{"id":7860,"date":"2014-04-05T10:22:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T14:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=7860"},"modified":"2021-08-15T11:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T15:16:59","slug":"robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robots!<\/p>\n<p>See below for robot books and resources of all kinds. Build a robotic arm and a programmable robot; make tin-can and cereal-box robots; and learn about a robot so adorable that people help it cross the street.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9a2ea5dbc1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9a2ea5dbc1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/#READ_ABOUT_ROBOTS_%E2%80%93_Fiction\" >READ ABOUT ROBOTS \u2013 Fiction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/2\/#READ_ABOUT_ROBOTS_%E2%80%93_Nonfiction\" >READ ABOUT ROBOTS \u2013 Nonfiction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/2\/#BUILDING_ROBOTS\" >BUILDING ROBOTS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/3\/#ROBOT_KITS\" >ROBOT KITS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/3\/#ACTIVITIES_AND_LESSON_PLANS\" >ACTIVITIES AND LESSON PLANS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/3\/#ROBOT_ARTS_AND_CRAFTS\" >ROBOT ARTS AND CRAFTS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/4\/#ROBOTS_AND_POETRY\" >ROBOTS AND POETRY<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/robots\/4\/#ROBOTS_IN_THE_MOVIES\" >ROBOTS IN THE MOVIES<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"READ_ABOUT_ROBOTS_%E2%80%93_Fiction\"><\/span><b>READ ABOUT ROBOTS \u2013 Fiction<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12538 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-book-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-book-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-book-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-book.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Heather Brown\u2019s <i>The Robot Book<\/i> (Accord Publishing, 2013) explains what a robot is made of \u2013 one mouth, two eyes, two arms \u2013 but it\u2019s what\u2019s inside (a mechanical heart) that counts. A great interactive book with sturdy cogs, gears, bolts, and wheels to turn, slide, and manipulate. For roboticists ages 1-4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12505 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-and-bot-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-and-bot-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-and-bot-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-and-bot-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-and-bot-1234x1536.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-and-bot-1646x2048.jpg 1646w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-and-bot.jpg 2009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Ame Dyckman\u2019s <i>Boy and Bot<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012), a boy out gathering pine cones meets a big bright-red soup-can-shaped robot in the woods and the two have a wonderful time playing \u2013 until the robot\u2019s power switch is inadvertently switched off. Worried, the boy takes the robot home and does everything he can think of to revive it, including reading it a story and feeding it applesauce. Finally the boy falls asleep. The robot then powers on, only to find his new friend \u2013 off. He carries the boy back to the laboratory and attempts to repair the malfunction (oil? a new battery?). Luckily all is put right by the timely arrival of the robot\u2019s inventor. Cleverly funny, with a simple text for ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12543 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-zot-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-zot-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-zot.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Jon Scieszka\u2019s <i>Robot Zot!<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2009) is out to conquer the Earth. The problem: he has landed in a household kitchen and he\u2019s just three inches tall. He battles enemy kitchen appliances and a television set, and rescues the Queen of All Earth (a pink cell phone), before speeding off to conquer new galaxies. The pictures are hilarious, and so is Robot Zot, who talks like the Terminator. (\u201cNo one stop Robot Zot. Robot Zot crush lot.\u201d) For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12507 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clink-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clink-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clink.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The star of Kelly DiPucchio\u2019s <i>Clink<\/i> (Balzer + Bray, 2011) is an outmoded little robot with red feet, who can make (burned) toast and play music, but lacks the glitzier features of the newer, spiffier robots. Eventually, however, a little boy comes along for whom Clink is just right. It\u2019s a <i>Corduroy<\/i> story, with robots. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12551 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/three-little-aliencs-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/three-little-aliencs-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/three-little-aliencs-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/three-little-aliencs-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/three-little-aliencs-1536x1256.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/three-little-aliencs-2048x1675.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Margaret McNamara\u2019s <i>The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot<\/i> (Schwartz &amp; Wade, 2011), an outer-space take on the Three Little Pigs tale, the three little (green) aliens, Bork, Gork, and Nklxwcyz, have been sent off by their mama to find planets of their own \u2013 but have been told to beware of the Big Bad Robot.\u00a0 (\u201cI\u2019ll crack and smack and whack your house down!\u201d meeped the Robot.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12536 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-bluebird-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-bluebird-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-bluebird.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>David Lucas\u2019s <i>The Robot and the Bluebird<\/i> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2008) is an old-fashioned fable (with robot). A robot with a broken heart is sent to the scrap heap where, one cold night, he adopts a shivering little bluebird. The bird makes her home in the robot\u2019s empty chest and when she explains that she needs to travel south for the winter, he sets out to take her there. The robot gives out when they arrive, with the last words \u201cMake your home in my heart\u201d \u2013 and he ends up as a home for generations of nesting bluebirds. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12532 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Oh-No-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Oh-No-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Oh-No.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Mac Barnett\u2019s <i>Oh No! Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World<\/i> (Disney Hyperion, 2010) \u2013 a picture book in graphic novel format \u2013 a little girl builds a gigantic robot for the science fair. The robot promptly breaks loose and goes on a rampage through the city. (\u201cI probably shouldn\u2019t have given it a superclaw or a laser eye or the power to control dogs\u2019 minds,\u201d she opines.) Funny and clever. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12534 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rabbit-and-robot-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rabbit-and-robot-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rabbit-and-robot.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Cece Bell\u2019s <i>Rabbit and Robot<\/i> (Candlewick, 2014), Robot spends the night with his friend Rabbit. Rabbit has a list of activities planned, but everything soon goes wrong \u2013 beginning with the pizza. (Robot doesn\u2019t like carrots on his; he prefers nuts and bolts.) And there\u2019s a great scene is which both appear in Rabbit-shaped pajamas. For early readers ages 5-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12519 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-bk-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-bk-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-bk.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In poet Ted Hughes\u2019s <i>The Iron Giant<\/i> (Yearling, 1999), an enormous and indestructible robot with glowing eyes has crashed to Earth and is feeding himself on metal: barbed wire, tractors, and farm equipment. A little boy named Hogarth befriends the Giant and turns to him when a mysterious alien creature \u2013 the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon \u2013 lands in Australia. As it turns out, the space creature is really there to bring about world peace. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12520 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-movie-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-movie-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-movie-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-movie-768x1018.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-movie-1159x1536.jpg 1159w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/iron-giant-movie.jpg 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The 1999 film version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0129167\/\">The Iron Giant<\/a> is rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Wired magazine, a thought-provoking article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2009\/08\/a-decade-later-the-iron-giants-weaponized-soul-still-stirs\/?intcid=postnav\">The Iron Giant<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12508 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clockwork-twin-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clockwork-twin-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clockwork-twin-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clockwork-twin-768x1191.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clockwork-twin.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For fans of the irrepressible and imaginative Freddy the Pig, see Walter R. Brooks\u2019s <i>The Clockwork Twin<\/i> (Overlook Juvenile Books, 2013), in which Freddy and fellow animals on the Bean farm rescue a boy named Adoniram Smith from both a flood and his cruel aunt and uncle. Realizing that the boy is lonely, they convince Mr. Bean\u2019s inventor brother Benjamin to make him a friend: a wooden robot operated by clockwork. When the aunt and uncle show up to reclaim Adoniram, they mistake the clockwork twin for the real boy. As always, Freddy and friends are funny, flamboyant, and make for a great read. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12552 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tiktok-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tiktok-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tiktok-838x1024.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tiktok-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tiktok-1256x1536.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tiktok-1675x2048.jpg 1675w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tiktok.jpg 2045w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Vintage robot! L. Frank Baum\u2019s <i>Tik-Tok of Oz<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1996) \u2013 eighth book in the original Oz series \u2013 features Tik-Tok, a clockwork man, and Betsy Bobbin of Oklahoma, who ends up in Oz along with her friend Hank, a mule. For ages 7-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12530 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-robots-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-robots-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-robots.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>John Olander\u2019s steampunk-ish <i>My Robots<\/i> (Two Lions, 2012) purports to be notes on the robots made by genius inventor Lady Regina Bonquers III (who disappeared in 1972). The book is designed like a scrapbook, crammed with photos, notes, sketches, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs. A fun read for ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12531 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nick-and-tesla-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nick-and-tesla-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nick-and-tesla.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith, <i>Nick and Tesla\u2019s Robot Army Rampage<\/i> (Quirk Books, 2014) features Nick and Tesla, 11-year-old sleuths who solve mysteries using science. In this book \u2013 one of a series \u2013 they nab a criminal mastermind using robots. Instructions for building four different robots are included in the book, among them the Semi-Invisible Bottle Bot, for which you\u2019ll need (among other things) two wire coat hangers and a 2-liter plastic water bottle. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12550 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-wild-robot-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-wild-robot-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-wild-robot.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Peter Brown\u2019s <em>The Wild Robot<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2016), the robot \u2013 Roz (short for ROZZUM unit 7134) has ended up on an island, where she is inadvertently activated by a bunch of sea otters. As Roz struggles to survive, she learns to cope with her new environment and gradually to become part of the animal community. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13359 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cog-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cog-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cog.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The star of Greg van Eekhout&#8217;s <em>Cog<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2019) looks like a 12-year-old boy but is actually a robot &#8211; his name, Cog, is short for &#8220;cognitive development.&#8221; Separated from his kind scientist caretaker, Gina, by the unscrupulous uniMIND corporation, who plans to use him for experiments, Cog escapes and sets off to find Gina, along with four robot accomplices, including his sister ADA (a weapon android). A thought-provoking story of what it means to be human for ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13362 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/last-human-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/last-human-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/last-human-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/last-human-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/last-human.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Lee Bacon&#8217;s <em>The Last Human<\/em> (Harry N. Abrams, 2019), humans have been eliminated from the planet and robots have established a society of their own. Then XR-935, whose purpose in life is to install solar panels, meets a 12-year-old human, Emma, looking for help for her dying family and friends in their hidden bunker. In company with two robot companions &#8211; enormous Ceeron and zippy SkD, who communicates via emoji pictures &#8211; Emma and XR_935 set off on a dangerous journey, discovering much along the way about friendship and tolerance. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12515 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-cabret-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-cabret-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-cabret-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-cabret-768x1171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-cabret.jpg 984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Brian Selznick\u2019s <i>The Invention of Hugo Cabret<\/i> (Scholastic, 2007) features 12-year-old Hugo, an orphan who lives secretly in the Paris train station, an incredible automaton in the form of a writing man, and Georges Melies, a master of early silent film. A terrific read for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12516 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-movie-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-movie-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-movie-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-movie-768x1092.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-movie-1081x1536.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-movie-1441x2048.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hugo-movie.jpg 1759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0970179\/\">Hugo<\/a>, the 2011 film version of the book, was directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13360 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JAQUET-DROZ_THE-WRITER_01-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JAQUET-DROZ_THE-WRITER_01-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JAQUET-DROZ_THE-WRITER_01-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JAQUET-DROZ_THE-WRITER_01-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/JAQUET-DROZ_THE-WRITER_01.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Selznick\u2019s automaton is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2013\/11\/the-writer-automata\/\">The Writer<\/a>, an automaton built by Pierre Jaquet-Droz in the late 1770\u2019s and believed to be the oldest example of a computer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>A similar automaton, Maillardet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fi.edu\/history-resources\/automaton\">Draughtsman-Writer<\/a>, dates to the same period. It is now in the Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12548 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-curiosity-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-curiosity-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-curiosity.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Gary Blackwood\u2019s <i>The Curiosity<\/i> (Dial, 2014) is the story of Rufus, a 12-year-old chess prodigy, recruited by a sleazy showman to operate a chess-playing automaton called the Turk. History, mystery, and suspense for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12527 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monstrous-devices-damien-love-9780451478580-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monstrous-devices-damien-love-9780451478580-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monstrous-devices-damien-love-9780451478580-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monstrous-devices-damien-love-9780451478580-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monstrous-devices-damien-love-9780451478580-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monstrous-devices-damien-love-9780451478580-1355x2048.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/monstrous-devices-damien-love-9780451478580.jpg 1654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Damien Love\u2019s <em>Monstrous Devices<\/em> (Viking, 2018), young Alex is given an old tin robot by his grandfather, with a note reading \u201cThis one is special.\u201d Soon Alex and his grandfather end up fleeing across Europe, pursued by dangerous people and animated robots. An exciting adventure for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12546 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Eyes_of_the_Killer_Robot-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Eyes_of_the_Killer_Robot-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Eyes_of_the_Killer_Robot.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>John Bellairs\u2019s books are Gothic novels for kids: creepy, dark, and exciting. In <i>The Eyes of the Killer Robot<\/i> (Bantam, 1994), starring Johnny Dixon, evil wizard Evaristus Sloane plans to bring a robot to life \u2013 using Johnny\u2019s eyes. Available for Kindle and at libraries. (If you get hooked, <i>all<\/i> the Bellairs books are available for Kindle. The series was continued by Brad Strickland after Bellairs\u2019s death.) For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12506 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/brother-from-box-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/brother-from-box-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/brother-from-box-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/brother-from-box-768x1163.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/brother-from-box-1014x1536.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/brother-from-box-1352x2048.jpg 1352w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/brother-from-box.jpg 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Evan Kuhlman\u2019s <i>Brother from a Box<\/i> (Atheneum, 2013), Matt\u2019s \u201cbrother\u201d is a French robot named Norman, created by his genius computer scientist father. There\u2019s humor and suspense \u2013 Norman catches a computer virus and goes nuts; a pair of sinister strangers attempt to steal him \u2013 but there\u2019s food for thought here too. Matt, for example, discovers that Norman resembles a son his parents lost years ago. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12547 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Boy-at-the-End-of-the-World-by-Greg-van-Eekhout-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Boy-at-the-End-of-the-World-by-Greg-van-Eekhout-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Boy-at-the-End-of-the-World-by-Greg-van-Eekhout-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Boy-at-the-End-of-the-World-by-Greg-van-Eekhout-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Boy-at-the-End-of-the-World-by-Greg-van-Eekhout-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Boy-at-the-End-of-the-World-by-Greg-van-Eekhout.jpg 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Greg van Eekhout\u2019s post-apocalyptic <i>The Boy at the End of the World<\/i> (Bloomsbury USA, 2012), Fisher \u2013 who may be the last living person on Earth \u2013 sets off on a quest with Click, the robot, a pygmy mammoth, and a talking prairie dog to find others of his kind. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12511 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eager-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eager-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/eager.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Helen Fox\u2019s <i>Eager<\/i> (Yearling, 2006), set in a high-tech future England, Grumps, the old-fashioned robot belonging to Gavin and Fleur Bell\u2019s family, is running down, and they can\u2019t afford one of the new state-of-the-art BDC4s. A helpful scientist friend then loans them EGR3, known as Eager, an unusual little robot who is able to learn and feel emotions like a human child. Together, the children and Eager uncover a plot by the sinister BDC4 robots to rebel against their owners and take over the world. The book raises questions about what it means to be human and the dangers of technology. A discussion promoter for ages 11-14.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12556 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winter-of-the-robots-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winter-of-the-robots-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winter-of-the-robots.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Kurtis Scaletta\u2019s <i>The Winter of the Robots<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2013), set in Minneapolis, Jim \u2013 the narrator \u2013 sick of playing second fiddle to his science geek friend Oliver, has decided to partner for the science fair with Rocky, a girl who wants to study otters. Then, along with Oliver and his new science partner, Dmitri, the kids begin to investigate a peculiar junkyard (on the site of a former research company) and discover a population of fierce feral self-programming robots. To combat these, the kids create battle bots of their own. An exciting read for ages 11-14.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12517 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-asimov-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-asimov-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-asimov.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Isaac Asimov\u2019s <i>I, Robot<\/i> (Spectra, 2008) introduces the famous \u201cThree Laws of Robotics:\u201d (1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm. (2) A robot must obey orders give to it by humans except where such orders conflict with the First Law. (3) A robot must protect its own existence as along as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. He follows up with a terrific series of interlinked robot stories. Two sequels. Highly recommended for ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12518 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-movie-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-movie-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-movie-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-movie-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-movie-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Robot-movie.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The 2004 film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0343818\/\">I, Robot<\/a> is sort of based on parts of the book. Rated PG-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12521 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-sing-body-electric-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-sing-body-electric-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-sing-body-electric.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The title story of Ray Bradbury\u2019s short-story collection <i>I Sing the Body Electric!<\/i> (William Morrow, 1998) is a tale of how a robotic grandmother comes to comfort a family of grieving children. It\u2019s a lovely story and if you can track down the 1982 television movie version \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083876\/\">The Electric Grandmother<\/a> starring Maureen Stapleton \u2013 even better.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12545 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stepford-wives-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stepford-wives-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stepford-wives.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Ira Levin\u2019s <i>The Stepford Wives<\/i> (William Morrow, 2002), protagonist Joanna and family move to the little town of Stepford where she soon notices that all the women are turning into gorgeous and submissive housewives. Feminist issues and robots. A cool read for ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/do-andorids-dream-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/do-andorids-dream-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/do-andorids-dream-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/do-andorids-dream-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/do-andorids-dream-999x1536.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/do-andorids-dream-1332x2048.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/do-andorids-dream.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Philip K. Dick\u2019s dystopic post-World-War-Terminus sci-fi novel <i>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/i> (Del Ray, 1996), Rick Deckard, the main character, is a bounty hunter, tracking androids \u2013 which is difficult, because the androids are nearly impossible to tell from human beings. (The crucial difference: androids lack empathy.) Decakard is also broke, and can\u2019t afford an organic pet \u2013 the ultimate in status symbols. Instead he owns an electric sheep. A thought-provoking read for ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The 1982 film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083658\/\">Blade Runner<\/a> is loosely (very loosely) based on the PKD\u2019s book. Harrison Ford plays Rick Deckard. Rated R (for violence).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12504 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boilerplate-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boilerplate-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boilerplate.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>First, THIS IS NOT REAL, even though it looks real. A robot named Boilerplate did not charge up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders or visit the South Pole. Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett\u2019s <i>Boilerplate<\/i> (Harry N. Abrams, 2009) purports to be the story of \u201cHistory\u2019s Mechanical Marvel\u201d \u2013 a robot soldier named Boilerplate, invented in 1893, and subsequently sharing the stage with everyone from Teddy Roosevelt to Lawrence of Arabia. Wonderful creative graphics (and a testimony to Photoshop). For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>See more on Boilerplate <a href=\"http:\/\/timetunnel.bigredhair.com\/boilerplate\/intro.html\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12544 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RUR-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RUR-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RUR.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Karel Capek\u2019s <i>R.U.R<\/i>. (Penguin Classics, 2004) is the science fiction play, originally written in 1920, that first introduced the word \u201crobot.\u201d The initials stand for Rossum\u2019s Universal Robots, a robot-making factory. Issues of justice, power, and the effect of advanced technology on humanity. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read R.U.R. online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/59112\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>READ ABOUT ROBOTS \u2013 Nonfiction<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12541 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Robots-gifford-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Robots-gifford-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Robots-gifford.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Clive Gifford\u2019s <i>Robots<\/i> (Atheneum Books, 2008) is an informative non-fiction account of the many different types of robots and their abilities. Learn about underwater robots, humanoid robots, medical robots, space robots, and spy robots. (An earlier version of the book cover was much friendlier, with a cute robotic giraffe.) For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12557 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoobots-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoobots-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoobots.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Helaine Becker\u2019s <i>Zoobots<\/i> (Kids Can Press, 2014) is a fascinating account of robots based on wild animals, with illustrations of the actual animal and its paired zoobot, and explanations of the zoobot\u2019s structure and function. For example, learn about robots based on pygmy shrews, snakes, and jellyfish. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Learn more about zoobots\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/technology\/engineering\/robots\/4308043\">5 Robots That Look, Act, and Are Designed Like Animals<\/a>. (Robot sea turtles, hummingbirds, squirrels, fish, flies, and more.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12513 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eyewitness-Robot-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eyewitness-Robot-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eyewitness-Robot-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eyewitness-Robot-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eyewitness-Robot.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Roger Bridgman\u2019s <i>Robot<\/i> (Dorling Kindersley, 2004) in the Eyewitness series features a different robotic topic on each double-page spread, among these Fictional Robots, Robot Ancestors, Artificial Intelligence, Robots in Industry, Animatronics, and Cyborgs. Illustrated with wonderful color photographs. For age 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12540 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robotics-ceceri-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robotics-ceceri-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robotics-ceceri-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robotics-ceceri-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robotics-ceceri-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robotics-ceceri.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Kathy Ceceri\u2019s 128-page <i>Robotics<\/i> (Nomad Press, 2012) is a terrific introduction to the science and technology of robots. Included are a reader-friendly text, Fun Facts boxes, lists of words to know, and 20 great projects, among them a Wobblebot, a Passive Dynamic Mini Walker, and a Robotic Arm. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12512 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/edisons-eve-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/edisons-eve-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/edisons-eve.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Gaby Wood, <i>Edison\u2019s Eve<\/i> (Anchor, 2003) \u2013 subtitled \u201cA Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life\u201d \u2013 is a reader-friendly history of robotics. The Eve of the title refers to Thomas Edison\u2019s attempt to capture the American toy market with a talking doll. (He failed; the doll was creepy.) A thoroughly interesting read for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>How creepy was Edison&#8217;s talking doll? Listen to it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GMx4YG8ZkZE\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12549 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-turk-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-turk-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-turk.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Tom Standage\u2019s <i>The Turk<\/i> (Berkley Trade, 2003) is the story of Wolfgang von Kempelen\u2019s marvelous chess-playing automaton \u2013 a robotic creation that thrilled the world and inspired both the computer and the modern detective story. For teenagers and adults. (Also see Gary Blackwood&#8217;s <em>The Curiosity<\/em>, above.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From <i>The Atlantic<\/i> magazine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2013\/03\/the-robot-will-see-you-now\/309216\/\">The Robot Will See You Now<\/a> is a 2013 article by Jonathan Cohn on medical robots.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From How Stuff Works, <a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/robot.htm\">How Robots Work<\/a> is an illustrated multi-page explanation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Carnegie Mellon\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robothalloffame.org\/inductees.html\">Robot Hall of Fame<\/a> has pictures and information about each year\u2019s \u201cbest\u201d robots.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the History Channel, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/7-early-robots-and-automatons\">7 Early Robots and Automatons<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the RobotShop, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robotshop.com\/media\/files\/PDF\/timeline.pdf\">History of Robotics<\/a> is an annotated timeline of the history of robotics beginning with the ancient Greeks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/media\/2013\/05\/robots-modern-unimate-watson-roomba-timeline\">A Brief History of Robots<\/a> runs from Karel Capek\u2019s R.U.R. (1921) through DARPA\u2019s Pet-Proto and Legged Squad Support System (said to look like a warthog). Video clips accompany each entry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From <em>Forbes<\/em> magazine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidewalt\/2012\/11\/27\/30-great-moments-in-the-history-of-robots\/\">30 Great Moments in the History of Robots<\/a> runs from the Babylonian clepsydra to the driverless car. Hyperlinked and illustrated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tweenbot-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tweenbot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tweenbot.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Kacie Kinzer\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.wired.com\/geekdad\/2009\/04\/tweenbots-help\/\">Tweenbots<\/a> are possibly the world\u2019s most adorable robots. People help them cross the street.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>BUILDING ROBOTS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12514 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-build-a-robot-with-your-dad-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-build-a-robot-with-your-dad-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-build-a-robot-with-your-dad.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Aubrey Smith\u2019s <i>How to Build a Robot (With Your Dad)<\/i> (Michael O\u2019Mara, 2013) has 20 easy-to-make robotics projects, among them a robot suit and edible robots. Not clear why not \u201cWith Your Mom.\u201d For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12509 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cool-robots-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cool-robots-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cool-robots.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Sean Kenney\u2019s <i>Cool Robots<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 2010) has instructions for building a lot of great LEGO robots (and spaceships). Illustrated with color photographs. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seankenney.com\/\">Sean Kenney: Art with LEGO Bricks<\/a> for more on Kenney\u2019s books and exhibits of his LEGO creations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12526 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/making-simple-robots-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/making-simple-robots-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/making-simple-robots-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/making-simple-robots-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/making-simple-robots.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Kathy Ceceri&#8217;s <em>Making Simple Robots<\/em> (Maker Media, 2016) has step-by-step illustrated instructions for making cool robots out of simple stuff. For ages 11-17.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12523 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lego-mindstorms-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lego-mindstorms-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lego-mindstorms-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lego-mindstorms-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lego-mindstorms.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Daniel Benedettelli\u2019s <i>The LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Laboratory<\/i> (No Starch Press, 2013) has clear step-by-step instructions for building, programming, and experimenting with \u201cfive wicked cool robots!\u201d For ages 12 and up. (See Robot Kits, below.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Carnegie Mellon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/roboticsacademy\/roboticscurriculum\/Lego%20Curriculum\/\">Robotics Academy<\/a> is a robotics curriculum using LEGO Mindstorms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Popular Mechanics, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/technology\/engineering\/robots\/build-your-first-robot\">Build Your First Robot<\/a> is a complete guide to building your own programmable robot from scratch.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robotshop.com\/blog\/en\/how-to-make-a-robot-lesson-1-3707\">How to Make a Robot<\/a> is a 10-lesson tutorial on robot-building for beginners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From TryEngineering, <a href=\"http:\/\/tryengineering.org\/lesson-plans\/build-your-own-robot-arm\">Build Your Own Robot Arm<\/a> has complete instructions for building your own robot arm using everyday materials. Recommended for ages 8-18.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>ROBOT KITS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13363 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lego-mindstorms-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lego-mindstorms-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lego-mindstorms-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lego-mindstorms.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/mindstorms\/?domainredir=mindstorms.lego.com\">LEGO Mindstorms<\/a> is a series of terrific programmable LEGO robots. See the website for kits, apps, downloads, and building instructions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13365 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OWI-robotic-kit-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OWI-robotic-kit-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OWI-robotic-kit-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OWI-robotic-kit-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OWI-robotic-kit-1536x1108.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OWI-robotic-kit-2048x1477.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.owirobot.com\/\">OWI Robotics<\/a> is a great source for robot kits of all kinds. For example, check out the Robotic Arm and the Moonwalker II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13357 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4M-robot-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4M-robot-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4M-robot-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4M-robot-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4M-robot.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=4M+robot+kits&amp;i=toys-and-games&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss\">4M robot kits<\/a> are good bets for younger builders. Among these are a tin-can robot, a solar rover, a brush robot, and a doodle bot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arduino.cc\/\">Arduino<\/a> is \u201cthe microcontroller that launched a maker revolution.\u201d What can you do with it? Check out this Popular Science article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/article\/2013-08\/short-circuit\">One 12-Year-Old\u2019s Quest to Remake Education, One Arduino at a Time<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Check out this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/resources\/res-3-002-collaborative-design-and-creative-expression-with-arduino-microcontrollers-january-iap-2017\/class-activities\/guided-tutorial\/\">Arduino Tutorial<\/a> from MIT.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12525 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/make-arduino-robot-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/make-arduino-robot-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/make-arduino-robot.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Michael Margolis, <i>Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot<\/i> (Maker Media, 2012) shows hopeful robot-builders how to do it. Also by Margolis, see the <i>Arduino Cookbook<\/i> (O\u2019Reilly Media, 2011).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hummingbirdkit.com\/\">Hummingbird Robotics Kit<\/a> is a spin-off from a research project at Carnegie Mellon\u2019s CREATE lab, whose mission was to create engineering and robotics activities appealing to middle-school-level girls and boys. The site has instructions, tutorials, sample robots, project ideas, and curricula.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GUEST_21437067-5bb5-4bd5-ad0c-f8f250a0be94-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GUEST_21437067-5bb5-4bd5-ad0c-f8f250a0be94-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GUEST_21437067-5bb5-4bd5-ad0c-f8f250a0be94-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GUEST_21437067-5bb5-4bd5-ad0c-f8f250a0be94.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Sphero! Check out these great <a href=\"https:\/\/sphero.com\/\">programmable robots<\/a> for kids.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>ACTIVITIES AND LESSON PLANS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13364 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NASA_Mars_Rover-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NASA_Mars_Rover-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NASA_Mars_Rover-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NASA_Mars_Rover-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NASA_Mars_Rover-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NASA_Mars_Rover-2048x1638.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>See NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mer\/\">Mars Exploration Rovers<\/a> for information about the robotic rovers. The site has pages for kids, students, and educators, with many activities and printable resources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/\">Mars<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencekids.co.nz\/robots.html\">Robots for Kids<\/a> has a history of robotics, a robot image gallery, robot video clips, online experiments with electrical circuits, lesson plan outlines, and quizzes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/robots-guide\/id566581906\">Robot Guide<\/a> is a terrific iPad and iPhone app featuring a host of wonderful robots. Find out all about them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From NASA, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/audience\/foreducators\/robotics\/lessonplans\/#.Uz7JO61dW0Z\">Robotics Lesson Plans<\/a> has a long and interesting list, variously appropriate for students in grades K-12. Also at the site are downloadable educator\u2019s resource and curriculum guides.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From PBS Learning Media, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbslearningmedia.org\/resource\/eng06.sci.engin.design.lp_robot\/what-is-a-robot\/\">What Is a Robot?<\/a> is a lesson plan supplemented with QuickTime videos of several different kinds of robots, targeted at grades 3-5. (Requires registration.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/botball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"227\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botball.org\/\">Botball!<\/a> This is a robotics competition of middle- and high-school-level students. Participants get a kit with reusable components to get them started building their robots.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13361 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/junk-drawer-robotics-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/junk-drawer-robotics.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/junk-drawer-robotics-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0See <a href=\"https:\/\/4-h.org\/parents\/curriculum\/robotics\/\">Junk Drawer Robotics<\/a>, a 4H-designed robotics curriculum for grades 3-12. Available for purchase.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>ROBOT ARTS AND CRAFTS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12529 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-little-blue-robot-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-little-blue-robot-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-little-blue-robot-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-little-blue-robot-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-little-blue-robot-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-little-blue-robot-2048x1493.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Stephen T. Johnson\u2019s <i>My Little Blue Robot<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2012) is a build-it-yourself book with which kids can made a talking (!) cardboard robot on wheels. All the pieces, of heavy-duty cardboard, are right there in the book. (No glue; the whole thing goes together with slots and tabs.) For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12503 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-robot-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-robot-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-robot-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-robot-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/awesome-robot.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make a great robot from a cardboard box! Viviane Schwartz\u2019s <i>Welcome to Your Awesome Robot <\/i>(Flying Eye Books, 2013) shows how, via great cartoon illustrations. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12539 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-drawing-book-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-drawing-book-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-drawing-book.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><i>Ralph Masiello\u2019s Robot Drawing Book<\/i> (Charlesbridge, 2011) has step-by-step instructions for drawing a wonderful array of colorful robots. For ages 7-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12535 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/recycled-robots-172x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/recycled-robots-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/recycled-robots.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Robert Malone\u2019s <i>Recycled Robots: 10 Robot Projects<\/i> (Workman Publishing, 2012) combines a delightful and informative book on robots with instructions and accessories for making ten great robots out of recycled materials. (You\u2019ll have to supply the boxes, paper towel rolls, and plastic cups.) Fun and educational for ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12533 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paper-automata-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paper-automata-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paper-automata.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Rob Ives\u2019s <i>Paper Automata<\/i> (Tarquin Publications, 1997) is a collection of four working paper models (cut and glue together). For example, make hopping sheep and a pecking hen. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12522 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/karakuri-how-to-make-mechanical-paper-models-that-move-paperback_1_fullsize-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/karakuri-how-to-make-mechanical-paper-models-that-move-paperback_1_fullsize-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/karakuri-how-to-make-mechanical-paper-models-that-move-paperback_1_fullsize-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/karakuri-how-to-make-mechanical-paper-models-that-move-paperback_1_fullsize-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/karakuri-how-to-make-mechanical-paper-models-that-move-paperback_1_fullsize.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Keisuke Saka\u2019s <i>Karakuri: How to Make Mechanical Paper Models That Move<\/i> (St. Martin\u2019s Griffin, 2012) explains the mechanism by which karakuri work (levers, cams, cranks, gears, linkages, and Geneva stops), describes basic paper crafting techniques, and includes five karakuri models to build, among them a tea-serving robot. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12553 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tin-can-robot-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tin-can-robot-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tin-can-robot.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Build <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/parents\/crafts-for-kids\/tin-can-robots\/\">tin-can robots<\/a>!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/robot-crafts\">Robot Crafts<\/a> from Activity Village include a cut-and-paste robot, edible cracker-and-vegetable robots, a robot costume, and a robot mask.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the MAKE website, see these illustrated instructions for making <a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/projects\/cereal-box-robot\/\">Cereal Box Robots<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>California artist Larry Wong builds robotic sculptures called Mechanoids from junk. Check them out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2547260\/The-robots-JUNK-Artist-creates-sculptures-inspired-70s-sci-fi-using-broken-plugs-vacuum-cleaners-VCRs.html\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>ROBOTS AND POETRY<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12528 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-hippo-has-the-hiccups-and-other-poems-i-totally-made-up-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-hippo-has-the-hiccups-and-other-poems-i-totally-made-up-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-hippo-has-the-hiccups-and-other-poems-i-totally-made-up-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-hippo-has-the-hiccups-and-other-poems-i-totally-made-up-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-hippo-has-the-hiccups-and-other-poems-i-totally-made-up-1132x1536.jpg 1132w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/my-hippo-has-the-hiccups-and-other-poems-i-totally-made-up.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Kenn Nesbit\u2019s poem, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetry4kids.com\/poem-151.html#.Uz7Xxq1dW0Z\">My Robot\u2019s Misbehaving<\/a>, comes from his book of children\u2019s poetry, <i>My Hippo Has the Hiccups<\/i> (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2009).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/02\/03\/skryf-the-robot-that-writes-poetry-in-sand-reminds-us-of-the-ephemerality-of-art-or-whatever\/\">Scryf<\/a> is a robot that writes poetry in the sand. (In Dutch.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>By poet Robert Pinsky, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poem\/239450\">Death and the Powers: A Robot Pageant<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/mindshift\/2013\/04\/combining-robotics-with-poetry-art-and-engineering-can-co-exist\/\">Robotics Poetry<\/a> is a great middle-school-level project that combines robots and poetry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>ROBOTS IN THE MOVIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12555 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wallE-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wallE-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wallE.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Pixar\u2019s animated film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0910970\/\">Wall-E<\/a> features possibly the most appealing robot ever, a garbage-collecting bot left behind on an abandoned earth so buried in trash that life is no longer sustainable. Then Wall-E finds a growing plant \u2013 which alerts EVE, a reconnaissance robot with electric-blue eyes. Rated G.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12542 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robots-movie-2005-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robots-movie-2005-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robots-movie-2005-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robots-movie-2005-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robots-movie-2005.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0358082\/\">Robots<\/a> (2005) is an animated film set in a world of robots, starring Rodney Copperbottom, brilliant inventor, who sets off to the big city to try to make the world a better place. Rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-image-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-image-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-image-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-image-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-image-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Day-the-Earth-Stood-Still-image.jpg 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043456\/\">The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/a> (1951), a visiting alien and his all-powerful robot, Got, have come to compel humans to live in peace &#8211; or else be destroyed as a danger to other civilizations. Important phrase to know: Klaatu barada nikto. Trust me. Rated G.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a 2008 remake rated PG-13 with a scarier robot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12554 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/transformers-movie-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/transformers-movie-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/transformers-movie.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Transformers! There are toys, cartoons, and a 2007 movie, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Transformers-Shia-LaBeouf\/dp\/B0055PK7SK\/\">Transformers<\/a>. Rated PG-13. Plus sequels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12537 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-frank-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-frank-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-frank-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-frank-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robot-and-frank.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1990314\/\">Robot &amp; Frank<\/a> (2012), starring Frank Langella, set in the near future, is the story of an ex-jewel thief whose son gives him a robot caretaker. The two develop an unlikely friendship. A wonderful thought-provoking film. Rated PG-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robots! See below for robot books and resources of all kinds. 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