Jean Paul Laumond: 1 book
Robotics: Hephaestus does it again
Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 19 January 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
It was when I was preparing this lecture that I discovered that roboticists had a god: Hephaestus. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was a talented craftsman. Enamoured with Athena, he attempted to woo her, in vain. The goddess of knowledge withstood the advances of the god of doing. Robotics stems from...
