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ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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"The career field for robotics is experiencing unprecedented growth due to advances in engineering, AI, and machine learning. This high-tech progress is converging to produce the next generation of automated machines that are increasingly smaller, cheaper, safer, and more easily programmed. The revolution in robotics is expected to create 97 million new jobs by the end of the decade. Scientists and engineers skilled in mechanics, robotics, AI, computing,...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
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They fix spacecraft, dance, tell jokes, and even clean your carpet! From the tiniest robo-bees to gigantic factory machines, robotics is all around you. This technology isn't just for science-fiction anymore -- it's real and more relevant than ever. With stunning visuals and energetic, impactful design, readers won't stop until they've learned everything there is to know about robotics.
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Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"Robots are machines that follow a decision-making process when performing tasks. They are playing an increasing role in manufacturing, agriculture, medicine, mining, and aerospace, as well as in our everyday lives. Readers will learn how robotics engineers find new ways for robots to do work that would be dangerous, time-consuming, dull, or impossible for humans to perform. Real-life examples and a design challenge help students understand key concepts...
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Explorer Academy volume 6
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
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"Cruz Coronado grapples with an important secret as the gang heads to China in search of the second-to-last piece of the cipher. Under the watchful eye of a new adviser, life on the ship returns to almost normal ... Almost. Just as things seem to be going smoothly, a familiar face shocks Cruz back into reality, and the final piece in this life-and-death scavenger hunt veers toward a dead end"--|cProvided by publisher.
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"What do you wish for most? It's a question that Oswald, Sarah, and Oscar think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Oscar wishes to get his hands on the mechanical toy that's out of stock all over town. But in the twisted world of Five Nights at Freddy's, their hearts' deepest desires have an unexpected cost. In this volume, three stories from the New York Times bestselling series Five...
12) Robots in space
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Robots help us understand our universe. Some fly to distant planets. Others work alongside astronauts in space. And some drive across the surface of Mars. How do these robots work, and what are they doing today? Read this book to find out!
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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"A missing woman receives a second chance at life, thanks to her billionaire husband--but the consequences are deadly in this gripping psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before. Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's an icon of the tech world, the founder of a lucrative robotics company. He tells...
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Five nights at Freddy's volume 3
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2022
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"What really happened to Charlie? It's the question that John can't seem to shake, along with the nightmares of Charlie's seeming death and miraculous reappearance. John just wants to forget the whole terrifying saga of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but the past isn't so easily buried. Meanwhile, there's a new animatronic pizzeria opening in Hurricane, along with a new rash of kidnappings that feel all too familiar. Bound together by their childhood loss,...
16) Drones in Space
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One of the main advantages of drones is that they can be used in situations that are too dangerous for humans. Space is probably the most dangerous environment where men and women work, so it's only natural to use drones for space exploration. This far-out volume looks at the different kinds of drones used to explore other planets over the years, as well as new technology being developed for the future. This high-interest STEM topic is presented with...
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NXT One-Kit Creatures offers full-color building and programming instructions for five original animal robot designs that can be built with a single LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 1.0 or NXT 2.0 kit. The animals are an undulating shark, a crawling horseshoe crab, a backwardly-mobile dung beetle, a walking chick, and a leaping grasshopper. Each design shows another unique way to make an animal robot move. Anyone new to the NXT will find these models easy to build...
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Fighting robots are not a new concept. Ever since the toy Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots made its debut in 1964, children and adults have had fun controlling robots as they fight each other. However, advancements in robotic technology have turned this whimsical pastime into a major sporting event. As the popularity of the TV show Battlebots makes clear, people love to watch robots fight! Full-color photographs, fact boxes, and exciting sidebars help immerse...
19) Robots
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Robots aren't just human-like machines that can walk around and talk. They're remote-controlled vacuumed cleaners, giant robotic arms used to build cars, and in the equipment of operating rooms. This volume shows readers just how many robots are used in so many ways, supported by full-color images of real-life robots at work. The history of robotics helps readers understand the development of some of the coolest technology around today. The content...
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Los objetos que nos rodean están diseñados para estropearse cuando caduca la garantía. El oficio de reparador ha desaparecido y ya nadie arregla porque no vale la pena. Pero, ¿es así realmente? ¿Podemos hacer algo más que tirar todo lo que se rompe? ¿Existen alternativas sostenibles y más interesantes?
Este libro nace para transmitir a todo el mundo la pasión por reparar, un oficio nada fácil que, muchas veces, recuerda al trabajo de los...
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