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[2016]
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English
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Start programming robots NOW! Learn hands-on, through easy examples, visuals, and code This is a unique introduction to programming robots to execute tasks autonomously. Drawing on years of experience in artificial intelligence and robot programming, Cameron and Tracey Hughes introduce the reader to basic concepts of programming robots to execute tasks without the use of remote controls. Robot Programming: A Guide to Controlling Autonomous Robots...
42) Rockin' Robots!
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2024.
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English
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"What exactly is a robot? How do they talk and move? And what doeses it take to build one?"--
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[2018]
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English
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People have long dreamed of creating machines that can carry out the same tasks as people. These dreams have led to the creation of many sci-fi books, movies, and shows that attempt to depict how people would live with robots, cyborgs, and androids. This compelling book traces the history of robotics as a science, while describing in vivid detail some of the most influential works in all of science fiction, including those by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Fritz...
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Ricky Ricotta volume 1
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English
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Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, is being bullied at school, but when he rescues a powerful robot from its evil creator, he acquires a friend and protector--and saves the city from Dr. Stinky.
48) Snowie Rolie
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Series
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
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When the sun begins to melt the snow, Olie and Zowie take their snowman friend, Mr. Snowie, to a new home in Chillsville.
49) All systems red
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Series
Murderbot diaries volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest...
50) Far-out friends!
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Rusty befriends a lost space bot.
51) Robot universe
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Explore the capabilities of robots and the computers that control them, from space rovers to drones, from robotic toys to robots that perform surgery, and meet Pepper, the first robot able to show and understand human emotion. What is a robot? Will robots take over the future? Robot Universe gives young readers a look at the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence."--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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"It starts with Software, where rebel robots bring immortality to their human creator by eating his brain. In Wetware, the robots decide to start building people, and people get strung out on an insane new drug called merge. By Freeware, the robots have evolved into soft plastic slugs called moldies and some human "cheeseballs" want to have sex with them. The action redoubles when aliens begin arriving in the form of cosmic rays. And with Realware,...
53) Runaway robot
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
"Paisley's house is a mess. So is her basement lab, Dad's got flesh-eating beetles in his office, and there's math homework to do. It's going to be one of thos kind of days. You know, the kind that would be made so much better with a house-cleaning, homework-checking robot. What could possibly go wrong?"--Page 4 of cover.
54) Robot uprisings
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2014.
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English
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"As real robots creep into our lives, so does a sense of fear--we have all wondered what horrifying scenarious might unfold if our technology were to go awry. This anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the machines we live with. With contributions by Alan Dean Foster, Charles Yu, Hugh Howey, Daniel H. Wilson, Corey Doctorow, Ian McDonald, Ernie Cline, Jeff Abbott, Robin Wasserman, and Anna North, Robot Uprisings...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From drones to Mars rovers -- an exploration of the most innovative use of robots today and a provocative argument for the crucial role of humans in our increasingly technological future. In Our Robots, Ourselves, David Mindell offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of robotics today, debunking commonly held myths and exploring the rapidly changing relationships between humans and machines. Drawing on firsthand experience,...
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2020
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English
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"The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. Well, that's not exactly true. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden viral fame and untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into Carl's path, giving them their name, becoming their advocate, and putting herself in the middle of an avalanche of conspiracy theories. Months later,...
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Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 3
Language
English
Description
A small mouse named Ricky Ricotta and his best friend, a giant flying robot, save the world from Victor Von Vulture and his vicious Voodoo Vultures from Venus.
58) NanoBots
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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A young inventor accidentally creates a group of tiny robots that employ their unique abilities and teamwork to become incredibly useful--and maybe even change the world. Includes author's note on the science and uses of nano-robotics.
59) Clink
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
While newer, fancier robots are quickly purchased, Clink, an old-fashioned robot who can only make toast and music, gathers dust and feels downhearted until a young boy enters the shop looking for something special.
60) Being
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2007.
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English
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"It was just supposed to be a routine examination. But when the doctors snake the fiber-optic tube down Robert Smith's throat, what they discover doesn't make medical sense. In his naked, anesthetized state on the operating table, Robert hears the surgeons' shocked comments: 'What the hell is that?' 'It's me,' Robert thinks, 'and I've got to get out of here'"--Dustflap.
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