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ROBOTS

CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY

by Lisa J. Amstutz

ALL ABOUT

ROBOTS

by Lisa J. Amstutz

FOCUS

READERS

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Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions, Lake Elmo, MN 55042. All rights reserved. No

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Photographs : Alex Gallardo/AP Images, cover, 1; NorGal/Shutterstock Images, 45;

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Content Consultant: Dr. Stelian Coros, Assistant Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie

MellonUniversity

ISBN

978-1-63517-014-6 (hardcover)

978-1-63517-070-2 (paperback)

978-1-63517-175-4 (ebook pdf)

978-1-63517-125-9 (hosted ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016949755

Printed in the United States of America

Mankato, MN

November, 2016

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lisa J. Amstutz is the author of more than 50 nonfiction books for children. She specializes

in topics related to science, nature, and agriculture. Lisas work has also appeared in a

variety of magazines and newspapers. Her background includes a BA in biology and an MS in

environmental science.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

What Is a Robot?

CHAPTER 2

Are Robots Good or Bad?

CHAPTER 3

What Makes a Robot Tick?

CHAPTER 4

Robots Everywhere!

CHAPTER 5

Robots of the Future

HOW IT WORKS

Driverless Cars

CHAPTER

WHAT IS A ROBOT?

The first robotic vacuum cleaners became

available in the 1990s.

I

magine waking up in the morning to find

your breakfast already cooked and the

table set by a robot. While you eat, robots

do your laundry and vacuum the floor.

Then you hop into your self-driving car

and head to school. There, a robot teacher

helps you with your math.

Believe it or not, all of these robots

already exist! Some of them are not yet

widely available. But they will likely be

more common in the future.

Robots are machines that are used to

do tasks. The study of robots is called

robotics. The scientists who make robots

are called roboticists.

Robots come in many shapes and sizes.

Most are made of metal and plastic.

They have movable parts and follow

commands. Some can sense things

around them. Robots usually have at least

one arm. Some robots are microscopic.

Scientists are testing nanobots that

are small enough to go inside the body.

In the future, nanobots may be the size of cells.

These tiny robots can find problems and

fix them.

People have been building robot-like

machines for thousands of years. Around

BCE, a Greek named Archytas of

Tarentum created the first automaton,

or machine that could move by itself.

Archytass wooden bird could fly

hundreds of feet into the air.

In the early 1500s, Leonardo da Vinci

created a mechanical lion that could walk.

It was not until 1961 that robots came

into everyday use. That year, General

MEET ASIMO

ASIMO is a humanoid robot created by Honda. At

ASIMO may do tasks such as getting snacks and

turning off lights for people who are elderly or

disabled. It may even help fight fires or clean up

toxic spills.

Motors started using a robotic arm to

help build cars in its factories. Today,

robots are used for a wide variety of

tasks, including vacuuming floors and

defusing bombs. Scientists keep thinking

up new kinds of robots to help us with

hard, dirty, dangerous, and boring jobs.

Honda first introduced ASIMO in 2000.

CHAPTER

ARE ROBOTS

GOOD OR BAD?

W

hy do we need robots? Why not

let humans do all the work? Unlike

humans, robots do not get worn out when

they do dull jobs. Robots can often work

faster than humans and with fewer errors.

They can do difficult jobs, such as lifting

heavy car parts on a factory floor.

Today, car companies use many different types of

robots to produce vehicles.

They can also do dirty jobs, such as

checking sewage pipes for clogs.

Robots can do dangerous jobs as well.

Specialized robots can climb down into

a volcano to study it. They can search

through rubble for survivors after an

earthquake.

Robots help us in many ways. But they

can also have downsides. For example,

some people may lose their jobs when

a factory starts using robots instead

of human workers. Also, drones may

interfere with airplane flight paths.

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