Inventive, pacy, and packed with humour, gizmos, and gadgets that make this book perfect for any 9+ boy WALL-E, Robots, Mortal Engines - from cinema to steam punk, robots are a perennial favourite across media

detailed - and hilariously deadpan - advice on evading hostile swarms of robot insects (don't try to fight - 'loss of an individual robot is inconsequential to the swarm'); outsmarting your 'smart' house (be suspicious if the house suggests you test the microwave by putting your head in it)... and surviving hand-to-hand combat with a humanoid (smear yourself with mud to disguise your distinctive human thermal signature and go for the 'eyes' - its cameras). The New York Times on How to Survive a Robot Uprising

Daniel H. Wilson is an engineer who earned his PhD in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Where's My Jetpack? and How to Build a Robot Army. He lives in Oregon, USA, with his wife.