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Author Buller, Laura, author.

Title Robot / written by Laura Buller, Clive Gifford, Andrea Mills.

Publication Info. New York : DK Publishing, 2018.
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Middle School Books  M629.8 DK    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 629.892 BULLER    DUE 05-11-24
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J629.8 B    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 629.892 BUL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 629.8 BUL    DUE 05-13-24
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 629.892 BUL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 629.892 BULLER    DUE 04-29-24
Edition First American edition.
Description 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Foreword -- The rise of robots -- What is a robot? -- How robots work -- Ancient automata -- Advanced automata -- Rise of real robotics -- Robots in culture -- Modern robots -- Types of robot -- In the home -- MiRo -- SpotMini -- Legs, wheels, and tracks -- EXOTrainer -- Zenbo -- Home helpers -- Wheelie 7 -- Cozmo -- Robot intelligence -- Leka -- At work -- LBR iiwa -- Baxter -- Online programming -- Da Vinci surgical system -- Hard at work -- Offline programming -- Kilobots -- Everyday bots -- Pepper -- Gita -- Higher intelligence -- iCub -- Sophia -- Robot world -- YuMi -- Robotic kitchen -- Zeno -- NAO -- MegaBots -- PARO -- BionicOpter -- FFZERO 1 -- Going to extremes -- OceanOne -- Sensors and data -- BionicANTs -- Octobot -- Extreme Bots -- eMotionButterflies -- Unusual moves -- Eelume -- BionicKangaroo -- Acting on data -- RoboBees -- Hero bots -- Mars 2020 -- Finding a way -- Little Ripper Lifesaver -- Method-2 -- Danger zones -- Guardian S -- Chimp -- Figuring terrain -- R5 Valkyrie.
Summary Explores the latest technology in robotics and describes the many different types of robots and how they are built and used in today's world.
Subject Drone -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanics -- Juvenile literature.
Computer programmers -- Juvenile literature.
Robots -- Juvenile literature.
Drone.
Mechanics.
Computer programmers.
Robots.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Technology -- Electricity & Electronics.
Robots. (OCoLC)fst01099038
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Gifford, Clive, author.
Mills, Andrea, author.
ISBN 9781465475848 (hardcover)
1465475842 (hardcover)
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