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Book Title: Transformative Impacts of Robots and Automation
Number of Pages: 72 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: Robotics
Genre: Technology & Engineering
Item Weight: 8.6 Oz
Author: Joint Economic Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States
Item Length: 11 in
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback