Robot: Meet the Machines of the Future

This is the most comprehensive, well illustrated and modern book on robots for kids. Though my 7 yo son has been interested in robots for a few years now, we still managed to find models we never heard of previously, alongside with stages of robotics history etc.

Having taken my grandson to see a robot exhibition last year he's been hooked. Many of the robots in that exhibition are featured in this book which describes the various uses of them. Earlier this year he was asked to do a presentation at school and asked me to get him a book on robots, his chosen topic. Sadly this one wasn't available then but I'm sure he will appreciate this book when I give it to him. He's 8 but it will be of interest to children a few years older than that too.

Good value interactive toy which kept our grandson occupied on Christmas day.

My grandson absolutely loved it!

If you have a boy or girl who likes tech and fact based books this is great. It is easy to pick up and put down and each robot is explained with bite size bits of info. It's well laid out with high quality clear photos well designed for it's intended audience.

There's a clear amount of effort gone in to this book of all this things robotic. It's bursting with information, all presented with gorgeous visuals. Upon presentation to an eleven year old boy, his eyes almost popped out of his head. It does however take some effort to digest the information, simply because the subject matter demands that there is so much of it. Robots and robotics require explanation, especially with the diversity presented in the book. Despite all the visuals, the book can be a bit daunting.To get the most out of this, I'd suggest secondary school readers is the target audience. Younger browsers will likely do exactly that, browse and enjoy the pictures. It's not so much the use of complicated language and complex sentence structure, for those factors have been taken in to consideration. It's the content that is rather dry and factual, rather than exciting and energetic. I found this a little odd, considering the usual approach from DK. It might just be the scientific nature of the material.The font is very readable, the photos of excellent quality. Each page is well laid out allowing the spectacle of modern robotics to shine. Adults as well as children will be able to enjoy the book and it covers social, domestic and work products. There's a little science thrown in there too, so those truly fascinated, as well as new-comers to the field will be educated. A few of the robots are presented with their abilities, yet no reason for their existence. which is a little odd. When thy "why" question arises, there's no answer, disappointingly.Minor quibbles aside, this is a very good reference book. Well produced and hardy, this can be a long time reference tome, which despite the continuous advances in the subject, shouldn't be out of date in the future. I hope...

This is an absolutely gorgeous guide, packed with everything you could ever want to know about robotics and how much progress we've made so far. It's pitched for roughly 9 to 11-year-olds, but to be honest, I didn't know most of what was in this book, and a lot of it is fascinating to me as an adult. I'm sure that after reading sections of this with my seven and nine-year-old kids I'll be going off on the internet to learn more about some of the robots we read about!Some of the DK encyclopedias feel frivolous and lightweight, and both of my children have some fairly useless compendiums of facts about Lego or Disney films, but this one is genuinely educational, and collects facts that I haven't seen anywhere else. In my opinion, this is a brilliant book!

This new book is up to the usual very high DK standard and has been the perfect gift for a bright and interested 11-year-old girl. The illustrations are fantastic and the information is spot on - not dumbed down, just right. Robotics is such an important part of life these days and Dorling Kindersley has got it all covered in this new book, pitched perfectly for kids from around maybe 9-12. For the growing mind, DK really have pulled out the stops this past couple of years. We have about five in total and they are all truly interesting educational books - first class.