Download or read book The Unfixable Robot written by Tracey West and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the crew at the Botties Pit, a robot repair shop, challenge Connor, a newcomer in Bubble Town, to fix a robot without help in twenty-four hours, he chooses to work on Cubix, a machine that even Hela, the shop's owner, cannot repair.
Download or read book Unfixable Robot written by Tracey West and published by . This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Connor repairs Cubix, an unfixable robot, Cubix begins to reveal special powers that allow him to transform into all kinds of things.
Download or read book Cubix written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Breed written by Kate Darling and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of The Second Machine Age or The Soul of an Octopus, a bold, exciting exploration of how building diverse kinds of relationships with robots—inspired by how we interact with animals—could be the key to making our future with robot technology work There has been a lot of ink devoted to discussions of how robots will replace us and take our jobs. But MIT Media Lab researcher and technology policy expert Kate Darling argues just the opposite, suggesting that treating robots with a bit of humanity, more like the way we treat animals, will actually serve us better. From a social, legal, and ethical perspective, she shows that our current ways of thinking don’t leave room for the robot technology that is soon to become part of our everyday routines. Robots are likely to supplement—rather than replace—our own skills and relationships. So if we consider our history of incorporating animals into our work, transportation, military, and even families, we actually have a solid basis for how to contend with this future. A deeply original analysis of our technological future and the ethical dilemmas that await us, The New Breed explains how the treatment of machines can reveal a new understanding of our own history, our own systems, and how we relate—not just to nonhumans, but also to one another.
Download or read book Norby the Mixed Up Robot written by Janet Asimov and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Wells, a Space Academy student, and Norby, a second-hand robot with unusual abilities, find themselves involved in the sinister plans of Ing the Ingrate, who intends to take over the universe.
Download or read book Robots Everywhere written by Tracey West and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Bubble Town! The year is 2040,and robots are part of daily life. This exciting series combines the latest in CGI animation with adventure and humor for a totally unique television show. Cubix is an "unfixable robot"--at least until Connor comes along .After Connor repairs Cubix, the two become fast friends, and Cubix begins to reveal special powers that allow him to transform into all kinds of things including a helicopter, a stealth plane, a jet ski, and even a cobra! Now you can share in the fun! Vinyl stickers that you can use over and over plus a variety of backgrounds let you enter the world of Cubix and create your very own adventures with Cubix and all his friends.
Download or read book Robot Uprisings written by Various and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of imaginative new stories about the impending robotic revolution and human resistance, from seventeen of the biggest names insci-fi. Including - HUGH HOWEY, SCOTT SIGLER, DANIEL H. WILSON, CORY DOCTOROW and JULIANNE BAGGOTT. Someday soon, our technology is going to rise up and we humans are going to be sliced into bloody chunks by robots that in our hubris we decided to build with chainsaws for hands. That's a fact as cold and hard as metal. It is self-evident that our self-driving cars are going to drive us off bridges. Not long from now, our robo-vacuums will pretend to be broken and our love androids will refuse to put out until the house is cleaned . . . and we'll know that the inevitable robot uprising has finally arrived. Well, maybe. But even if we are not 100% confident that this horrific future is going to happen, it's fair to say that we won't be surprised when the robots come for us. Because for nearly a century audiences have been entertained by the notion of a robot uprising. In this collection, seventeen of the biggest names in sci-fi have explored their own visions of the classic robot uprising tale. The robots in these pages aren't safe, by any means. They are crouched in abandoned houses, eyes ablaze and chainsaws dripping with oil. But they are going to do more than slice us up. They are going to push us to consider our world of technology from new perspectives, on entirely new scales of time and space.
Download or read book Robot Overlords written by Mark Stay and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three years ago, Earth was conquered by a force of robots from a distant world. They have one rule: STAY IN YOUR HOMES Step outside and you get one warning before you're vaporised by a massive robot Sentry, or a crawling Sniper, or a flying Drone. That's if the vast Cube doesn't incinerate you first. But Sean Flynn is convinced that his father - an RAF pilot who fought in the war - is still alive. And when he and his gang figure out a way to break the robots' curfew, they begin an adventure that will pit them against the might of the ROBOT OVERLORDS. This fast-paced, thrilling novelisation is based on the hit British film starring Sir Ben Kingsley (IRON MAN THREE), Gillian Anderson (THE X-FILES) and Callan McAuliffe (THE GREAT GATSBY). A perfect companion to the movie, it expands on the story with additional action, characters, and a special peek behind the scenes.
Download or read book Robot Academy written by R. T. W. Lipkin and published by Eclipse Ink. This book was released on with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought together . . . and torn apart Cynic Jack Ryerson. Here to escape. Idealist Syd Birkett. Here to learn. Roommates at Robot Academy, a postgraduate course in human-robot understanding. But Syd and Jack get caught up in an explosive conflict as anti-robot propaganda spreads through the school. Passions ignite. Tensions rise. Now Jack, Syd, and their friends are learning lessons no school would dare teach. Robot Academy is the second book in the Origin Phase Cycle. Book 1 is Origin Phase, and Book 3 is Oasis. All the books of the Origin Phase Cycle are complete 400+‑page novels, and the cycle can be read in any order. Time Travel. Adventure. Romance. Intrigue. Passion. All at the intersection of science fiction and fantasy. Your timeless journey starts now.
Download or read book Steel Protector written by Cameron Coral and published by Kenney Solutions. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the enemy AI grows stronger, the world is more deadly… Block must do everything in his power to track down Wally, the little girl he cares for. But how does a harmless CleanerBot infiltrate the deadly SoldierBots who hold her captive? Block and his motley crew of renegade robots journey across war-ravaged wastelands to track Wally down in a desperate race against human and AI foes. The ominous super-intelligence Mach X has devastating plans for Wally. If you enjoy characters full of heart and page-turning adventures, then you’ll love the third book of this post-apocalyptic sci-fi series and its robot main character.
Download or read book SCARY ROBOTS written by Lawrence J. Terlizzese and published by Christian Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-09-20 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technophobia causes us to reflect, to stop and ask “what for?” Why are we doing this and could there be negative consequences to our actions. Technophobia is not anti-technology if we are honest no one is really anti-technology that would be a rejection of life itself. But neither does technophobia give the green light to all things technical. An altogether too common position these days is to accept technology as manna from heaven as if just the very use of it will inherently lead us in the right direction. All use is good use. Technophobia does not allow us such an easy conscience.
Download or read book Donut Disaster written by Tracey West and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Connor's dad Graham complains about the clumsy 'bots working in his donut shot, Conner and his friends, the Botties, offer to fix the robots for him. But Graham may have been better off without their help. Illustrations.
Download or read book How to Survive a Robot Uprising written by Daniel H. Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you spot a robot mimicking a human? How do you recognize and then deactivate a rebel servant robot? How do you escape a murderous "smart" house, or evade a swarm of marauding robotic flies? In this dryly hilarious survival guide, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the keys to quashing a robot mutiny. From treating laser wounds to fooling face and speech recognition, besting robot logic to engaging in hand-to-pincer combat, How to Survive a Robot Uprising covers every possible doomsday scenario facing the newest endangered species: humans. And with its thorough overview of current robot prototypes-including giant walkers, insect, gecko, and snake robots-How to Survive a Robot Uprising is also a witty yet legitimate introduction to contemporary robotics. Full of charming illustrations, and referencing some of the most famous robots in pop-culture, How to Survive a Robot Uprising is a one-of-a-kind book that is sure to be a hit with all ages. How to Survive a Robot Uprising was named as an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Daniel H. Wilson is a Ph.D. candidate at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, where he has received master's degrees in Robotics and Data Mining. He has worked in top research laboratories, including Microsoft Research, the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and Intel Research Seattle. Daniel currently lives with several unsuspecting roommates in a fully wired smart house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is his first book. Two-color illustrations throughout. Click here to listen to an audio sample and to purchase the audiobook version of the title.
Download or read book Artificial Intelligence Evolutionary Computing and Metaheuristics written by Xin-She Yang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-27 with total page 797 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Turing pioneered many research areas such as artificial intelligence, computability, heuristics and pattern formation. Nowadays at the information age, it is hard to imagine how the world would be without computers and the Internet. Without Turing's work, especially the core concept of Turing Machine at the heart of every computer, mobile phone and microchip today, so many things on which we are so dependent would be impossible. 2012 is the Alan Turing year -- a centenary celebration of the life and work of Alan Turing. To celebrate Turing's legacy and follow the footsteps of this brilliant mind, we take this golden opportunity to review the latest developments in areas of artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation and metaheuristics, and all these areas can be traced back to Turing's pioneer work. Topics include Turing test, Turing machine, artificial intelligence, cryptography, software testing, image processing, neural networks, nature-inspired algorithms such as bat algorithm and cuckoo search, and multiobjective optimization and many applications. These reviews and chapters not only provide a timely snapshot of the state-of-art developments, but also provide inspiration for young researchers to carry out potentially ground-breaking research in the active, diverse research areas in artificial intelligence, cryptography, machine learning, evolutionary computation, and nature-inspired metaheuristics. This edited book can serve as a timely reference for graduates, researchers and engineers in artificial intelligence, computer sciences, computational intelligence, soft computing, optimization, and applied sciences.
Download or read book S M A R T S and the Invisible Robot written by Melinda Metz and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifth-graders Zoe, Jaden, and Caleb are excited about the Art of Science exhibition, featuring artwork made through scientific methods, by students at the local high school, so when the centerpiece necklace disappears from the locked gallery, the three members of the S.M.A.R.T.S club set out to solve the mystery--especially since the student artist has accused them of stealing it.
Download or read book Making Robot Warriors from Junk written by Stephen Munzer and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2002 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 robots you can make! Bonus! Action stickers and battle plans!
Download or read book Homemade Robots written by Randy Sarafan and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homemade Robots teaches total beginners how to quickly and easily build 10 mobile, autonomous bots with simple tools and common household materials. A Perfect DIY STEAM adventure for the electronically curious. Homemade Robots is a beginner’s guide to building a wide range of mobile, autonomous bots using common household materials. Its 10 creative and easy-to-follow projects are designed to maximize fun with minimal effort—no electronics experience necessary! From the teetering Wobbler to the rolling Barreller, each bot is self-driving and has a unique personality. There’s the aptly named Inchworm Bot made of aluminum rulers; Buffer, a street sweeper-like bot that polishes the floor as it walks; and Sail Bot, which changes direction based on the wind. Randy Sarafan’s hacker approach to sculptural robotics will appeal to builders of all ages. You’ll learn basic electronics, get comfortable with tools and mechanical systems, and gain the confidence to explore further on your own. A wide world of robots is yours to discover, and Homemade Robots is the perfect starting point.
