Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World - Hardcover

Editors Of YES Mag

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1554532035 ISBN 13: 9781554532032

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2008

Synopsis

The word "robot" may remind us of science fiction, but robots today are a science fact. Their role in our lives is growing all the time. The authors of the acclaimed and bestselling Fantastic Feats and Failures and Science Detectives present a detailed look at robots yesterday, today and in the future. See robots at work (and play) in homes, factories, wrestling rings, sewers, hospitals, oceans and outer space. Learn about their many different shapes, sizes and uses and meet robots who do dangerous and dirty jobs, help perform surgery, look like us, show emotion like us and much more. Did you know? * In the 1700s, a Swiss craftsman and his son built a mechanical boy who could write short messages * Robo soccer is the most popular robotic sport * Robopets can purr, sleep, play games and even tell jokes * The Amphibot can swim by snaking its body back and forth, then hit the shore and start walking * The humanlike robot ASIMO can balance on one foot while kicking a soccer ball

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YES Mag: Canada's Science Magazine for Kids is an award-winning periodical that makes science, technology, engineering and mathematics exciting and fun for kids.

Reviews

This title, produced in conjunction with Yes magazine, introduces robots that work (defusing bombs, assembling cars, assisting surgeons, exploring Mars) and play (riding camels, kicking soccer balls). The short chapters are divided into three categories: The World of Robots, which gives an overview and a history of the industry; Robots at Work; and the Robotic Future. Each section is packed with fascinating information, entertaining cartoon graphics, and numerous full-color photographs. The text is hip and accessible; robots are often referred to as ’bots, for example. Browsers will be drawn to the amazing photographs of robots in action across the Earth and in space, as well as images of famous robots from the big screen, such as R2-D2 from Star Wars, Sonny from I, Robot, and Rodney from Robots. Sidebars on colored backgrounds enhance the text. A glossary and index conclude this well-organized and engaging text on a popular topic. Grades 3-7. --Shauna Yusko

Edition details

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554532035
• ISBN 13: 9781554532032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48