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22) Robots slither
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
[37] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Rhyming verse describes the many things that robots can do, while sidebars present more detailed information on actual robots today and as planned for the future.
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"You'll learn the history of robotics, learn the 3 Rules, and meet the very first robots. This book also describes the many essential hardware components of today's robots: - Analog and Digital brains - DC, Servo, and Stepper Motors - Bump Sensors and Light Sensors - and even Robotic Bodywork Would you like to build and program your own robot? You can use Robotics: Everything You Need to Know About Robotics from Beginner to Expert to learn the software...
24) The wild robot
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 1
Appears on list
Description
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people...
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 9
Formats
Description
Infuriated by the declaration that Pluto is no longer a planet, President Penguin and his penguins invade Earth and it is up to Ricky and his robot pal to defeat them--with some help from Ricky's cousin Lucy and her pets.
27) The junkyard bot
Author
Series
Robots rule! volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
When George Gearing's personal robot Jackbot gets hit by a car, George rebuilds him into something amazing, only to have him disappear just as darkness threatens the town, leaving George and his new friend Anne Droid to find out what happened.
29) The Robobots
Author
Publisher
DK Ink
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
When the Robobots move onto Littlewood Lane they create controversy with their strange ways, but eventually they convince the neighbors that they are a family worth knowing.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 7
Formats
Description
Evil Uncle Unicorn attempts to dominate earth by using a Ladybot to trick Mighty Robot.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 5
Formats
Description
General Jackrabbit and his Robo-Rabbits from Jupiter attempt to take over the world on Ricky Ricotta's birthday.
32) Snowbots
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Rhyming tale of a fun day young robots spend playing in new-fallen snow.
33) I, robot
Author
Series
Description
The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when...
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 2
Description
"Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings--but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island?"--Amazon.com.
37) NanoBots
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
A young inventor accidentally creates a group of tiny robots that employ their unique abilities and teamwork to become incredibly useful--and maybe even change the world. Includes author's note on the science and uses of nano-robotics.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
784 pages
Description
"Set in an alternate present-day world in which the Internet does not exist, and has never existed. Rather, a wholly different species of interactive technology--a 'flesh-and-bone robot' called the Curio--has dominated both the market and the cultural imagination since the late 1980s. Belt Magnet, who as a boy in greater Chicago became one of the lucky first adopters of a Curio, is now writing his memoir, and through it we follow a singular man out...
39) Automatons
Publisher
Glass Eye Pix
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 83 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story focuses on a lone woman in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have been engaging in a futile war of competing philosophies and belief systems. A newcomer repairs outdated robots while fending off the destructive video beams of the enemy.
40) Robotics
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"The robots of today do more than just heavy lifting. Machines that can sense the world and make decisions are now being used in space, industry, medicine, and the military. This adventurous book follows the development of robots over the past century and describes how modern robots continue to revolutionize different fields making our lives easier, healthier, safer--and more exciting."--
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