How do you place a automatic robot mimicking a human being? How will you acknowledge and deactivate a rebel servant robot? How will you get away a murderous “intelligent” home or evade a swarm of marauding robotic flies? Within this dryly amusing survival information, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the secrets to quashing a automatic robot mutiny. From treating laser wounds to fooling encounter and speech acknowledgement, outwitting robot reasoning to participating in hand-to-pincer fight, How to Survive a Automatic robot Uprising addresses every possible doomsday situation facing the newest endangered species: humans.

Based on extensive interviews with prominent scientists and including an overview of cutting-edge robot prototypes like humanoid walkers, insect, gecko, and snake robots, this one-of-a-kind book makes a witty yet legitimate introduction to contemporary robotics.