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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...
2) Big hero 6
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Walt Disney Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"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...
3) Ungifted
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English
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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.
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"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,...
5) Robots
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Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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"Discusses the basic scientific principles and historical context of robots"--Provided by publisher.
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Delmar
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Covering the fundamentals of robot creation, this book will teach you how to design your robot, how to create a prototype, where to buy parts, and how to program your finished robot to perform tasks, focusing on the hardware and software involved in creating robots that can sense their environment, make decisions, and perform actions. You will start simply and be led, step-by-step, through the projects in the book. Along the way, you'll learn about...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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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 one of Massinas creations makes a miraculous rescue, an FBI agent recruits him to pursue criminals running a massive financial scam-- and not coincidentally, suspected of killing the agents brother. Massina agrees to deploy a surveillance "bot" that uses artificial...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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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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"As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society--on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health--Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines help us, or will they replace us? In the past decade alone, Google introduced us to driverless cars, Apple debuted a personal assistant that we keep in our pockets,...
10) Monster mayhem
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Dial Books for Young Readers
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English
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"After becoming trapped in one of her favorite monster movies, Zoe has to invent a way of escaping the hungry monsters of the film and at the same time save the one monster who has become her friend."--
11) Robots
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Explores how robots function and are made, looking at their computing components and how engineers design them with specific capabilities." --
12) How robots work
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Series
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Explains how and where robots work today, as well as discusses new and developing advances in robotics"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a fantastic new future, or destroy us? What do some of our greatest thinkers, from physicist Brian Greene and futurist Kevin Kelly to inventor Dean Kamen, geneticist George Church, and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, anticipate about our human-robot future? For even as robots and A.I. intrigue us and make us anxious about the future,...
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"Charlie is the laid-back captain of the basketball team. Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. Their unlikely friendship nearly bites the dust when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and they retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms-- but not both. Bad sportsmanship?...
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English
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"Luke Abbott's school is the losing-est school in the history of losing. And that's just fine for him. He'd rather be at home playing video games and avoiding his older brother Rob and the Greatest Betrayal of All Time. But now he's being forced to join the robotics team, where surely he'll help uphold the school's losing streak"--
18) Robots
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English
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Photographs and text provide information about robots, explaining what they are and how they are controlled, and looking at many different types of robots and how people use them.
19) Submechanophobia
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Scholastic Inc
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English
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"Caden senses the underwater animatronics in Freddy's Fantasy Water Park have a mind of their own. Robbie knows deep down that the minds of the members of the Fazbear Fan Club have been taken over by something. And Abe can't shake the feeling that the animatronic assistants in his Fazplex Tower apartment are hiding things from him. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, when something feels wrong, it's often too late to do anything about it..."--...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"In this modern retelling, Anne is fostered into the West Philly home of siblings Marilla and Matthew, and while she initially has a hard time at school, she ends up joining the robotics team and competes for a spot in an elite STEM program." --
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