Robot Magic

Robot Magic
Author: Mario Marchese
Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1680457667

Learn robotics through magic, or enhance your magic with robotics! This book is a beginner's guide to creating robotics-infused magic, with a dedication to accessibility -- cardboard meets Arduino meets magic! All ages, backgrounds, and abilities will find clever, fun projects within these pages that challenge their creativity and explode their imagination.

Enchanting Robots

Enchanting Robots
Author: Maciej Musiał
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030125793

This book argues that robots are enchanting humans (as potential intimate partners), because humans are enchanting robots (by performing magical thinking), and that these processes are a part of a significant re-enchantment of the “modern” world. As a foundation, the author examines arguments for and against intimate relationships with robots, particularly sex robots and care robots. Moreover, the book provides a consideration of human-robot interactions and philosophical reflections about robots through the lens of magic and magical thinking as well as theoretical and practical re-evaluations of their status and presence. Furthermore, the author discusses the abovementioned issues in the context of disenchantment and re-enchantment of the world, characterizing modernity as a coexistence of these two processes. The book closes with a consideration of future scenarios regarding the meaning of life in the age of rampant automation and the possibility that designing robots becomes a sort of new eugenics as a consequence of recognizing robots as persons.

Robot Farm (The Magic School Bus Rides Again)

Robot Farm (The Magic School Bus Rides Again)
Author: Gabe Polt
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2018-08-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338290851

Seatbelts, everyone! Ms. Frizzle's class learns all about the role of technology on farms! Wanda proudly hosts this year's school harvest feast, but she was so busy promoting it she forget to get the food! Luckily, Ralphie happens to know of a farm that grows the finest produce around, but there's a problem: he thinks it's haunted! There are tractors driven by ghosts, plants that climb walls, and so many robots! Could the spooky discoveries actually be helping the farm?

Medieval Robots

Medieval Robots
Author: E. R. Truitt
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015-06-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0812246977

Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.

Robot Alchemy

Robot Alchemy
Author: Texe Marrs
Publisher: Rivercrest Publishing
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781930004801

Come and take a thrilling excursion across the robot galaxy. Since time immemorial, humans have sought to build artificial creatures that move and talk. You will see and discover many of these fantastic creations in this book.

Maya and the Robot

Maya and the Robot
Author: Eve L. Ewing
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1984814656

From award-winning author Eve L. Ewing comes an illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspiring fifth-grade scientist Maya needs a friend -- and a science fair project. Maya's nervous about fifth grade. She tries to keep calm by reminding herself she knows what to expect. But then she learns that this year won't be anything like the last. For the first time since kindergarten, her best friends Jada and MJ are placed in a different class without her, and introverted Maya has trouble making new friends. She tries to put on a brave face since they are in fifth grade now, but Maya is nervous! Just when too much seems to be changing, she finds a robot named Ralph in the back of Mr. Mac's convenience store closet. Once she uses her science skills to get him up and running, a whole new world of connection opens up as Ralph becomes a member of her family and Maya begins to step into her power. In this touching novel, Eve L. Ewing melds together a story about community, adapting to change, and the magic of ingenuity that reminds young readers that they can always turn to their own curiosity when feeling lost.

Dylan and His Magical Robot

Dylan and His Magical Robot
Author: Sol Regwan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781703660166

Dylan had the most amazing imagination. He would show it through his drawings. Apart from his passion for drawing, he loved and collected robots. What happens when the drawing of his largest and most magnificent robot comes to life?

Factory

Factory
Author: Erik Kjerland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780972135818

Magic

Magic
Author: Richard Wiseman
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2023-08-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1804556122

Join magician, author, and psychologist Richard Wiseman as he journeys into the secretive world of magic and uncovers the surprising therapeutic and educational benefits of making the impossible possible.

Amazing Magic Tricks!

Amazing Magic Tricks!
Author: Norm Barnhart
Publisher: Capstone Press
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2019
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1543506054

"Teaches children dozens of easy-to-learn magic tricks using common materials; includes both performance and instructional videos for each trick featuring the author"--