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BOOKS ON ROBOTICS
(RECOMMENDED BY ADMIN)

	Robot Builders Bonanza, 3rd Ed A must have for any entry level robotics hobbyist. Covers much of the basics, including sensors, controllers, batteries, and mechanical construction.
	Society of Mind Written by Marvin Minsky, a father of AI. Great primer for those interested in Artificial Intelligence. He takes the approach that the brain is not just one computing unit, but actually a 'society' of many many different computing units working together.
	Affordable Automation Great for building manufacturing robots. Intermediate level. Useful to learn how to build your robot cheaper and faster (not how to build a robot). If one day you plan to manufacture and market your own robot product, this is a very valuable read.

BOOKS ON ROBOTICS
(RECOMMENDED BY SoR MEMBERS)

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	PIC Microcontroller Project Book by John Iovine member quote: ". . . for a beginner's introduction to PICs and programming them, I got a lot out of [this book]. After the very basics of setting up the programmer (Epic), the software, the PIC command set and how to write some code, it goes on to cover sensors and motor control, so it's a pretty easy step from this book to robot building."
	Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots by Roland Siegwart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh member quote: "This book has been really good for opening my eyes to the upper level theory. It's definitely a survey of a lot of robotic techniques."
	Robot Building for Beginners by Dave Cook
	On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins member quote: "Interesting book I just finished reading . . . An excellent read - I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to think about AI."
	Kickin' Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots by Grant Imahara member quote: "I just finished reading it and it has great information on how to safely operate basically every kind of power tool and hand tool you can think of, how to build and wire a very stable mid sized robot base and lots of information on radio transmitters/receivers and battlebot weapons. I say that you didn't have any books in the battlebot category or radio control category, and this covers both of them very well. I suggest you read it, I learned a lot."
	123 PIC Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius by Myke Predko member quotes: "do a serach for the PIC book in the evil genius series. It's so good. Covers C and assembly (although prodominantly C)." "I suggest buying the PIC one in the Evil Genius series"
	PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software & Hardware Interfacing by Han-Way Huang member quote: "Another book - one that I use and highly reccommend - is 'PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software & Hardware Interfacing' by Han-Way Huang."
	JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With BEAM Technology by David Hrynkiw and Mark Tilden member quote: "if you like em little insect like bots and like to recycle stuff you probably want to buy a book called 'Bugbots, junkbots and bots on weels.'"
	C Programming Language by Ritchie Kernighan member quote: "the classic book is 'The C Programming Language' by Kernighan and Ritchie, originally published in 1978. it's the only C programming book I've ever owned, and C is my main programming language."

ROBOTICS MAGAZINES

SERVO Magazine A robotics magazine subscription thats great for new robotics enthusiasts. "SERVO Magazine is published monthly for the next generation of robotic experimenters. Servo is about Robotics, Beginner, intermediate or advanced, it doesn't matter. If you're into Robotics, Servo is for you. A definite must-read for anyone interested in building or learning about robots."

Nuts & Volts Magazine Meant for those inclined towards electronics, this magazine almost always has articles that are robotics related. "Nuts & Volts is a monthly publication devoted exclusively to electronic topics. Nuts & Volts is written for the hands-on hobbyist, design engineer, technician, and experimenter. The diversity of subjects appeals to all levels of experience but focuses more on the intermediate to advance level reader."

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