robotics

An introduction to careers in robotics, including getting started, engineering, robotics design, and more.

Discusses the science, tools, field experiences, and more of robot builders.

"The great Bot recall begins, General Liao demands nothing less than the total obliteration of all humanoid robots. Desperation makes for strange bedfellows as Hart's people reach out to unexpected allies in the corporate world, amongst the humans who protest the very existence of Bots, and even in the house of their greatest enemy. They all must work together or face the same fate: annihilation. They will need all the help they can get"--Publisher.

"The military Bot program is a shameful failure. Everyone wants to forget, but that's hard to do with Edmond West running free and more and more Bot agitation every day. General Liao makes one last ditch attempt to get the situation under control. Meanwhile, the SennTech Bot program is an unqualified success: a SennTech Bot in every bedroom and boardroom, and a never-ending glut of personal information funneled directly into SennTech. In hiding, Hart's people are creating something different-someting the world has never seen before."--Publisher.

"When Shannon Liao sees an internet video of a man doing what seems to be impossible, she finds a rabbit-hole of human-Bot interaction, extreme body modification and, possibly, the solution to all her problems. Meanwhile, Edmond wanders around in a self-imposed exile, taking up with an isolated community where nothing more mechanically advanced that a small motor is permitted. These people are convinced that Bot supremacy will destroy the world. They are preparing diligently for the end."--Publisher.

"SennTech is pleased to announce its latest - and finest - creation: a Hart-style Bot who can see individual DNA signatures. Her first assignment: find Edmond West and keep him in her sight. She's not alone in being obsessed with the former-inventor, hostile forces are converging on the little island where Edmond and Hart are hiding, and all seems lost. But General Liao isn't the one one with a secret weapon..."--Publisher.

"No place is safe for Edmond West and his humanoid robot, Hart. They are on the run, pursued not just by the US military, but also by the giant SennTech Corporation. Meanwhile, the rollout of the Hart Series military robots is hitting a speed bump: the Bots are starting to think for themselves... and they don't think much of the jobs they've been asked to do."--Publisher.

"Edmond West is about to save the world. The robotics genius has developed a plan to create the world's first Artificial Intelligence truly indistinguishable from a human being. His Bots will eradicate global slavery and allow humanity to channel dark impulses safely, harming only soulless machines. When his work attracts the attention of the US Army, a brighter future seems to be just around the corner. Edmond's greatest success, however, may also be his undoing. In Hart, he's created the perfect humanoid robot: intuitive, emotive...and completely unpredictable"--Back cover.

Without underwater robots, people never would have been able to explore the shipwreck of the Titanic as much as they have. From mapping the ocean floor to testing water quality, the jobs these robots can do are astounding. Through many examples and full-color photographs, readers dive deep with underwater robots, learning the technology behind these amazing machines and how they help people every day. Sidebars complement the main content with information about robotics engineers, environmental issues underwater, and the truly inventive science of underwater robots.

Text and illustrations look at Arduino microcontroller programming and includes three projects.