Robot Book: Build & Control 20 Electric Gizmos, Moving Machines, and Hacked Toys

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MW UN GETTING STARTED WHAT IS A ROBOT A robot is any machine that is designed to do a task Robots can range from robotic welders to Watson Robotic welders and other industrial robots repeat the same task thousands of times a day saving humans from backbreaking labor Watson is a think ing machine created by IBM that in 2011 beat two of the greatest Jeopardy players of all time The word robot was first used in a play by the Czech playwright Karel Capek in 1920 He and his brother derived the word from robota a Czech word meaning hard work In his play the robots looked more like C 3PO than the robots you will be build ing SAFETY Electricity can hurt you It needs to be treated with respect You should always get an adult s permission to take apart any electronic device Explain to the