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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
High school senior Bel Maier has an aptitude for engineering and teams up with robotics team captain, Mateo Luna, but after a rough start together the nights of after-school work lead to romance.
Bel doesn't want to think about the future, and college. When she accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, Bel is basically forced into joining the robotics club. All the boys ignore her-- except Mateo Luna, captain of the club, who recognizes...
2) Robocop
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. When Alex Murphy, a loving husband, father, and good cop, is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing. There is still a man inside the machine, pursuing justice....
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Not long ago, drones were considered futuristic, and few people had an opportunity to play with one. Most were reserved for professional purposes, but that's all changed! Today, anyone can buy and fly a drone right in their own backyard. Drones come in all shapes and sizes. Some drones cost hundreds of dollars, but others are much more affordable for the casual drone hobbyist. Readers will learn how drones fly and all the ways the average person
...Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates how four undocumented Mexican immigrants in Arizona put together an underwater robot from scavenged parts and went on to win the National Underwater Robotics Competition at UC Santa Barbara.
Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest ... and a major motion picture. In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
6) Space robots
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about space robots. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Recruited in the wake of a miraculous rescue into the FBI to help track down criminals behind a massive financial scam, a robotics genius is swept up by a dangerous conspiracy that compels him to unleash the most powerful cyber weapons the world has ever seen.
Louis Massina is revolutionizing the field of robotics: his technological wonders are capable of locating disaster survivors, preventing nuclear meltdowns, and replacing missing limbs. After...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
The future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynets operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.
10) Flying robots
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about flying robots. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
11) Factory robots
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about factory robots. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
12) Big hero 6
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada learns to harness his genius, thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon, and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion - a robot named Baymax - and transforms the group into a band of...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A great turning point in the history of our species is at hand. AI and robotics are poised to redefine what it means to be human. So ... what exactly does that mean for you? In [this book], Byron Reese suggests that technology has fundamentally reshaped humanity just three times in history: 100,000 years ago, we harnessed fire, which led to language; 10,000 years ago, we developed agriculture, which led to cities and warfare; and 5,000 years ago,...
16) Ungifted
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school
17) The Phoenix code
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
"When robotics expert Megan O'Flannery is offered the chance to direct MindSim's cutting-edge program to develop a self-aware android, it's the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project is trouble-plagued: the third prototype 'killed' itself, and the RS-4 is unstable. Megan will descend into MindSim's underground research lab in the Nevada desert, where she will be the sole human in contact with the TS-4, dubbed Aris."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 330
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Yet, despite these successes, robots have failed to live up to the predictions of the 1950s and 60s. In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Winfield considers how robotics can be both a success story and a disappointment, and how robots can be both ordinary and quite remarkable.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Exploring the planets has been a goal of America's space program since the dawn of the space race. This insider's perspective examines incredible missions of robotic spacecraft to every corner of our solar system and beyond. Some were flown into glory, while others were planned and relegated to dusty filing cabinets. All were remarkable in their aspirations. Award-winning science writer Rod Pyle profiles both the remarkable spacecraft and the amazing...
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