The Wild Robot: First Look
On our free reading days, I am working on a book called The Wild Robot . It is a book about a manufactured robot who accidentally crashes in the midst of an island in the middle of the ocean, stranded amongst tall trees, dangerous storms, and numerous forms of wildlife. I am only about 20% into the book, but I expect to finish it. The author of this book is named Peter Brown, as you can infer based off of the cover image of the book above. At the author's note at the end of the book, Brown tells us that he has always been fascinated by both robots and the natural world. He thinks about if it's a good idea that robots learn to think and feel like a person would or if we should trust them in serious occupations. He has also explored nature when he was growing up and learned about the behavior of wildlife. He began comparing animals with robots in the sense that their behavior is predictable and they follow fixed routines, almost as if they are "programmed to perform specif