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SPARK (Starter Programs for the Advancement of Robotic Knowledge)

Cool Stuff

Educational Resources

 

Fiction

Picture Books

The robot and the bluebird  (expand)

David Lucas

A discarded, lonely robot finds new life when he helps a small bluebird.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Metal Mutz  (expand)

Christine Tagg

When a robot needs a pet he makes one from junk in this creative art picture book.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Big Time Olie  (expand)

William Joyce

Young robot Olie uses his shrink-and-grow-alator to change his size.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Easy to Read

Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot  (expand)

Dav Pilkey

A boy and his robot find galactic adventures.

Contributed by: kstubbs

If I Had a Robot Dog  (expand)

Andrea Baruffi

Young readers discover all the things a robot pet can do.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Hello Robots  (expand)

Bob Staake

Four robots use funny, unusual ways to solve problems.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Middle School

Saddest Little Robot  (expand)

Brian Gage

A drudgebot seeks to discover what the world is really like.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles  (expand)

Margaret Mahy

Two domineering robots convince brothers that their own children are pretty good.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Eyes of the Killer Robot  (expand)

John Bellairs

What happens when a mad scientist creates a baseball pitching robot?

Contributed by: kstubbs

Eager  (expand)

Helen Fox

Eager’s attempts to serve his human family provide laughs and fun.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Young Adult

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  (expand)

Douglas Adams

Hilarious adventures as an android and his buddies roam the galaxy.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robotics  (expand)

Ellen Thro

Development, capabilities and uses of robots.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robot Building for Beginners  (expand)

David Cook

Practical, usable advice on how to build your own robot.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robo Sapiens  (expand)

Peter Menzel

Robotic possibilities as seen with wonderful photographs.

Contributed by: kstubbs

I, Robot  (expand)

Issac Asimov

Perhaps the greatest teller of robot tales wrote these nine stories.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Flesh and Machines  (expand)

Rodney Brooks

What is—and what might be—in robot development.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?  (expand)

Philip Dick

On future earth, androids fight to exist.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Almost Human  (expand)

Lee Gutkind

Artificial intelligence and the future of robotics.

Contributed by: kstubbs

2001: A Space Odyssey  (expand)

Arthur Clarke

HAL, the robot, guides a spaceship to Jupiter’s moon.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Non-Fiction

Children's Books

Robotics  (expand)

Mark Beyer

How robots change our present and our future.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Eyewitness: Robots  (expand)

Roger Bridgman

Excellent illustrations distinguish this account of robotics. 

Contributed by: kstubbs

It Could Still Be a Robot  (expand)

Allan Fowler

An easy to read introduction to smart machines.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robots  (expand)

Clive Gifford

A complete guide to robots.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Mighty Robots  (expand)

David Jones

Mechanical marvels that fascinate or frighten.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Draw Your Own Androids, Cyborgs, and Fighting Bots  (expand)

Jay Stephens

Learn how to draw robots from a comic book artist.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Adventures of Sojourner  (expand)

Susi Wunsch

The Pathfinder Mission to Mars.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robots  (expand)

Yes Magazine

Robots are used in many ways, from everyday to out of this world.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Young Adult

Flesh and Machines  (expand)

Rodney Brooks

What is—and what might be—in robot development.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robot Building for Beginners  (expand)

David Cook

Practical, usable advice on how to build your own robot.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robo Sapiens  (expand)

Peter Menzel

Robotic possibilities as seen with wonderful photographs.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Almost Human  (expand)

Lee Gutkind

Artificial intelligence and the future of robotics.

Contributed by: kstubbs

Robotics  (expand)

Ellen Thro

Development, capabilities and uses of robots.

Contributed by: kstubbs
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