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Multiagent Robotic Systems
CRC Press 2001; US$ 149.95This text addresses learning and adaptation in decentralized autonomous robots. It provides a guided tour of the pioneering work and major technical issues in multiagent robotics research and discusses the computational mechanisms for behavioural engineering in a group of autonomous robots. more...
Robotics and Automation Handbook
CRC Press 2004; US$ 189.95This handbook provides engineers and scientists interested in designing or fabricating robotic systems, with solid foundations on which to build. It addresses specifications, the 'sensing' of the external world, and how need affects design. more...
DK Eyewitness Books: Robot
Dorling Kindersley 2004; US$ 16.99Take a detailed look at the fascinating world of robots - from the earliest single-task machines to the advanced intelligence of robots with feelings. Young readers will be amazed to learn all that robots can do: perform delicate surgical operations, clean city sewers, work as museum tour guides, or even battle each other in combat. Find out how humans... more...
Robotics Demystified
McGraw-Hill 2004; US$ 19.95There's no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects. McGraw-Hill's Demystified titles are the most efficient, interestingly written, brush-ups you can find. Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end of each chapter, and even final exams. more...
Amphibionics
McGraw-Hill 2003; US$ 19.95This work provides the hobbyist with detailed mechanical, electronic, and PIC microcontroller knowledge needed to build and program a snake, frog, turtle, and alligator robots. It focuses on the construction of each robot in detail, and then explores the world of slithering, jumping, swimming, and walking robots, and the artificial intelligence needed... more...
Build Your Own Combat Robot
McGraw-Hill 2002; US$ 24.99Create your own powerful battling robot from start to finish using this easy-to-follow manual. Robotics experts Pete Miles and Tom Carroll explain the science and technology behind robots, and show you what materials you need to build and program a robot for home, school, and competition. more...
PIC Robotics
McGraw-Hill 2004; US$ 22.00Here's everything the robotics hobbyist needs to harness the power of the PICMicro MCU!. In this heavily-illustrated resource, author John Iovine provides plans and complete parts lists for 11 easy-to-build robots each with a PICMicro "brain.” The expertly written coverage of the PIC Basic Computer makes programming a snap -- and lots... more...
Anatomy of a Robot
McGraw-Hill Education 2003; US$ 32.95This work looks under the hood of all robotic projects, stimulating teachers, students, and hobbyists to learn more about the gamut of areas associated with control systems and robotics. It offers a unique presentation in providing both theory and philosophy in a technical yet entertaining way. more...
Leonardo's Lost Robots
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 47.99Reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, revealing a sophistication that has gone unrecognized by art historians or engineers. This book recovers Leonardo's notes, showing that apparently unconnected fragments scattered in manuscripts are actually cohesive designs for functioning automata. more...
Concise Encyclopedia of Robotics
McGraw-Hill 2002; US$ 19.95Helps in keeping up with terms and techniques facing the hobbyist. This work contains information for hobbyists and students interested in robotics, artificial intelligence, and electronics. It contains 400 definitions - all presented in a concise, well-illustrated, and non-mathematical style. more...









