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February Display Ideas: Love Your Robot Day - Tuesday 2/7

Mighty Robots
Mighty Robots Mechanical Marvels That Fascinate and Frighten By Jones, David (Book - 2005)

Annotation:A well illustrated look at the history of robots from primitive robots to the revolution that is now underway.

Robot Dreams
Robot Dreams By Varon, Sara (Book - 2007)

Annotation:This wordless graphic novel about a dog and a robot shows us how powerful and fragile relationships are.

Robot Experiments
Robot Experiments By Sobey, Edwin J. C. (Book - 2011)

Annotation:This book presents several science projects dealing with robots

Robo World
Robo World The Story of Robot Designer Cynthia Breazeal By Brown, Jordan (Book - 2005)

Annotation:Firsthand accounts from Cynthia and from those who know her best combine to tell the inspiring story of a curious, sports-loving girl who went on to become a worldclass roboticist. Part of the Women’s Adventures in Science series.

The Reminder
The Reminder By Michaels, Rune (Paperback - 2010)

Annotation:A story about a girl whose father, an expert in cybernetics, builds a working and talking model of her deceased mother’s head and the heart-wrenching consequences.

Frankenstein
Frankenstein By Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Book - 2003)

Annotation:This classic story of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster might be one of the first robot stories and a great example of what happens when a robot doesn’t get the love it needs.

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Robots have lived in the human imagination for generations. Love Your Robot Day is an opportunity to find out more about them, both in the imagination and in actual science, and to reflect on our intimate relationships with the robots around us.


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