"Robots are everywhere! In Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities, middle schoolers learn about these devices that vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, sample rocks from other planets, and even bring back images from the bottom of the ocean. In Bots! you can find hands-on STEM activities, coding challenges that use free online software, essential questions, and links to online primary resources!"-- provided by publisher.

Introduction : the world of robotics -- The development of robotics -- Robotic shapes and jobs -- Actuators : making robots move -- How robots do things -- Sensors : what is going on? -- Controllers : how robots think -- AI and the future of robotics.