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Robots sensing and doing

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 must have some awareness of itself and its surroundings to do its job. And it must also be able to manipulate the things around it. Le...

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Main Author: De la Rosa, Jeff (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.)
Subjects:
Robots > Juvenile nonfiction.
Robotics > Juvenile nonfiction.
Spatial ability > Juvenile nonfiction.
Informational works. > Juvenile.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Robot senses
  • Bump and go
  • Too close for comfort
  • Robot challenge: Seeing things
  • Familiar faces
  • Lidar
  • Hello, my name is: Tory
  • I'm listening!
  • Inside and out
  • Actuators
  • Degrees of freedom
  • Hello, my name is: DRC-Hubo
  • Air and liquid power
  • Piezoelectrics
  • End effectors
  • Robot challenge: Get a grip!
  • Grippers
  • Hello, my name is: The Shadow Dexterous Hand
  • Other end effectors
  • Hands-on robotics
  • Glossary and index.

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