Robots at work

Robots are all around you. As robotics technology improves, robots are poised to take on even more important jobs, making your life easier, safer, and cooler! Dull, dirty jobs are everywhere. And often, robots can be found doing them. Robots have revolutionized how the things we use every day are ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, William D. (Childrens' author) (Author)
Corporate Author: World Book, Inc (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Beijing ; Chicago : Co-published by agreement between Shi Tu Hui and World Book, Inc, [2026]
Series:Robots (Chicago, Ill.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Dull, dirty, dangerous
  • Industrial robots
  • Hello, my name is:Unimate
  • Articulated robots (robotic arms)
  • Cartesian and gantry robots
  • SCARA
  • Parallel link robots
  • Robot challenge: Working with people
  • Hello, my name is: FANUC's lights-out factories
  • Cobots
  • Cart and carry
  • Robot risk: Technological unemployment
  • Mining robots
  • Hello, my name is: Caterpillar 797F self-driving dump truck
  • Robotic farming
  • Hello, my name is: Agrobot bug vacuum
  • Automated fruit harvesting
  • Self-driving trucks
  • Inspection robots
  • Hello, my name is: Air-cobot
  • Robot construction
  • Hands-on robotics
  • Glossary and index.