Cover subtitle: From everyday to out of this world.

Provides a brief history of robotics, describes tasks for which robots are useful, and suggests future development.

Rapid advances in sensors, computers, and algorithms continue to fuel dramatic improvements in intelligent robots. In addition, robot vehicles are starting to a

Most products we use every day were made using manufacturing robots. Readers will be surprised to hear how common and important robots are in the manufacturing

Robot learning is a broad and interdisciplinary area. This holds with regard to the basic interests and the scienti c background of the researchers involved, as