This exciting book introduces young readers to myriad robots doing all the dull, dirty, and dangerous work in our world.
The Brainiac’s Book of the Climate and WeatherBrainiacHands-on activities include building a grippy robot hand, making a mechanical hopping frog, testing yourself for artificial intelligence, and writing the first bill of robot rights. Readers will also find out which gross and scary jobs only robots can do, how nanobots could battle bugs inside the human body, and why self-driving cars might save lives.Through quirky stories, infographic data dumps, and entertaining activities, readers will discover all there is to know about robots and artificial intelligence.
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'Offer[ s] younger readers basic understandings of how mechanical motion is generated, algorithmic programming, and present and future possibilities while keeping the tone light with jolly interjections and talking heads exchanging robot jokes throughout' - Kirkus Reviews
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Paul Virr introduces readers to the myriad robots doing all the dull, dirty and dangerous work in our world
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Robots: Fact or Fantasy? Busting myths about the real-life robots |
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So, What is a Robot? A guide fo Kelp you decide |
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Spot the Bot! Put your defective skills to the test |
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The first Robots 2,000-year-old robots that wowed the world |
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Robot Workshop Build a Happing Frog! |
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Mechanical Movers The many parts that get bots moving |
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Handy Robots Make a mechanical hand that grabs |
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How do Robots Sense Stuff? Making sense of robot sensors |
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Are Bots Brainy or Not? How programmers give robots their "brains" |
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Mechanical Minds The people behind the first programs |
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How do You Program a Robot? The dos and don'ts of robot algorithms |
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Jobs for Robots Dirty, dull, or dangerous work |
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Hospital Heroes Bots that help to keep us healthy |
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The Incredibots The robots that gamble with danger |
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60 Wild for Robots Robot designs stolen from nature |
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Watch This Space How robots help us out in space |
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What is artificial Intelligence? Computer programs with smarts |
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We have AI winner! Clever computers that are great at games |
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Robots Like US A guide to numanoids and androids |
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Robots That Cake The robots that fake their feelings |
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Artificial Art Machines that make masterpieces |
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Robot Showtime! Robots built to entertain us |
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Athletic Robots Programmed players and robot coaches |
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Robots on the road How do driverless cars work? |
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Into the future How robots might cure illness or move to Mars |
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A World Ruled by Robots? Could robots really take over? |
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Robots: the Story so far... Look how much robots have changed! |
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| Glossary Robot words explained |
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| We Want Answers! |
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| Index |
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Paul Virr lives in Rome and writes children's books on all kinds of topics, including science and technology. As a STEM ambassador he learnt a lot about science and engineering from children, who always asked very smart (and difficult) questions at hands-on science workshops. Paul has edited official children's guides for the Science Museum, Science and Industry Museum and the National Railway Museum and as a children's author he has written non-fiction books ranging over subjects such as cars, computers, dinosaurs, space, plants, Albert Einstein and engineering.
