These are the words of Amelia Earhart, one of the world's most celebrated aviators, a woman who broke records and charted new waters. Cooper planned to use it to convince the owners of the newly formed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that they should use locomotives rather than horses. That summer, a famous race was held between this small locomotive and a horse belonging to a stagecoach line. Since 1923, robots have provided the public with unique and bizarre personas in entertainment through on-stage performances, film and television programs. As symbols of technology, robots in film and television are an index to the way humans have felt about the ever-changing technology around them.
Robots come in all shapes and sizes.
You are about to learn. First, you'll be assigned a mission for your robot. When finished, you'll view your robot and your design will be critiqued. The Library is not responsible for changes to the content of linked sites, nor for the content of sources accessed through subsequent links.