<div>For more than 25 years, the writers at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have had a soft spot in their hearts for all things robotic. From the promise of artificial intelligence making the world a better place to the threat of an android apocalypse, we never get tired of reading about robots. They perform surgery, traverse the surface of Mars, and even cook a perfect steak…until they malfunction and chase after their human creators. Uncle John’s <i>Robotica</I> will stimulate your humor sensors with hundreds of incredible stories about robots from the past, the present…and the future.</DIV><div>Prepare to be assimilated as you read about...</DIV><div><br>• Robotic suits…controlled by monkeys<br>• The robot that can rebuild itself<br>• The world’s first robot<br>• Pop-culture robots (such as the mecha-Michael Jackson with laser-shooting eyes)<br>• Robotic roaches that herd real cockroaches<br>• Microscopic nanobots that heal you before you know you’re sick<br>• Garbage-eating robots<br>• What are the actual chances of a <i>Terminator</I>-style robot war?</DIV><div><br> <i>And much, much more!<br></I></DIV>