Klepeis, Alicia
Summary: Robots that talk and act human are the ultimate artificial intelligence (AI) turning point. We are closer than ever to making it reality. Learn how robots have changed over time and how these advances bring complicated ethical issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 006.3 KLEMeyer, Marissa
Summary: When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous alliance between Earth and Luna, android Iko joins up with a handsome royal guard to hunt down the rogue leader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel And Friends 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Toriyama, Akira
Summary: "Ever since Goku became Earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama's best-selling series, Dragon Ball! The decisive battle! Farewell, trunks! The battle for the fate of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DRAHamilton, Sue L.
Summary: Simple text and close-up photographs present the amazing advancements of today's robots. Readers will learn about the incredible developments of human-like automatons, some who perform dangerous work and others who execute finely detailed skills. This book contains important details about how these robots are designed to assist, protect, and benefit humans. Includes surprising information about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.892 HAMBergeron, Bryan P.
Summary: Create the next generation of AUTONOMOUS ANDROIDS! Construct self-governing 'droids that display physiologically correct behaviors. Co-written by experts in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and medicine, Androids: Build Your Own Lifelike Robots features low-cost DIY projects that translate human physiology into cybernetics. Teach your creations to maneuver with an arsenal of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill Education 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.892 BERClamp (Artistic group)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2003
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHOBeecroft, Simon
Summary: Profiles more than fifty robot and droid characters that appear in the various "Star Wars" films, arranged by increasing size, with information on their origins, special characteristics, personalities, and role in the films.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 BEEClamp (Artistic group)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2003
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHOClamp (Artistic group)
Summary: If a persocom's memories are stored on a hard drive, are they real? After all, a hard drive can simply be erased. This question has been driving Hideki mad as he searches for his kidnapped 'com, Chi. Hideki has always maintained that persocoms are just machines, but his heart tells him that there's something special about Chi, and he can't let her come to harm. As Hideki and friends follow the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHOClamp (Artistic group)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2003
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Summary: Chi isn't your average humanoid computer. She can't do word processing, she can't connect to the net, and she's incapable of interfacing with other persocoms ... but when the hapless, technophobic Hideki rescues her from the scrap heap and takes her home, he finds that she may be more advanced than her childlike behavior lets on ... --from the Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Looks inside the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a national competition in the design of rescue robots. Examines recent advances in the development of robots instilled with human skills. Offers speculation upon ways in which robots will become part of everyday life and the impact they will have on the job market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RISClamp (Artistic group)
Summary: Nineteen-year-old Hideki has a humanoid named Chi. Chi has something or someone hidden in her cybernetic soul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHOClay, Kathryn.
Summary: "Describes the past, present, and possible future of robots that resemble humans and human behavior"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.892 CLADufty, David F.
Summary: "In late January 2006, a young robotocist on the way to Google headquarters lost an overnight bag on a flight somewhere between Dallas and Las Vegas. In it was a fully functional head of the android replica of Philip K. Dick, cult science fiction writer and counter-culture guru. It has never been recovered. In a story that echoes some of the most paranoid fantasies of a Philip K. Dick novel,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.892 DUFHowell, Izzi
Summary: Take a look at how a robotic arm is designed, how engineers are devising examples that can be controlled by the human brain just like a real arm, and how the science of electronics allows the robot to interpret electrical signals and move in response. Find out about sensors, code and programming, explore fascinating robots from drones and space rovers to medical robots, and meet some of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.8 HOWLang, Karen
Summary: "Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide chock-full of colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, readers can learn how to create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even their own chat app to communicate with friends--then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MITeen Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 005.3 LANLemire, Jeff.
Summary: "One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham. This third volume collects issues #12-16 of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2016