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2018

Format:	Book
Author:	Lepora, Nathan, author.
Title:	Robots / author, Dr. Nathan Lepora ; consultant, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar.
Edition:	First American edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2018. ©2018
Description:	64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Summary:	"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."--Provided by publisher.
Series:	DK findout! DK findout!
Subjects:	Robots -- Juvenile literature. Robotics -- Juvenile literature.
Notes:	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.
ISBN:	9781465473196 146547319X 9781465469335 1465469338
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Control Number:	908041
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Call Number:	j 629.892 Lepora

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