Robot basics

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! What makes a robot a robot? What makes it different from a computer or a power tool? And how to robots work? Learn the answers to these quest...

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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
  • What is a robot?
  • What does a robot look like?
  • Humanoid robots
  • Sensors
  • Actuators and power
  • Computer brain
  • A SPA for robots? Sense-plan-act
  • Robot challenge: Let's go with plan B
  • Life before robots
  • Imagining robots
  • Robots come to life
  • Industrial robots
  • Hello, my name is: LR mate 200iD
  • Toy robots
  • Hello, my name is: Robosapien X
  • Robot helpers
  • Hello, my name is Tertill
  • Robot explorers
  • Hello, my name is: Saildrone
  • Robots of the future
  • Hands-on robotics.