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Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains 17 reviews
Brian Bagnall
Variant Press, 2007
Excellent Book
+ Java Brains - Its a good read for the NXT geek
+ A Great Start
+ Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
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Robot Builder's Bonanza, Third Edition (Robot Builder's Bonanza) 6 reviews
Gordon McComb, Myke Predko
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2006
Forget roboreptile, buy this book and build your own robot!
+ Survey vs. How to
+ Interesting and informative
+ too advanced for me
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Robot Building for Beginners 45 reviews
David Cook
Apress, 2002
book is great
+ Excelent
+ Great Book
+ Excellent Practical Advice
+ Excellent book
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Insectronics : Build Your Own Walking Robot13 reviews
Karl Williams
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2002
Very Impressive robot ever!!!
+ Excellent book!
+ great for beginners
This book is truly amazing for robot hobbyist like me. I built a different robot using Karl Williams instructions even though it for the robot in his book. I built the robot too and it's real easy to build. I built the main controller board using a solderless breadboard and made the infared sensor ...
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Robot Builder's Sourcebook : Over 2,500 Sources for Robot Parts8 reviews
Gordon McComb
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2002
What a great reference book!
+ A must have resource
+ Not Just for Robotics
+ A Robotic Combat Competitor's View
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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Hacker's Guide 27 reviews
Dave Prochnow
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2006
Disappointing
Unfortunately, I purchased this book before the reviews came out. Very disappointing and actually suprising that somebody would publish a book like this. Perhaps the author got in over his head or just lost interest, although I dont think the NXT community should suffer from such an appalling ...
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Intermediate Robot Building 11 reviews
David Cook
Apress, 2004
Truly excellent!
+ Intermediate Robot Building
+ Intermediate Robot Building
+ Great book
+ Practical advice for a novice
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Build Your Own All-Terrain Robot11 reviews
Brad Graham, Kathy McGowan
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2004
Way Cool! :-)
+ Finally! A robotics based book with some real substance!
+ A good book to learn the ropes
+ Review of "Build Your Own All-Terrain Robot"
+ Good book
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Robots, Androids and Animatrons, Second Edition : 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build 19 reviews
John Iovine
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2001
This book has changed my life.
+ Very good Hobbiest book
+ Very good book!!
+ I'm glad I finally found a decent book on pics!
+ Projects can be a bit pricy.
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Robot Building for Dummies7 reviews
Roger Arrick, Nancy Stevenson
For Dummies, 2003
Awesome Book For The Robotics Beginner
+ A helpful read
+ Got me started into robotics
Totally cool book!!!!! This is the first book related to robotics that I ever read. It's what got me hooked on robotics. I'd recommend this to any robotics beginner. Packed with helpfull information, this book is a no-questions-asked must-get!!!!!
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Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms : The Ultimate Tool for Mindstorms Maniacs19 reviews
Mario Ferrari, Giulio Ferrari, ...
Syngress, 2001
Very good book about a very cool system.
+ Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms : The Ultimate Tool for Mindstorms Maniacs
+ Thorough & Inclusive
MindStorms is an absolutely fascinating robot building system for children, adults, and those who don't fit well into either category. This book helps you delve more deeply into the principles behind making really cool robots with MindStorms. The opportunities for learning are just never-ending, ...
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Build Your Own Humanoid Robots : 6 Amazing and Affordable Projects (TAB Robotics)10 reviews
Karl Williams
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2004
Robot Start to Finish
+ Detailed and inspirational - worth the read!
+ An amazing book for robotic beginners.
+ Laredo TX Samuel Diaz
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Building Robot Drive Trains (Robot DNA Series)11 reviews
Dennis Clark, Michael Owings
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2002
Great Book
+ Good mid-level drive train overview
+ Beginner in hte field of robots
+ Practical advice for a novice robot builder
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JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With BEAM Technology6 reviews
David Hrynkiw, Mark Tilden
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2002
The Best of BEAM
+ High BEAM's
+ Beautiful & Simple
+ Keeper
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The Robot Builder's Bonanza: 99 Inexpensive Robotics Projects21 reviews
Gordon McComb
Tab Books, 1987
this is the book !
+ This Book Kicks Robo
+ This Book Kicks ...
+ This Book Kicks Robo-[butt]
+ Excellent Resource but notice the publish date
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Robot Programming : A Practical Guide to Behavior-Based Robotics11 reviews
Joe Jones, Daniel Roth
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2003
Essential Reading for Mobile Robot Builders
+ Very Useful Robot Programming Book
+ where has the website gone?
+ Great book on principles...
+ Easy read and a good introduction
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The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book: Design, Invent, and Build7 reviews
Martijn Boogaarts, Jonathan A. Daudelin, ...
No Starch Press, 2007
Great book for NXT fans
+ Very Interesting Book On NXT Robots
+ Great book
+ Wonderful Book That Needs Color!!!!!
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Robot Sumo: The Official Guide4 reviews
Pete Miles
McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia, 2002
Superb! - Good for Robot Sumo and other types of robots too
+ The First Official Book in English!
+ This is the book to start with for competition sumo robots
+ Excellent Hands-on How-to Robot Book!
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Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech5 reviews
Tod E. Kurt
Wiley, 2006
Good book for newbie Roomba hackers and seasoned Roomba entusiasts
+ Roomba mods unleashed
+ So far, so good...
+ A must have
+ great book on programming the roomba
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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots (Absolute Beginner's Guide)19 reviews
Gareth Branwyn
Que, 2003
Great projects for a beginner
+ Good begining book
+ Best tech writer out there!
+ This book does exactly what it promises!
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