August 2010
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
13h 21m
English
Welcome to the world of robotics. For more than 100 years, people have thought, dreamed, and written about robots. Not long ago, the only place you could find a robot was in a good science-fiction story. Today robots are very real and perform a wide variety of important jobs. Robots explore other planets, investigate deep-sea volcanoes, assemble automobiles, and perform surgery. Figure 1-1 shows one of the Mars Exploration Rovers that help scientists explore our neighboring planet. You can even buy a robot at your local department store to sweep your floors at night while you sleep.

Figure 1-1. Mars ...