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  Intermediate robot building
Cook D., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2010. 480 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430227-54-0)

Written for a relatively sophisticated audience, this book takes readers through the many steps involved in designing, building, and assembling their own robots. It emphasizes how, by creating modular designs, each reader can decide wh...
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Dec 6 2010  
  Robot building for beginners
Cook D., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2010. 600 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430227-48-9)

Basic, practical knowledge on how to build an amateur homemade robot is provided in this book. The robot described and built is battery-powered, autonomous, and about the size of a lunchbox. According to the publisher, “This ...
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May 4 2010  
  Intermediate robot building
Cook D., APress, LP, 2004.  Type: Book (9781590593738)

A grand tour of many tasks that you might need to perform to make a robot is provided in this book. It also provides good exposure to analog electronics and electromechanical design. The pictures are plentiful and crisp. A wide range o...
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Jan 28 2005  
  Robot building for beginners
Cook D., APress, LP, Berkeley, CA, 2002. 568 pp.  Type: Book (9781893115446)

If you know a kid who’s hooked on “Robot Wars” on television and wants to build a robot, buy him or her this book. If you know a kid who’s thinking about being some sort of engineer, buy him or ...
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Jul 22 2002  

   
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