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2) 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.
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"More and more we see amazing, humanlike robots in the news. For those who have wanted to build and program a robot, an important first step is understanding how they work. . . This . . . book explains what robots are fundamentally as well as what they can do. Readers will discover the many different types of robots and how they are being used in everyday life, including industrial robots, surgical robots, educational robots, and more. Young roboticists...
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In the future, robots have been legally granted the right to life. Their intelligence is not artificial, and it may not be the best approximation of a personality. But they reflect all the intricacies of a human mind and personality, only from within a manufactured shell, developing and learning as the rest of us do. They mirror us in all the ways we would want, but also in those ways we would wish to exclude . . . In addition to the core storyline,...
9) Zaya
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Zaya tells the story of secret agent in the distant future who left her post to seek a normal life as an artist and mother. When a biomechanical threat destroys an orbiting colony station and former fellow agents start dying, she is called back into the field to find and stop the danger. Her investigation leads to many questions about her own past, filled with explosive revelations.
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Parsley Girl just had a tooth taken out by her super weird dentist, her Robot Thomas is feeling obsolete, and there's a mysterious puppy watching her every move. So it couldn't be a worse time for a magical portal to open in her kitchen, allowing hordes of vegetable villains intent on vengeance to invade her village!
12) Runaway robot
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Twelve-year-old Alfie is searching for his missing prosthetic hand at the airport lost-and-found when he encounters Eric, an antiquated robot who is missing a leg. Eric is scheduled to be sent to the scrap heap, but something about the earnest Eric, who immediately declares his loyalty, strikes a chord with Alfie and he decides to rescue him. Eric's incessant clumsiness complicates Alfie's desire to keep him safe from those who would see him dismantled,...
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"Artificial intelligence is a tool to explore and create, and it starts here with the experts at Steamlabs, a nonprofit that teaches teens to not just be users of technology, but to create with technology so they can be help shape our future. Make: AI Robots introduces young people to AI through exciting craft projects that start with a mechanical cardboard creation, integrates fun electronic lights and motors, adds simple coding on a micro: bit,...
14) The Castoffs #4
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The apprentice mages are in way over their heads--they're in the clutches of a cult leader and her hive-mind minions, in the middle of a desert and far from their guild. Can Charris's formidable weather magic, Trinh's curse-breaking, and Ursa's charmed tongue save the day? These girls will have to trust and rely on each other if they're going to take down the Priestess for good!
15) Meka
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In a future where civilization is defended by giant, humanoid vehicles known as "Meka," two pilots learn to deal with the consequences of their actions and the price of their unquestioning dedication to military duty as their vehicle is incapacitated in the center of a once-thriving city now turned interplanetary war zone! Written by international creative powerhouse JD Morvan (Sillage, Zaya) and illustrated by French sensation Bengal (Naja, Luminae),...
16) The Castoffs #6
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Charris, Trinh, and Ursa are taking a well-deserved rest in Clifton while the other mages prepare their forces for the next assault. Charris and Trinh struggle to show their strength, while Ursa questions her connection to the mysterious Priestess. But will the girls be allowed to join the fight? And will their powers be enough to stop the new, stronger Surrogate?
17) The Castoffs #1
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A long time ago, Mages and Humans lived side by side in balance. But Humans' technological advances created the Surrogate, a hive-minded robot army that consumed everything in its path. The Mages fought for their survival in The Great Magic Machine War, dividing the world in two and driving all magic users to remote, technologically barren strongholds. Now, 20 years after the war stalled in a tense cease-fire, a trio of young apprentice mages--Charris,...
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With the help of his new friend Nireena and armed with Jork's guidebook, Harry Blandford takes his first tentative steps out into the world of Flogoria. But as Harry begins his journey, Redcoat soldiers, led by their relentless Chief, Klark Flepson, begin to close in. Can Harry somehow slip past these goons, or will his adventure end before he can even finish his first alien breakfast?
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Truly's parents are arguing all the time, so they've dropped her off with her aunt and uncle. Her cousin Kaz has a big imagination but he's not the best at making friends. Maximo Skulldigg gets bullied by his older brotherand now he has to conquer Kaz and Truly's home planet. It's a good thing Kaz and Truly just uncovered a family secret. After the cousins find a hideout full of strange treasures near Kaz's house, they slip on wristbands that summon...
20) The Castoffs #5
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The first battle was only the beginning. Charris, Trinh, and Ursa have returned to Clifton after their epic battle with the Surrogate, only to discover their accomplishment may be only the first victory in a much larger war. Will the mages find a way to work together long enough to help defeat the Surrogate for good?