comparison to Zombie Survival ManualThe The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Deadtaught us how to survive if the undead started coming after us, trying to eat our brains and force us to join their ranks. But zombies do not exist, nor could they. They are pretend. Robots are not. Wilson looks at the research currently being conducted on robotics and extrapolates the future of robotics from this. He examines each kind of robot, their strengths and weaknesses, and lets us know how best to defeat the robots when (or ... Read More
