Take a detailed look at the fascinating world of robots - from the earliest single-task machines to the advanced intelligence of robots with feelings. Young readers will be amazed to learn all that robots can do: perform delicate surgical operations, clean city sewers, work as museum tour guides, or even battle each other in combat. Find out how humans have created these mechanical minds and bodies. Annotation. Take a detailed look at the fascinating world of robots from their earliest days through to the advanced intelligence of future robots with feelings. Including machines that perform delicate surgical operations and those that clean our sewers, to those that work as museum tour guides and even battle each other in combat, this book has timeliness of robots and a list of websites make this a complete guide to the world of robotics.

"Discover the amazing world of machines, from robots that play chess to systems that think"--Cover.

What is a robot? -- Fictional robots -- Robot ancestors -- Beginnings of real robotics -- Robots on the move -- Robot senses -- Artificial intelligence -- Robots in industry -- Remote control -- Ready-made robots -- Robots in the classroom --Playing with robots -- Battle of the bots -- Sporting robots -- Robots in the lab -- Robots in medicine -- Helping around the home -- Going where it's hard to go -- Flying and driving -- Underwater robots -- Robots in space -- Robots and art -- Musical robots -- Animatronics -- Machines with feelings -- Teams and swarms -- Cyborgs -- Humanoids -- Into the future -- Index.