Bibliograph

Robot, written by Laura Buller, Clive Gifford, Andrea Mills

Type

Label

Robot, written by Laura Buller, Clive Gifford, Andrea Mills

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Robot

Oclc number

1051770382

Responsibility statement

written by Laura Buller, Clive Gifford, Andrea Mills

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification