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. The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

Explores the latest technology in robotics and describes the many different types of robots and how they are built and used in today's world.

Eyewitness Computer gives readers an up-close look at the machines that have come to define the modern world. From laptops to supercomputers, this book uses clear, crisp photography and engaging text to explain how computers work, the functions they serve, and what they might do in the future.

Discover the coolest robots of today and tomorrow in this colorful, photo-packed book. In this inviting and entertaining format, kids will learn about the science behind these amazing machines. Written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the scientists of tomorrow!

Provides a speculative look ahead to the technological, environmental, and biological developments of the twenty-first century.

Kids get an up-close look at all kinds of cool robots, from cyborgs and humanoids to robots in movies, with amazing images and mind-blowing facts. DKfindout! Robots will satisfy any child who is eager to learn - and keep them coming back for more! Age Range- from 6 years to 9 years

Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.

This interactive baby book with 6 sounds and sparkly LED lights will keep little picture book fans entertained as they follow the story of a robot who has lost his noisy sounds! Press Baby Robot's button to hear him make a whirr-whirr, beep, buzz sound and to switch on his twinkly lights. Then name his body parts, touch his circle button to hear him click, bleep, and ping, and follow him as he has a very busy day. But after all the fun, Baby Robot feels tired. His lights aren't working, and he's lost his noisy sounds! Baby Robot wishes he could still have cool lights like his toy car, sound amazing like the phone, and play a beautiful lullaby like his musical box. Luckily, Big Robot knows what to do. Baby Robot just needs a rest! The next day Baby Robot's battery is recharged, and he lights up, beeps, buzzes, pings, and plays a tune. Baby Robot feels great! Baby Robot: A Beep-buzz!, Light-up Story has simple text that helps babies and toddlers learn that we all need a rest to be at our best. The book has different shaped sound buttons, helping little ones to learn shapes. In addition, touching the buttons to turn on the sounds and lights helps children develop fine motor skills, as well as stimulating their senses, and teaching them cause-and-effect, which encourages logical thinking. With so much for children to learn and lots to delight them, Baby Robot: A Beep-buzz, Light-up Story is a unique, early learning, light and sound book, a great sensory toy for babies and toddlers, and perfect for anyone who wants an imaginative, novelty robot book for kids. With 3 replaceable button cell batteries.

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. The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

DK Eyewitness Books: Future is a spectacular and informative guide to the 21st century and beyond. Original photography and artworks illustrate the extraordinary visions of the future of scientists, artists and inventors through the ages, offering a unique "eyewitness" view of a world we are yet to know. See an insect robot learning to walk, a hypersonic plane, a calendar for the next century, a space hotel and a millennium tower that will house 50,000 people. Learn the way genetic engineering will affect future foods, how a spaceship will be driven by antimatter and how large the world's population will be in 2050. Discover how a woman can work a flight simulator with her mind, the medical advances that will prolong life, the cyberpets that will be the companions of the future, and much, much more!