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Robot Memetics

A Space Exploration Perspective

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  • © 2020

Overview

  • Provides insight into the utility and conceptual implementation of memes for practical robotics applications
  • Discusses memes and memetics in the context of robots
  • Illustrates robotic memes and memetics concepts within the dynamics of the Mars settlement scenario

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BRIEFSELECTRIC)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

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About this book

This book provides a novel perspective on the concept of memetics as applied to the development and evolution of intelligent robots and robotic communities/cultures. It provides a framework for the emergence of a hybrid community of people and intelligent robots collaborating to realize mutual benefits and scientific objectives. It aims to show that as the hybrid community emerges, so does its culture. Once this foundational work is done, the book illustrates the robot memetic ideas in the context of a space exploration scenario based on the development and operation of a human/robot settlement on Mars.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Goddard Space Flight Center, Hyattsville, USA

    Walt Truszkowski

  • Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, USA

    Christopher Rouff

  • Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Washington, USA

    Mohammad Akhavannik

  • United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, USA

    Edward Tunstel

About the authors

Walt Truszkowski is a NASA Emeritus at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Christopher Rouff is Senior Staff at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University.

Mohammad Akhavannik is an Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Edward W. Tunstel is a Senior Roboticist at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University.

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