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The Brainiac's Book of Robots and AI
This exciting book introduces young readers to the myriad robots doing all the dull, dirty, and dangerous work in our world. Following The Brainiac’s Book of the Climate and Weather , this new addition to the Brainiac series approaches science and technology from a creative angle to make STEM learning accessible and fun. Hands-on activities include building a grippy robot hand, making a mechanical hopping frog, testing yourself for artificial intelligence, and writing the first bill of robot rights. Readers will also find out which gross and scary jobs only robots can do, how nanobots could battle bugs inside the human body, and why self-driving cars might save lives. Through quirky stories, infographic data dumps, and entertaining activities, readers will discover all there is to know about robots and artificial intelligence. Illustrated in color throughout
64 pages, Hardcover
Published May 23, 2023
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May 5, 2025
You hear and see a lot about robots and AI nowadays. That’s because they are everywhere.
Robots of one sort of another have been around for centuries. No way! Yes way.
Any mechanism that performs a preset ‘program’ to do a simple or complex task can be considered a robot.
A toaster is a robot. It makes perfect toast by the push of a lever or button, cooks the bread for a specified length of time and ejects the toast when the time is up. Other than initially pushing a lever or button the toaster does all the work.
AI has also been around for some time. Early computers had a primitive form of AI (artificial intelligence).
In The Brainiac’s Book Of Robots And AI, by author Paul Virr and illustrator Harriet Russell and publisher Thames & Hudson, young readers learn all about robots and AI of all types from social interactive to factory assemblers.
Art and photos combine to explore the futuristic world of AI and the implication of artificial intelligence now and in the future.
How far will it go? Will man and robots with intelligence coexist? Where is the line drawn between human and artificial life? There’s even a glossary of terms included.
For a hands-on, easy-to-understand look at robots and AI this book clarifies the myths, concerns and the future of both.
Also included are simple-to-follow instructions for making all sorts of robot and AI projects.
Hebrews 10:25 - Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Robots of one sort of another have been around for centuries. No way! Yes way.
Any mechanism that performs a preset ‘program’ to do a simple or complex task can be considered a robot.
A toaster is a robot. It makes perfect toast by the push of a lever or button, cooks the bread for a specified length of time and ejects the toast when the time is up. Other than initially pushing a lever or button the toaster does all the work.
AI has also been around for some time. Early computers had a primitive form of AI (artificial intelligence).
In The Brainiac’s Book Of Robots And AI, by author Paul Virr and illustrator Harriet Russell and publisher Thames & Hudson, young readers learn all about robots and AI of all types from social interactive to factory assemblers.
Art and photos combine to explore the futuristic world of AI and the implication of artificial intelligence now and in the future.
How far will it go? Will man and robots with intelligence coexist? Where is the line drawn between human and artificial life? There’s even a glossary of terms included.
For a hands-on, easy-to-understand look at robots and AI this book clarifies the myths, concerns and the future of both.
Also included are simple-to-follow instructions for making all sorts of robot and AI projects.
Hebrews 10:25 - Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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