Robots
By: author, Dr. Nathan Lepora ; consultant, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar
Contributors: Vijayakumar, Sethu
Edition: First American edition.
Series: DK findout!; DK findout!
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781465469335; 9781536431353
Subjects: Robotics; Juvenile literature; Robots
Description: Find out how and why robots are made, how they help humans now, and how they will help us in the future. Discover how computers develop and build robots, and how engineers design robots with very specific capabilities, be it walking, jumping, exploring Mars, or defusing explosives.
Notes: Includes index.

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Table of contents: title: What is a robot?; title: Early robots; title: Famous robot engineers; title: Robots around the world; title: Types of robot; title: Robots at work; title: Robots at home; title: Medical robots; title: Security robots; title: Fun with robots; title: Robots in space; title: A day with robots; title: Building a robot; title: Coding a robot; title: Swarm robots; title: Drones; title: Robot explorers; title: Animal robots; title: Animatronics; title: Soft robotics; title: Senses; title: Humanoids; title: What is artificial intelligence?; title: Superhumans; title: Robot friends; title: Interview with ...; title: Future of robotics; title: Robot facts and figures.