Robot

162 Pages·2018·39.01 MB·English

by  Dorling Kindersley

ROBOT
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ROBOT
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C O N T E N T S
DK LONDON
Senior editor Steven Carton
Senior art editor Smiljka Surla
US Editor Jennette ElNaggar
US Executive editor Lori Cates Hand
Picture researcher Nic Dean
Photographer Ruth Jenkinson 8 Foreword
Jacket designers Smiljka Surla, Surabhi Wadhwa-Gandhi
Jacket editor Amelia Collins
Jacket design development manager Sophia MTT
THE RISE
Producer, pre-production Andy Hilliard
Senior producer Alex Bell
Managing editor Lisa Gillespie
Managing art editor Owen Peyton Jones OF ROBOTS
Publisher Andrew Macintyre
Associate publishing director Liz Wheeler
Art director Karen Self
Design director Phil Ormerod
12 What Is a Robot?
Publishing director Jonathan Metcalf
DK DELHI 14 How Robots Work
Senior editor Bharti Bedi
Senior art editor Shreya Anand
16 Ancient Automata
Editors Charvi Arora, Aadithyan Mohan
Art editor Revati Anand
Assistant art editors Baibhav Parida, Srishti Arora 18 Advanced Automata
Jacket designer Juhi Sheth
Jackets editorial coordinator Priyanka Sharma
Senior DTP designer Harish Aggarwal 20 Rise of Real Robotics
DTP designers Nand Kishor Acharya,
Pawan Kumar, Vikram Singh 22 Robots in Culture
Managing jackets editor Saloni Singh
Pre-production manager Balwant Singh
Production manager Pankaj Sharma 24 Modern Robots
Managing editor Kingshuk Ghoshal
Managing art editor Govind Mittal
26 Types of Robot
Written by Laura Buller, Clive Gifford, Andrea Mills
Consultants Lucy Rogers, Michael Szollosy
First American Edition, 2018
Published in the United States by DK Publishing
345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
Copyright © 2018 Dorling Kindersley Limited
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Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited
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ISBN 978-1-4654-7584-8
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C O N T E N T S
IN THE AT WORK
HOME
52 LBR iiwa
54 Baxter
30 MiRo
56 Online Programming
32 SpotMini
58 Da Vinci Surgical System
34 Legs, Wheels,
60 Hard at Work
and Tracks
62 Offline Programming
36 EXOTrainer
64 Kilobots
38 Zenbo
40 Home Helpers
42 Wheelie 7
44 Cozmo
46 Robot
Intelligence
48 Leka
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EVERYDAY
BOTS
70 Pepper
72 Gita
74 Higher Intelligence
76 iCub
80 Sophia
82 Robot World
84 YuMi
86 Robotic Kitchen
88 Zeno
GGOOIINNGG TTOO
90 NAO
94 MegaBots EEXXTTRREEMMEESS
96 PARO
104 OceanOne
98 BionicOpter
106 Sensors and Data
100 FFZERO1
108 BionicANTs
112 Octobot
114 Extreme Bots
116 eMotionButterflies
118 Unusual Moves
120 Eelume
124 BionicKangaroo
126 Acting on Data
128 RoboBees
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SPECIFICATION PANELS
HERO BOTS
Each robot profile features some or all
of the specifications shown in this box.
132 Mars 2020
134 Finding a Way
136 Little Ripper Lifesaver
ORIGIN
This indicates the country in which
138 Method-2 the robot was developed.
140 Danger Zones
142 Guardian™ S
HEIGHT
144 Chimp The height of the robot
148 Figuring Terrain
150 R5 Valkyrie
POWER
This indicates the source of
power for the robot.
152 Glossary
156 Index
MANUFACTURER
160 Acknowledgments This indicates the maker
of the robot.
DEVELOPED/RELEASED
This indicates the year in which
development work first began on
the robot, or when the robot was
commercially released.
WEIGHT
The weight of the robot
FEATURES
This includes the most characteristic
and noteworthy features of the robot.
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