Author's note : Why a book on robots and war? -- pt. 1. The change we are creating. -- Introduction : Scenes from a robot war -- Smart bombs, Norma Jeane, and defecating ducks : a short history of ...

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with ...

Isaac Asimov was the first to talk about robotics when he set out his famous laws. Before analysing the history of robotics, ...