Animal Robots

Moral relationships saturate the living world, and the line between the human and nonhuman is blurrier than we might think. Animals, Robots, Gods provides a bold new vision of ethics defined less by the individual mind or society and more by our interactions with those around us, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in, or the machines we endow with life.

Las diferencias no nos hacen menos, sino únicos. Cuando Roz abre los ojos por primera vez, descubre que está sola en una isla remota y salvaje. No tiene idea de cómo llegó ahí o con qué propósito, pero sabe que necesita sobrevivir. Después de enfrentarse a una feroz tormenta y escapar...

The New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot series returns, taking Roz on an action-packed under-the-ocean journey to save her beloved island! Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to...

In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane provides a new vision of ethics, defined less by our minds, religion or society, and more by our interactions with those around us. Drawing on ground-breaking research by fieldworkers around the world, he explores the underpinnings of our moral universe. Along the way we investigate the ethical dilemmas of South Asian animal rights activists, Balinese cockfighters, Japanese robot fanciers -- even macho cowboys. 

Animals have many traits that help them survive in the wild. Inspired by animals' incredible abilities, military forces have created many machines over the years to achieve success on the battlefield. From the first remote-controlled vehicles to the advanced machines of tomorrow, learn how military robots and drones often imitate the abilities of animals throughout nature. Then be sure to catch the other amazing titles in the Beasts and the Battlefield series.

Minnie and Daisy get some help from a bow-making robot in this retelling of an episode of Disney Junior’s Minnie’s Bow Toons. Listen along to learn what happens when the bow-bot does its job a little too well!

When Max's friend Emmie thinks mobsters calling themselves the Stiralshiki might be after her, Tiffany and Rosie find themselves investigating Emmie's new workplace, a startup designing a robot chef. But when Emmie's former boss shows up murdered, apparently at the hands of the robot, Tiffany and Rosie are hired to investigate... Could they have stumbled upon a Stiralshiki secret, or are the Stiralshiki watching them from a distance? Could the robot actually be the killer? Tiffany and Rosie must uncover the truth before it's too late... Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being...

Roz is no ordinary robot. After being washed up on the shore of a remote and wild island, she learned to adapt and make it her home, befriend its animal inhabitants and even adopt a small orphaned gosling, Brightbill. But a new life is now beginning for Roz - she has been taken away, far away from her island, back to civilisation. Where she must pretend that she is a robot like any other - there to follow orders and to carry out tasks on the farm where she now works.

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Meet Ricky Ricotta, a little mouse with a big problem! Ricky Ricotta lives in Squeakyville with his mom and dad. Ricky has a hard time making friends at school, and the neighborhood bullies are always picking on him. If only Ricky could find someone to be his best buddy and keep those creepy bullies away! Meanwhile, on the other side of town, a mad scientist named Dr. Stinky McNasty has created a mighty robot who is as gentle as he is powerful. Dr. Stinky plans to make the robot destroy Squeakyville, but there's one little thing in his way: Ricky Ricotta!

No sooner has Sally May finished planting her vegetable garden when some kind of unearthly being decides to burrow in the neatly planted rows of tomatoes and peppers. It looks like a job for the Head of Ranch Security, so Hank sets straight to work trying to dig the space monster robot out of its hole.

Ricky Ricotta loves his mighty robot. They do everything together, but it's sometimes hard for a small mouse to have such a big buddy! If only the mighty robot could find someone his own size to play with, Ricky might finally have some fun by himself. Little does Ricky know, his wish is about to come true. Evil Uncle Unicorn has a top-secret plan to trap the mighty robot so that he can take over Earth, and he's got a giant surprise in store. Once again, it's up to Ricky to save the planet - and his best friend!

There has been a lot of ink devoted to discussions of how robots will replace us and take our jobs. But MIT Media Lab researcher and technology policy expert Kate Darling argues just the opposite, and that treating robots with a bit of humanity, more like the way we treat animals, will actually serve us better.

Unlock a world of even more wonder for your child with hundreds of brand-new, mind-blowing facts, quizzes, and activities—perfect for curious kids who just can’t stop asking “why?” Does your child devour random facts, ask endless questions, and love telling you what they’ve learned? Are you looking for something that’s as entertaining as it is educational, and that actually pulls them away from screens? Curious Kids’ Amazing Fact Vault 2 is the next exciting volume in the hit series for ages 5–15. Whether or not they’ve read Book 1, kids will dive straight into this all-...

¿Listo para quedarte con la boca abierta? Bienvenido a un libro lleno de datos curiosos, anécdotas increíbles y cosas tan extrañas que te harán dudar si son reales (¡pero lo son!). Aquí no hay teoría aburrida ni exámenes, solo una colección de hechos fascinantes que te harán reír, asombrarte y querer compartirlos con todo el mundo. ¿Sabías que el cuerpo humano brilla en la oscuridad, aunque no podamos percibirlo? ¿O que los pulpos tienen 3 corazones y 9 cerebros? ¿O que en algunas ciudades está prohibido morirse por ley? ¿Y que hay países donde te multan por llevar ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl and Lewis Peterson’s hilarious middle grade debut has it all: robot overlords, secret feline agents, and earthling humans who are in for a real catastrophe. With examples of why coding is fun and other STEM applications cleverly woven into...

A newly certified space engines mechanic desperate for a job must overcome his doubts to apply for work in a small village in the asteroid belt. It's run by a beautiful women with a quirky sister. He gets the job, but must deal with falling in love with his boss, her sister falling in love with him, and a village full of eccentrics that include a man over exposed to cosmic rays who patrols around the village thinking he's a French Legionnaire. Dog Walking in the Asteroid Belt is a sweet and humorous story about a young man weighed down by doubts who comes to realize a village really can be ...

Brandie Van Hartesvelt, winner of a writing guild’s Best Upcoming Young Author award, crafts a self-reinvention tale about an amnesiac robot whose fight to save an underground community of refurbs ignites a robotic rights movement. An equipment malfunction cost Archie his job and his identity. But when he’s kidnapped, he awakens with amnesia inside a secret underground society of sentient robots. There, unlikely friendships form among him, a singing nanny bot, and a vacuum that speaks Morse code. The group must help Archie recover his memories and expose one of their own before a land ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl and Lewis Peterson are back for book two in the hilarious middle grade series! Book one of the Cats vs. Robots series was praised for its "mix of tech and kitties, STEM and heart" by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. In book two...

Animals have been fused with technology in this exciting debut novel, described as "Animal Farm meets The Matrix". At the newly built Greenacres Military Base, Professor Windar's amazing team of cyborgs are unveiled. Their purpose: to support the UK's fight against global terrorism. But when his deadliest prototype malfunctions, the inhabitants of Greenacres find themselves entangled in a fight for survival like no other. Claws clasp, feathers fry, and microchips meddle as a new breed of hero is born. Can the future of humanity and animalkind be saved by Spikez? Like the paperback version, ...