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1) Robots
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Introduces robots and the science behind them, including a historic timeline of robot development, common jobs robots perform in the workplace and at home, and robots of the future.
3) Robot Zot!
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On a mission to conquer planet Earth, tiny but fearless Robot Zot and his mechanical sidekick leave a path of destruction as they battle kitchen appliances.
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Discusses what a robot is and provides examples of robots that can be found in homes, including robots that help with housework, robots that assist people with daily tasks, and toy robots. Also includes information about robot scientists, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.
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Explores what robots are and how they assist with a variety of tasks, including scientific experimentation, the monitoring of weather and the environment, search and rescue operations, and industrial processes. Includes an overview of the career of robot scientists, additional facts about robots, a glossary, and a list of further resources.
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Ricky and his Robot are late for dinner again, and Ricky's parents are not too happy. They send the boys to bed without TV, which saves them from falling under a strange spell. When Victor Von Vulture, a villain from Venus, invades Earth, only Ricky and his Robot can send Victor and Video Vultures soaring back into space!
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When Pete's friends don't want to play the same games as he does, Pete has a great idea--he'll build a robot that's just like him! But when Robo-Pete gets a little out of control, Pete realizes the best thing about his friends is that no matter what they like to play, it's always fun when they're all together.
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In this dryly hilarious survival guide, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the secrets to quashing a robot mutiny. From fooling face and speech recognition to engaging in hand-to-pincer combat, How to Survive a Robot Uprising covers every possible doomsday scenario facing the newest endangered species: humans. Full of cool illustrations and including a thorough overview of cutting edge robot prototypes, this one-of-a-kind book makes...
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How can robots help us explore space? A probe called New Horizons is zooming through the outer solar system. It's headed to Pluto. It and other space robots can go where people cannot survive. In this book, you'll learn how robots can work as our eyes, ears, and hands in space.
20) Emotional Data
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In a future still rife with apocalyptic pollution, manipulative sugar daddies, and fun slutty robots, Tink gets drunk in the shower anxiously waiting for her crush to text back. She has something to do with the space alien Jawbreaker's plans for political upheaval and global conquest, but what? And who even cares about Earth anyway? A deluxe comic by sci-fi sad girl Abby Jame (Heart Shaped Tears, art director for the Adult Swim series Teenage Euthanasia)....