Robots on the move

Robots are all around you. As robotics technology improves, robots are poised to take on even more important jobs, making you life easier, safer, and cooler! A robot that is fixed in place can only do so much. To be where the action is, a 'bot needs to get moving! But how it gets moving depeds on wh...

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Main Author: Adams, William D. (Childrens' author) (Author)
Corporate Author: World Book, Inc (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Beijing : Co-published by agreement between Shi Tu Hui and World Book, Inc., [2026]
Series:Robots (Chicago, Ill.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Moving around
  • Rolling robots
  • Driverless delivery
  • Automated navigation
  • AVG's outside the warehouse
  • Walking robots
  • Hello, my name is: Atlas
  • Flying robots
  • Eyes in the sky
  • Jobs for drones
  • Robots at sea
  • Diving robots
  • Hello, my name is: Aquanaut
  • I get around: Robotic navigation
  • Aircraft autopilot
  • Self-driving cars
  • Degrees of self-driving
  • Baby steps or giant leaps
  • Where does the buck stop in a self-driving car?
  • DARPA challenges
  • Hands-on robotics.