Helps build your first walking, talking, sensing, thinking robot. This book presents an introduction to robotics, motion control, sensors, & neural intelligence. It helps you put together basic modules to build sophisticated 'bots of your own design, & construct a robotic arm that responds to your spoken commands. ...

What's inside a laptop? How can you stuff 1, 000 CDs into an mp 3 player? Who built the Internet? How smart is the world's smartest robot? How do smartphones & TV remote controls work? This title explores from the first simple engines to the latest gadgets, computers & networks. ...

Box set containing two popular animated comedies. ' Robots' (2005) features the voices of Ewan Mc Gregor, Robin Williams & Halle Berry. Rodney Copperbottom (Mc Gregor) is a small town robot who has a gift for inventing things & a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. He works side by side in a restaurant with his dad who is a dishwasher
- literally a dishwasher. You open his chest & load in the dishes. Rodney has dreams of something greater. Armed with his unique talent for inventing, Rodney embarks on a journey to Robot City to meet his idol, the majestic inventor Bigweld (Mel Brooks). An iconic figure in all of Robot City, Bigweld has spent a lifetime creating things to make the lives of robots better. Once in Robot City, Rodney finds that things are not quite as he expected, & his quest may be a lot harder than he imagined. As he tries to navigate his way around this new city, Rodney befriends the Rusties, a ragtag group of street-smart bots who know the ropes. One of the Rusties, Fender (Williams), immediately becomes Rodney's best friend & even lets his spunky kid sister Piper Pinwheeler (Amanda Bynes) tag along. They take him in, & for now, at least, Rodney has a home in Robot City. Rodney also meets Cappy (Halle Berry), an executive at Bigweld Industries who takes an instant liking to Rodney & sees a lot of herself in him. Along their adventures, Rodney & his new friends encounter unsavoury characters who try to derail Rodney's plans to find Bigweld & save Robot City. In ' Ice Age' (2002), a group of three animals embark upon an epic journey. Sid the sloth, Manfred the mammal, & Diego the sabre-toothed tiger team up to help return a human baby to its father, & must risk life & limb as they traverse boiling lava pits & travel through dangerous ice caves to complete their mission. Along the way they also meet Scrat, a squirrel-rat determined to plant an acorn in a glacier. Features the voices of John Leguizamo, Denis Leary & Jack Black.
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Triple bill of animated family films. In ' Robots' (2005) Rodney Copperbottom (voice of Ewan Mc Gregor) is a small-town robot who has a gift for inventing things & a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. Rodney has dreams of something greater, & armed with his unique talent for inventing, he embarks on a journey to Robot City to meet his idol, the majestic inventor Bigweld (Mel Brooks). Bigweld has spent a lifetime creating things to make the lives of robots better. Once in Robot City, Rodney finds that things are not quite as he expected, & his quest may be a lot harder than he imagined. In ' Ice Age' (2002), at the dawn of the great ice age, a group of three animals embark upon an epic journey. Sid the sloth (voice of John Leguizamo), Manfred the mammal (Ray Romano), & Diego the sabre-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) team up to help return a human baby to its father, & must risk life & limb as they traverse boiling lava pits & travel through dangerous ice caves to complete their mission. Along the way they also meet Scrat (Chris Wedge), a squirrel-rat determined to plant an acorn in a glacier. Finally, in ' Garfield
- The Movie' (2004), Jim Davis's self-centered, lasagne-loving cat comes to the big screen. Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer) & his pet cat Garfield (voice of Bill Murray) live in harmony together
- until Jon introduces a new member to the family: Odie the loveable pooch. Jon adores Odie, not least because having two pets means twice as many trips to visit the the vet, Dr Liz Wilson (Jennifer Love Hewitt), with whom he is totally besotted. But Garfield is less keen, & orchestrates a 'dognapping' that he hopes should get rid of his rival once & for all.

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