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ROBOT US_001_Half_Title.indd 1 09/04/18 7:33 PM US_002-003_Title.indd 2 09/04/18 7:33 PM ROBOT US_002-003_Title.indd 3 09/04/18 7:33 PM 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 DK, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC 18 19 20 21 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–310748–Sept/2018 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under the copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4654-7584-8 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 [email protected] Printed and bound in China A WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW www.dk.com US_004-007_Contents.indd 4 09/04/2018 17:43 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 US_004-007_Contents.indd 5 09/04/2018 17:43 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 US_004-007_Contents.indd 6 09/04/2018 17:43 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. US_004-007_Contents.indd 7 24/04/18 5:19 PM US_008-009_Foreword.indd 8 09/04/18 5:34 PM
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