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Wearable robots / by Carla Mooney.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Tech bytesPublisher: Chicago, IL : Norwood House Press, [2017]Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm x 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781599537603 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1599537605 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Overcoming the limits of the human body -- Real-life iron man: making it move -- Robotic exoskeletons at work -- Super strength in the future.
Summary: "Describes the invention and development of wearable robots. Explores the technological challenges of development and the advances made. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading" -- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 617.956 M818 Available 33111008480358
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Wearable Robots offer alternatives to amputees, workers, and people suffering from paralysis. Wearable Robots sense and anticipate wearer's movements while engaging a system of hydraulics to power the movements. Correlates with STEM instruction. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading. Correlations available on publisher's website.

"Describes the invention and development of wearable robots. Explores the technological challenges of development and the advances made. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading" -- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.

Overcoming the limits of the human body -- Real-life iron man: making it move -- Robotic exoskeletons at work -- Super strength in the future.

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