Underground Cranes Power Library Book Retrieval

The James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University looks a lot like the library of the future on the outside and inside

It boasts of cutting-edge technology and modern architectural design. This library has, among a few other things, a 3D Printer Makerspace, a creativity studio that houses the advanced version of the Navy's Mariner Skills Simulator, a game lab, and, of course, a robot librarian called the bookBot.

Probably one of the first things people notice when they enter the James B. Hunt Library are the robotic cranes going up and down in one part of the library. The bookBot is an automated book delivery system Read more...