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Clive Gifford, Author
Series: Robographics
Imprint: Wayland
Publication date: April 28, 2022
Category: Science: general interest
ISBN: 9781526315939
Series: Robographics
Imprint: Wayland
Publication date: December 8, 2022
Category: Science: general interest
ISBN: 9781526315946
An engaging look at the global impact of robots and robotics that have an environmental impact, discovering how robots move, sense and make decisions in the service of humans.
By building ever smarter robots we can equip them with the ability to work better by themselves and perform varied and complex tasks. Super-smart robots can work for 2,000,000 hours, without human supervision, make 21,000,000,000,000 calculations per second and reach a top speed of 282.42 kilometres an hour among other stupendous things.
Books in the series:
Eco-Robots
Robot Explorers
Robot Helpers
Super-smart Robots
Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children’s books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. His book, The Colours of History, won the Blue Peter Book Awards’ Best Book With Facts. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive’s official website can be found at www.clivegifford.co.uk