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books 62 { Books Books are still the premier source of specialty informa- tion. The following sections list online bookstores, espe- cially those that carry technical books. Some of these bookstores are also open for walk-in business through one or more retail stores. Also listed are publishers and support Web sites for books of interest to the robot builder. The Books section is divided into several subcategories: Books: Online “heavyweights” that carry most every book in print Books-Electronics: Books on electronics, such as electronics theory and construction Books-Robotics: Special-interest books on robots, robotics, and artificial intelligence Books-Technical: General-purpose books on technical topics Amazon.com 202586 http://www.amazon.com/ The ubiquitous online retailer of books and more. Separate stores sell books, DVD and VHS movies, kitchen and household appliances, toys (online Toys’R’Us), computers, software, and magazine sub- scriptions. Amazon.com is strictly Internet-based and is not a catalog mail-order company; phoning or writing in your order is discouraged. x d V Barnes & Noble.com 204024 http://www.bn.com/ Barnes & Noble is the largest bookseller in the world, with retail stores and an online e-commerce Web site. Amazon Books Web page. Barnes & Noble Web page. They have hundreds of books on robotics and other technical subjects. Fatbrain.com recently teamed up with B&N.com, and consequently, a larger selection of engineering, com- puter and technical books can be found at its Web site: http://btob.barnesandnoble.com/ x d V { Books-Electronics Art of Electronics, The 203285 http://www.artofelectronics.com/ The Art of Electronics and its companion student work- book are the standard texts for electronics in many schools. Fairly laden with theory and math, the books are nevertheless aimed at a general academic and hob- byist audience. This is the support Web site for the book. Lakeview Research 202154 5310 Chinook Ln. Madison, WI 53704 USA (608) 241-5824 (608) 241-5848 jan@lvr.com http://www.lvr.com/ Web site of author and technical guru Jan Axelson, who provides information and tools relating to USB, parallel ports, RS-232 and RS-485 serial communications, 8052- Basic microcontrollers, and making printed circuit boards. x V Copyright 2003 by Gordon McComb. Click Here for Terms of Use. books-electronics 63 USB Complete, Second Edition. Photo Jan Axelson. McGraw-Hill Professional 300010 http://www.books.mcgraw-hill.com/ Publishers of this book and many others on various technical topics. The Web site is divided into subjects, and you can search for relevent books by keyword, title, or author. Books can be purchased online or through most any book retailer. x V Square One Electronics 202491 P.O. Box 501 Kelseyville, CA 95451-0501 USA (707) 279-8881 (707) 279-8883 sqone@pacific.net http://www.sq-1.com/ Publishers of how-to books on PIC microcontroller pro- gramming and stepper motors. Available from the com- pany or from many online booksellers, such as Amazon.com. Titles include: • Easy PIC’n • PIC’n Up the Pace • PIC’n Techniques • Serial PIC’n x V { Books-Robotics Personal Robot Technolgies, Inc. 203713 P.O. Box 612 Pittsfield, MA 01202 USA (413) 684-5220 (800) 769-0418 http://www.smartrobots.com/ Support Web site for the book, Personal Robot Navigator, published by AK Peters. Robotbooks.com 203537 webmaster@robotbooks.com http://www.robotbooks.com/ Robotbooks.com is a “partnered” Web reseller of books, toys, movies, and other robotic artifacts. (By partnering, the Web site doesn’t do any fulfillment of their own, but rather provides affiliate links to various e- commerce Web sites on the Internet.) The Web site is run by Carlo Bertocchini, a well-known BattleBots con- testant-his robots include Biohazard. V Robotbooks.com Web site. Robotics Universe 202332 gort@robotoid.com http://www.robotoid.com/ Online support Web site for my robotics books, includ- ing the one you’re reading now. books-robotics 64 includes a browsable catalog of current and upcom- ing books. A. G. Tannenbaum 202904 P.O. Box 386 Ambler, PA 19002 USA (215) 540-8055 (215) 540-8327 k2bn@agtannenbaum.com http://www.agtannenbaum.com/ A unique source for service manuals of old but not for- gotten electronic components: TVs, VCRs, amateur radio rigs, fax machines, microwaves, audio gear, and more. The company also buys and sells old vintage radios, TVs, tube hi-fi sets, test equipment, hard-to-find tubes and high-voltage capacitors. Manuals are available as copies, and, depending onavailability, some are soldas originals. What do service manuals for old stuff have to do with robots? First and foremost, yesterday’s electronic com- ponents often contain useful mechanical and electrical parts, such as gears, pulleys, and motors. The service manuals help identify odd-ball parts you may find and can assist you in adapting them to your robot. This is especially true of motors in VCRs. One brand of VCR will use the same parts for several years, so one manual covers a lot of VCR models. Second, it’s fun. Maybe you could build a robot from a vintage Philco radio. V Lindsay’s Technical Books 203271 P.O. Box 538 Bradley, IL 60915-0538 USA (815) 935-5353 (815) 935-5477 lindsay@lindsaybks.com http://www.lindsaybks.com/ Old (reprints) and new books on electronics, how-to (woodworking, metalworking, etc.), high voltage, and other unusual topics. Lindsay’s sells a large assortment of metalworking and foundry books, some old and some new. Also books on plastic injection molding and plastic vacuum forming. x d V Robotics Universe Web site. Stiquito 202248 Micro Robotics Supply, Inc. 101 Pendren Pl. Cary, NC 27513-2225 USA stiquito@stiquito.com http://www.stiquito.com/ Stiquito is a small and simple robot that uses shape memory alloy (SMA) wire for movement. This is official Stiquito Web site, maintained by author Jim Conrad, and supports the product and several books written about it. x V { Books-Technical A K Peters, Ltd. 203374 63 South Ave. Natick, MA 01760-4626 USA (508) 655-9933 (508) 655-5847 http://www.akpeters.com/ AK Peters publishes intermediate- and advanced-level books on engineering, math, physics, robotics, and other disciplines. Many of their books are college textbooks, so don’t expect easy bedtime reading. Their Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation (Jones, Flynn, and Seiger) has been a standard text for many years. AK Peters also publishes the popular (though somewhat expensive) RugWarrior kit. The books are available through booksellers; the Web site books-technical 65 Lindsay's Technical Books Web site. Nerd Books 203441 911 Washington Blvd. Ste. 201 Roseville, CA 95678 USA (916) 677-1400 info@nerdbooks.com http://www.nerdbooks.com/ Online technical bookstore. Also has local store in Sacramento, Calif., area. x V OPAMP Technical Books 203744 1033 N. Sycamore Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 USA (323) 464-0977 (800) 468-4322 http://opamp.com/ Mail-order technical books. Retail bookstore in Los Angeles, Calif. (actually, Hollywood). OPAMP calls itself “The Technical Person’s Discount Technical Bookstore.” x V PID Without the Math 203081 http://members.aol.com/pidcontrol/booklet.html Informational Web site about PID Without the Math, a semitechnical overview of controlling servo motors. Powell’s Books 203812 (503) 228-0540 Ext. 482 (800) 291-9676 help@powells.com http://www.powells.com/ Online and local store in Oregon. x V ProfBooks Robotics 202408 http://www.profbooks.com/Robotics/ U.K based bookseller of high-level books. Most of the robotics they carry are textbooks for university study, though there are hobbyist-level books thrown in for good measure. V SAMS Technical Publishing 204248 5436 W. 78th St. Indianapolis, IN 46268-3910 USA (317) 334-1256 (800) 428-7267 customercare1@samswebsite.com http://www.samswebsite.com/ SAMS is perhaps best known for their Photofact service guides. In the days before they plastered “no user service- able parts inside” over every consumer electronicsdevice, people actually fixed things when they broke. SAMS was there with a Photofact, which included full schematics, troubleshooting, and alignment information. SAMS still sells Photofacts for many current and older model products, including TVs, printers, and VCRs, the latter of which is useful for robot builders because video recorders are a gold mine of parts. You can use the information in the Photofact as a way to hack parts for your robot. Because most parts are reused for many models of VCRs, a small handful of Photofacts will serve you for a number of VCRs you may find on the garage sale and thrift store circuit. For the Photofact products, which can be purchased online, see: http://www.samswebsite.com/photofacts.html x V (248) 391-8290 WorkshopPublishing@Hotmail.com http://www.build-stuff.com/ A “How to Build Stuff” emporium. Plans include: • Table Top Vacuum Forming Machine -For molding plastic parts • Secrets of Building a Vacuum Forming Machine • Secrets of Building an Injection Molding Machine Books include: • Vacuum Forming for the Hobbyist -Low-budget plas- tic molding for the hobbyist • Understanding Thermoforming-An overview of commercial vacuum forming • Mold Making and Casting Guides-four-book set, with sources for materials • Prop Builders Molding and Casting Book-450 pho- tos, covers many materials. • How to Cast Your Own Plastic Parts-Cast urethane resin into silicone molds • Cutting Costs in Short Run Injection Molding-Make your own short-run tooling x V U.S. Government Printing Office 203573 http://www.access.gpo.gov/ One of the world’s biggest (if not the biggest) publish- ers is the U. S. government. All sorts of pamphlets and books are for sale here. Online bookstore; GPO book- stores are situated in major cities across the country. Among the riveting titles: • Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of Printed Wiring Boards and Other Substrate Materials • Inventory of Electric Utility Power Plants in the United States (in case your robot needs to plug in) • Questions and Answers About EMF • Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles At one time, GPO books were very inexpensive com- pared to other books. That trend seems to have changed. The typical “meaty” GPO book is well over $35, and many are over $50. Also includes some CD- ROM titles. x books-technical 66 Web site for the United States Government Printing Office. A completed plastic vacuum former. Photo Doug Walsh, Workshop Publishing. Workshop Publishing 204001 272 Morgan Hill Dr. Lake Orion, MI 48360 USA (248) 391-2974 books-technical 67 Further Reading Nothing beats books. They're relatively cheap, and the better ones pack more informa- tion than you'll find on a galaxy of Web pages. For the robot-minded, here are some books you'll want to consider adding to your reading list. These are available for pur- chase, new or used, but don't forget the local library. If a book you want isn't carried by your library, ask the librarian if it is available from another branch. Or, ask that the book be considered for purchase. I don't list every single robotics book, just the ones I think are most relevant to amateur robotics. Same goes for electronics and engineering texts. Online or Local Only the more general-interest robotics books are carried in stock by local bookstores. You'll need to special order the books on higher-level robotics or else find them online. The premier sources for online books are: Store Name URL Notes Amazon http://www.amazon.com/ Best-known of the online bookstores; books can be ranked by publication date (great for seeing what's new), bestsellers, author, title, and customer reviews. Barnes and Noble http://www.bn.com/ The online subsidiary of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain. Not as many robotics titles as Amazon, but the ones they have are likely to be the ones you want. See also http://btob.barnesandnoble.com/ for their technical titles. Bookpool http://www.bookpool.com/ Not many books on robotics (or electronics or engineering), but nice discounts. Brown Technical http://www.brownbookshop.com/ Specializes in highly technical books. Few Bookshop robotics titles, but several engineering, math, electrical, and associated books. OpAmp Technical http://opampbooks.com/ Online and local Books (Los Angeles, Calif.) retailer of technical books. Limited selection of robotics books, but offers to beat Amazon's price. Only lists books alphabetically. Powells http://www.powells.com/ Offers a fair number of robotics titles; displays the list in alphabetical order, by author, or by price. Occasionally offers discounts. Local stores in Oregon. San Diego http://www.booksmatter.com/ Online and local (San Diego, Calif.) Technical Books book retailer. Good selection, and you have the ability to list books by publication date, author, title, or selling rank. Discounts are rarely given, however. Stacey's Booksellers http://www.staceys.com/ Online and local (San Francisco, Calif., Bay Area) book retailer. Good selection, but not discounted and browsing options are limited. books-technical 68 Google.com search: technical bookstore Additionally, several roboticscentric Web sites cater to the robot reader. Robotbooks.com—http://www.robotbooks.com/ GoRobotics.net—http://www.gorobotics.net/ In the descriptions that follow, you'll see this icon, which means I personally recom- mend this book for any well-stocked robotics library. This does not mean the other books are not recommended, useful, or good. But I realize not everyone has the cash to pur- chase, or the time to read, every single book on robotics. I've limited myself to voting for just two “recommended” books in each category (exception: children's nonfiction robot- ics books, of which there are really no exceptional ones). If nothing else, consider these books as starting points for building your own robotics reading list. Hobby Robotics Applied Robotics Edwin Wise Delmar Learning, 1999 ISBN: 0790611848 Grab bag of amateur robotics, with a strong emphasis on hardware design (using an Atmel AVR microcontroller). Keynote: Included on the CD-ROM with book is "Fuzbol," developed by the author's company, a fuzzy-logic robotics operating system. Build A Remote-Controlled Robot David R. Shircliff Tab Books, 2002 ISBN: 0071385436 Construction plans for a remote-controlled robot vehicle. Build Your Own Combat Robot Pete Miles, Tom Carroll Osborne McGraw-Hill, 2002 The first in what will likely be a long line of books on building battling robots, like the ones on BattleBots and Robotica. Provides handy construction tips for heavy-duty robots, even if you don't want to attach lawnmower blades to the thing. Build Your Own Robot! Karl Lunt A K Peters Ltd., 2000 ISBN: 1568811020 Reprint of the Karl's columns in Nuts & Volts magazine; the columns appeared in the early to mid-1990s, so the text is a bit on the old side. But much of it is still useful. Portions of the book get very technical, so don't try this one if you're a beginner. Introduction to Robotics, An Harprit S. Sandhu Nexus Special Interest Ltd., 1997 ISBN: 1854861530 Nice entry-level guide to robotics, including the construction of a servo-operated robot. Muscle Wires Project Book Roger G. Gilbertson Mondo-Tronics, 2000 books-technical 69 ISBN: 1879896141 Book and kit about "Muscle Wires," a brand of shape memory alloy available from the author's company (Mondo-tronics). Projects include Boris, a walking robot. Personal Robot Navigator, The Miller, Winkless, Phelps, Bosworth A K Peters Ltd., 1999 ISBN: 188819300X Mostly theory, this book also contains a software CD-ROM of robot navigation simulator (Robonav). PIC Robotics: A Beginner's Guide to Robotics Projects Using the PICMicro John Iovine McGraw-Hill, 2002 ISBN: 0071373241 Robot project book using the PIC microcontroller as the central brain. Practical Robotics: Principles and Applications Bill Davies CPIC Technical Books, 1997 ISBN: 096818300X General book on different mechanical construction ideas, with practical details. Not much actual robot building in this one, but the pieces can readily be put together to make one. Robot Builder's Bonanza, Second Edition Gordon McComb McGraw-Hill, 2000 ISBN: 0071362967 My book on beginning and intermediate robotics. I'm proud to say it's the most popular and longest-selling book on amateur robotics ever published. (Yes, I get to put a "must have" symbol next to my own book. So sue me!) Robot Building for Beginners David Cook APress, 2002 For raw beginners with little or no experience. You need some shop tools like a drill press and tapping set to build some of the designs, though. Robot DNA (series) McGraw-Hill; 2002 A unique series of books on robotics construction. Each book, aimed at the intermediate to advanced roboteer, details a specific aspect of construction. I acted as series editor (with Myke Predko) and contributed to several of the books. Robots, Androids and Animatrons, Second Edition John Iovine McGraw-Hill, 2001 ISBN: 0071376836 Several entry-level projects, including a small six-legged walking robot. Stiquito for Beginners: An Introduction to Robotics James M. Conrad, Jonathan W. Mills IEEE Computer Society Press, 2000 ISBN: 0818675144 books-technical 70 Stiquito: Advanced Experiments with a Simple and Inexpensive Robot James M. Conrad, Jonathan W. Mills Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 1997 ISBN: 0818674083 Beginner and advanced books on constructing small, legged robots using shape memory alloy wire (e.g., BioMetal, Nitinol, Dynalloy, or Muscle Wires). Both books contain the basic parts you'll need to build the sample robot. LEGO Robotics and LEGO Building Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms Mario Ferrari, Giulio Ferrari, Ralph Hempel Syngress Media Inc, 2001 ISBN: 1928994679 Highly recommended guide to intermediate- and advanced-level LEGO Mindstorms robotics. Lots of mechanics; many programming examples are in Not Quite C. Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms Benjamin Erwin Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 2001 ISBN: 0201708957 Using color illustrations, this book demonstrates over a dozen fun and unusual LEGO Mindstorms creations. A great book for the classroom. Dave Baum’s Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms Dave Baum APress, 2000 ISBN: 1893115097 Part on LEGO Mindstorms mechanics, and part on using the author's Not Quite C (NQC) programming language, which he wrote especially for the Mindstorms platform. Extreme Mindstorms: An Advanced Guide to Lego Mindstorms Dave Baum et al. APress, 2000 1893115844 Collection of intermediate-level topics on LEGO Mindstorms. The chapters are written by a variety of well-known Mindstorms experts. Jin Sato's Lego Mindstorms: The Master's Technique Jin Sato No Starch Press, 2002 ISBN: 1886411565 Advanced-level LEGO Mindstorms robots, such as a robotic dog. Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms Idea Book Joe Nagata No Starch Press, 2001 ISBN: 1886411409 Intended to both inspire and inform, this book is aimed at the intermediate- and advanced-LEGO roboteers. Few of the designs in Joe's book could be considered “the usual stuff.” books-technical 71 Unofficial Guide to LEGO Mindstorms Robots Jonathan B. Knudsen O'Reilly & Associates, 1999 ISBN: 1565926927 Author Jonathan Knudsen captures the early enthusiasm and awe of the LEGO Mindstorms and provides a potpourri of ideas and concepts. Some fun designs. Technical Robotics, Theory and Design Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics Gregory Dudek, Michael Jenkin Cambridge University Press, 2000 ISBN: 0521568765 Math-heavy with an emphasis on computation and algorithms, intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying mobile robotics. Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation Joseph L. Jones, Anita M. Flynn, Bruce A. Seiger A K Peters Ltd, 1999 ISBN: 1568810970 Hands-on guidebook to constructing mobile robots. Offers two main projects: Tutebot, which introduces basic mobile robot concepts, and Rug Warrior, based on the Motorola MC68HC11 microcontroller. As presented, Tutebot is too expensive to build for what it does (the authors recommend motors that retail for about $30 each), but you can build it with other components for a lot less. Robot Evolution: The Development of Anthrobotics Mark Rosheim John Wiley & Sons, 1994 ISBN: 0471026220 Technical overview on robots and robot systems. For the hard core. Robotic Explorations: An Introduction to Engineering Through Design Fred Martin Prentice Hall ISBN: 0130895687 This is not an inexpensive book, but it's one of the best for teaching the fundamentals of robotics in the classroom. Written by a respected robotics professor, this is a textbook suitable for first- or second-year robotics courses in high school and college. The author provides explicit examples and exercises using LEGO Technic pieces and the MIT Handy Board controller, but you can apply what you learn to most any robotics platform. Sensors for Mobile Robots: Theory and Application H. R. 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