Robots / author, Dr. Nathan Lepora ; consultant, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar.

Title:

ISBN:

9781465473196

9781465469335

Personal Author:

Lepora, Nathan

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication Information:

New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2018.

Physical Description:

64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

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

Summary:

Explores how robots function and are made, looking at their computing components and how engineers design them with specific capabilities.

Subject Term:

Robots

Robotics

Added Author:

Vijayakumar, Sethu

Added Corporate Author:

DK Publishing, Inc

Audience:

IG850L Lexile

Series Title: