TECHNOLOGY
Foran, Racquel

Robotics: From Automatons to the Roomba

(3) YA History of Science series. Foran covers the history of the scientific and engineering fields associated with robotics, including automated and remotely controlled machinery and artificial intelligence. Robots are profiled according to use in industrial, research, space, and everyday contexts. Color photographs of robots and scientists, and historical images of their precursors, round out the text. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

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