Paul Virr, STEM ambassador for the Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institute, introduces readers to the myriad robots doing all the dull, dirty and dangerous work in our world. This new addition to the Brainiac series approaches science and technology from a creative angle to make STEM learning as accessible and fun as possible. Hands-on activities include building a grippy robot hand, making a mechanical hopping frog, testing yourself for artificial intelligence, designing a battle-bot, and writing the first bill of robot rights. Readers will also find out which gross and scary jobs only robots can do, how nanobots could battle bugs inside the human body and why self-driving cars save lives.

Maths explanations are clear and simple to understand.

Packed with amazing infographics and awesome stats, this best-selling series has a fun and accessible world-record book approach. With bold and colourful illustrations, eye-catching photographs and the latest expert research, Record Breakers books are the perfect purchase for kids who love brain-bending facts! Kids can't get enough motor action and Car Record Breakers is crammed full of facts, stats, and full-page images of the most amazing automobiles on Earth. Dad will be sneaking a look, too! Extreme autos, speed machines and crazy cars! Not to mention hypercars at the cutting edge of technology, the world's fastest race cars and outrageous one-off autos. Find out what records the Porche 918 Spyder and McLaren F1 cars hold in this exciting and informative book in Carlton's latest addition to the Record Breakers series.