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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
3) Fuzzy
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When Max (Maxine Zealster) befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program.
4) Robots
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Introduces robots and the science behind them, including a historic timeline of robot development, common jobs robots perform in the workplace and at home, and robots of the future.
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George Gearing sets out in search of his newly rebuilt personal robot and best friend, Jackbot, with the help of friend Anne Droid. As they uncover clues about Jackbot's disappearance, they learn that their hometown of Terabyte Heights is under threat from mysterious forces.
6) Cog
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"After an accident leaves him damaged and separated from his scientist caregiver, a young android recruits four robot accomplices and embarks on a cross-country road trip to reunite with her"--
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"When a machine boy falls to earth, his heart is awoken for the first time. As he learns to be human, he struggles to override his own programming and become a hero, from rising stars Tri Vuong and Irma Kniivila. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Machine Boy! When Machine Boy falls from the sky into the domed city of Mega 416, he leaves a wake of destruction in his path... until Karate Grandpa is able to turn on his heart. Now, Machine Boy wants...
8) Robot
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Explores the latest technology in robotics and describes the many different types of robots and how they are built and used in today's world.
10) House of robots
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"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
11) A rover's story
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Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
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Max and Josie have been best friends since kindergarten, but everything changes when Josie goes missing the summer after fifth grade, and Max finds a note in Josie's handwriting that says, "No matter what anyone tells you. I'm real." He sets out to find what happened to Josie and uncover the truth about the mysterious "whatnots." But someone wants to keep Josie away from Max and will stop at nothing to ensure they never see each other again.
13) Jinxed
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After fourteen-year-old Lacey Chu repairs a highly advanced smartphone/robotic pet companion, or baku, called Jinx, the baku gets her into her dream school, Profectus, where she is exposed to dangerous secrets.
15) Undercover
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Going undercover to infiltrate a dangerous secret organization, spy Zen Rafiq, code-name Hawk, who is backed by her partner Caleb's incredible tech skills and the ARC Institute's elite Mobius Program, must save the world from out-of-control weaponized robots.
19) Under their skin
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Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn investigate why their mother and new stepfather are keeping secrets, why they are forbidden to meet their stepsiblings, and, most important, why their lives are in danger.
20) ROBO
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Mitya is an imaginative twelve-year-old boy, who loves to draw comics of superheroes and dreams of becoming an artist. His parents have built and programmed a Universal Rescue Robot, aka ROBO, to rescue people from dangerous situations. Due to ROBO's alleged malfunction, the director of the research facility deems the fled robot as a menace to society. In his search for a family, ROBO meets Mitya, and the two form a true friendship while on the run....