The Final Battle

By Nagraj Rao

An eminent scientist is challenged by a humanoid robot in a verbal combat which lays bare irrationality, inconsistency and senselessness in our lives which we have learned to accept.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nagraj Rao
• Release date: Mar 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310194207

Nagraj Rao

After completing Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Jodhpur , obtained M.E. in Power Systems Engineering from the Electrical Engineering Department of IISc in 1970.Worked for 31 years at BHEL Bhopal and Bangalore in the Industrial Systems Group dealing with Drives, Controls, Automation Systems, Project Engineering for Industrial Projects. In 1995 moved to Electronics Division of BHEL Bangalore to Head Semiconductor and Photovoltaics Dept. After this long stint in BHEL, became advisor for a Dept. of Science & Technology -TIFAC project on Hydrogen Energy involving Production and Application of Hydrogen including Fuel Cells. Went on into teaching Non Conventional Energy Sources in RV College of Engineering, Bangalore and later was Professor and HoD of Electronics and Communication Dept. of East West Institute of Technology Bangalore. Have keen interest in Energy in general and Renewable Energy in particular. Reading interests- general books on mathematics, physics and astronomy. Deeply interested in listening to Indian classical music.Now into English to Hindi translation of Children's Books and Popular Science and Technology Articles.

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THE FINAL BATTLE

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[An eminent scientist is challenged by a humanoid robot in a verbal combat which lays bare irrationality, inconsistency and senselessness in our lives which we have learned to accept]

THE FINAL BATTLE

The year is 2015.Excitement in the air is palpable. The Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (GCAIR) is being held in Bengaluru, India. But the excitement is not because of GCAIR itself but because a unique event is to coincide with it. Let me explain.

The year 2015 was declared the Year of Artificial Intelligence. The star attraction of the concluding event of GCAIR was the competition amongst the robots