COMO CONSTRUIR UN ROBOT (El Juego De La Ciencia: Como/ The Science Game: How)

by Clive Gifford

Another title in the popular "How To" series, that addresses the issue of artificial intelligence - what is it, what can it do for us, and should we be worried about it? Robots have been a part of our lives for many years - in factories, in dangerous places, or in extremes of heat or cold, but it's only now that scientists are building robots that can think as well as do. As we discover how to build machines that can learn, rather than just take instructions from us, what are the implications for the future? Clive Gifford is a specialist science writer for children. His previous books include How the Future Machines, Eyewitness Communications, Inside Robots and articles for Techno Quest magazine.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor

96 pages, Paperback

Published June 30, 2006

About the author

Clive Gifford is a highly experienced journalist and author with over 170 books published and more than 800 features and stories written for adults and children.

Clive is an unusual author who likes to work in both fiction and non-fiction. Perhaps this reflects his unusual life which, so far, has seen him travel to over 70 countries, be held hostage in Colombia, go parachuting, coach several sports and run a computer games company.

He says: "What drives me more than anything else is the desire to communicate, entertain and inform through the written word."

Reviews

[Powers Family · Rating 5 out of 5]

For school Ben is suppose to read different genre of books and "how to" is one of them. I found this at the library. After reading it he told me all about nanobots and that the arm robots (i.e. like the one to repair the hubble telescope) are the most common. Not sure you could really build a robot after reading this but he enjoyed reading it.