The best parts of the book are the crazy scenarios Nourbakhsh comes up with–like malfunctioning eye-controlled toy helicopters and robot-enabled infidelity. His preference for a future in which robots are employed to serve communities, not individuals or corporations, is innovative–if less fun than the nightmare robots that populate his chapters.–
Slate–
In robotics, there is a fine line between science fiction and science fact. Illah Reza Nourbakhsh turns out to be a master of straddling that line. In this accessible, smart book, he suggests how plausible robot futures could change our lives.
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George Annas,
New Scientist–
Concise and illuminating with few detours into engineering-speak, this book will interest a broad technology-minded audience, from future scientists to data analysts to entrepreneurs.
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Publishers Weekly–
