Robotic Hornet: Learn How Hornets Have Inspired the Design of Robots¿Then Build a Crawling Hornet with Light-Up Eyes and Flapping Wings! (Paperback)

~ Clive Gifford (Author)

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Product Description

One day, fleets of insect robots may work in all sorts of jobs, from searching for crime clues to prospecting for gold. Award-winning author Clive Gifford takes young readers on this adventure into the fascinating world of insects and how they’ve inspired scientists developing the world’s most exciting machines—robots. The world of biomimetics—the science of creating machines and materials by copying nature—is explored here. When they’re done exploring this beautifully illustrated and wonderfully informative book, kids can then build their very own robotic hornet that crawls with light-up eyes, a moving tail, and fluttering wings.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books; illustrated edition edition (January 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592232124
• ISBN-13: 978-1592232123
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,306,924 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars big waste of money, January 15, 2007

By	Cecilia Brown "Mom" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

The book was less than entertaining for my 9 year old, and she skipped right over it. The actual hornet was too easy to put together, more for my 6 year old. Plus, the mechanical part doesn't work well. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The parts inside the machine get jammed up and we have to take it apart and put it back together again to get it to work. Big waste of money.