by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio · MIT Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780262133821
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«Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species» is the robotics photography essay by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, hardcover, 240 pages (MIT Press, English).
The volume showcases over a hundred prototypes, from mechanical spiders to vehicles, and interviews with their creators explain how they move, speak, think, and act in ways similar to living beings. The work explores the race to build autonomous robots and their possible coexistence with or fusion into humans.
First edition, published in September 2000. Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) in the Science category in 2001.
For enthusiasts of robotics, artificial intelligence, and documentary photography, and for readers interested in the future of technology.
