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    Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals
    Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals
    Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals
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    Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals

    By Linda Zajac

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    It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a . . . robo-hummingbird? Meet robots engineered using biomimicry that are built to move like animals. These robots are changing the way we live today and shaping the way we'll live in the future. On spreads pairing photos of robots with the animals they mimic, you'll discover robots that race through water like fish, run like cheetahs, jump like a kangaroo, swarm through the sky like honeybees, and more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateSep 7, 2021
    ISBN9781728411446
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    Linda Zajac

    Linda Zajac is an award-winning science writer. She crafts stories about cutting-edge science, technology, and biotechnology and how they’re used to save wildlife, protect the environment, and advance medicine. She's a Tassy Walden Finalist and a recipient of the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award.

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