Robotics: Hephaestus does it again

• Hoofdauteur: Jean-Paul Laumond (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Collège de France 2012
• Onderwerpen: computer science; science; technological innovation; robotics; technology; artificial intelligence; algorithm
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

It was when I was preparing this lecture that I discovered that roboticists had a god: Hephaestus. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was a talented craftsman. Enamoured with Athena, he attempted to woo her, in vain. The goddess of knowledge withstood the advances of the god of doing. Robotics stems fro...