robotics

Learn more about the FIRST Robotics Competition through detailed explanations built to foster creativity and critical thinking.

Offers readers guidance on building robots with LEGO Mindstorms EV3, including step-by-step instructions for five projects that teach how to build a robot and how to write code to make the robot work.

They fix spacecraft, dance, tell jokes, and even clean your carpet! From the tiniest robo-bees to gigantic factory machines, robotics is all around you.

The U.S. military has given nearly 1,000 robots to police departments around the country. This means most police robots are ex-military. Young readers will walk through the history of robots teaming up with those who bravely wear the badge. They can decide for themselves if they think robots belong on the beat.

No surgeon can boast the steady ?hands? of da Vinci. This surgical robot was built for careful cutting, and that is why it has helped with more than three million medical operations to date! This high-interest children?s read introduces robots dedicated to saving lives and caregiving.

General Motors brought the first factory robot to life in 1961. The 4,000-pound assembly-line robot was named Unimate. It proved it could build cars twice as fast as humans could! In this children?s tech title, the behind-the-scenes robots that make factory work fly get much-deserved attention.

Robotics projects are fast and easy in this book where all projects fall within a 30-minute time limit--.

An introduction to Makerspaces, and creating robots.

Describes various career options for people who create and/or work with robots, with an emphasis on how science, technology, engineering, art, and math are important in this type of work. Also outlines specific jobs available within the field, the many uses of robots, STEAM job facts, and more.

Teaches how to use LEGO Robotics to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education.