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==Publications== Aylett's book ''Robots: Bringing Intelligent Machines to Life?'' (2002) is a historical exploration on robots, on the history of robotics, and on research problems confronting roboticists. Aimed at high-school age students, it consists of a sequence of two-page illustrated spreads on each of its topics.<ref>Aylett, Ruth (2002): ''Robots: Bringing Intelligent Machines to Life''. Barrons Educational Series; {{ISBN|0-7641-5541-5}}. Reviews: {{cite journal|title=Books|journal=Science News|volume=162|issue=18|date=2 November 2002|page=287|jstor=4014072}} {{cite journal|title=none|first=Penny|last=McLeod-Smith|journal=The Science Teacher|volume=71|issue=1|date=January 2004|pages=80, 82|jstor=24155183}}</ref> She is the coauthor, with Judy Robertson, Lisa Gjedde, Rose Luckin and Paul Brna, of the self-published book ''Inside Stories: A Narrative Journey'' (2008), on the use of story-telling in education and the use of technology to assist in storytelling.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://tracscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Blethers18_0.pdf|journal=Blethers|title=Digi-Storytelling in Education|department=Inside Stories|page=2|volume=18|date=Spring 2009|publisher=Scottish Storytelling Centre and Network}}</ref> Aylett is also the coauthor of the poetry pamphlet ''Handfast: Poetry Duets'' with Beth McDonough (Mothers Milk, 2016). It has a challenge-response format, in which a poem by one of the authors inspires a poem by the other author exploring the same theme.<ref name=wombwell/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Handfast: Poetry Duets by Ruth Aylett & Beth McDonough|journal=Sabotage Reviews|first=Emma|last=Lee|date=6 September 2016|url=https://sabotagereviews.com/2016/09/06/handfast-poetry-duets-by-ruth-aylett-beth-mcdonough/}}</ref> Aylett co-authored ''Inside DAMMA: the Department of Applied Meta-Magical Anthropology'' with Morag Burgon-Lyon, Greg Michaelson and Judy Robertson (Read Fiction, 2023). This satire on contemporary University life was written as part of a project on facilitating academic research cooperation. <ref> url = "https://www.readfictiondirect.co.uk/product/11614804/inside-damma" </ref> ''Equinox'' (Stairwell, 2023) was also co-authored with Greg Michaelson. This Science Fiction/Fantasy, written during lockdown, is about how an attempt to extract free energy from beneath Rannoch Moor breaks the multi-verse and angers the witches from Macbeth. <ref> url = "https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/equinox/" </ref>
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