Challenges in transdisciplinary technology foresight: Cognition and robotics

Foresight

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 22-35

  Rasmussen, Birgitte ^a   Andersen, Per Dannemand ^a   Kristensen, Allan Skrup ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Robotics; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349008613     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680710837280     Document Type: Article

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