CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE What Is a Robot 4 CHAPTER TWO Entertainment Robots of the Past 12 CHAPTER THREE Challenges and Solutions 20 CHAPTER FOUR Entertainment Robots Today 28 CHAPTER FIVE The Future of Robots 36 Fast Facts 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Online Resources 47 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
CHAPTER ONE
WHAT IS A ROBOT A robot wheels toward two plastic of the blocks It sets this block on top of the blocks Using a lever on the front of its body Cozmo picks up one other block The robot beeps Its animated blue eyes light up A woman brings over a third block She points to the top of the second block She wants the third block stacked here But the robot is too short It can’t reach The woman picks up the block and stacks it herself The robot wheels over to the stacked blocks and knocks them down It rolls away Cozmo is a robot that can learn about its environment
