Build A Remote-Controlled Robot
This groundbreaking, heavily illustrated book explains how to create everythinbg from basic, simple robots to ones that walk, see, feel, talk, listen and fight! Written by "professors of robotics" such as Gordon McComb and John Iovine, this book is great for beginners as well as experienced robot builders. By David R. Shircliff.

$3.00

Build Your Own Paper Robots: 100s of Mecha Model Designs on CD to Print Out and Assemble
Have you ever watched the Autobots battle the evil Decepticons in Transformers and wished you could be in on the action? Now you can create a world of fantastic paper robots that you can color, print, and build yourself with this amazing book and CD combo. It has everything you need to complete the fantasy--thorough step-by-step assembly instructions and illustrations are in the book, while the CD has 14 ready-to-print, customizable robot templates. Colors, designs, and size can be manipulated using any standard editing package so you can create over 250 variants for a full robot army. The models print out on letter-sized paper and are assembled using rubber bands or fishing line, it's that easy! There are even templates for a cityscape suitable for crushing or a Super Dimension- type fortress for a robot takeover. From shape-changing Transformer-types to chunky Gundam-esque mobile suits, there's mecha for makers of all skill levels. So if you're a first-time model maker or just a fan of robots, anime, and manga, there's bound to be the perfect project waiting for you in Build Your Own Paper Robot.

$3.50

Fighting Robots
This is an A to Z guide to the fascinating world of mechanical warriors. Featuring the bots and the builders from the top robot fighting competitions around the world. By Michael Benson.

$3.99

Combat Robot Weapons
Build combat robots that smash, slash, and pummel their way to victory with McGraw-Hill's Combat Robot Weapons. Including detailed information on weapon construction, fight strategy, and tips from combat robot guru Chris Hannold, this practical guide delivers everything you need to know to add a wide variety of weapons to your robots. Perfect for robotics hobbyists and educators -- as well as newcomers who want to build combat robots but don't know where to start-- Combat Robot Weapons delves deeply into weaponry.

$8.00

RioBotz Combat Robot Tutorial
Combat robotics is a sport that is practiced world-wide. It attracts all kinds of participants, especially people interested in technology, engineering, machine design, computer science, new technologies and their trends. The competitions involve one-on-one duels between radio-controlled robotic vehicles in a bulletproof arena. RioBotz is the Robotic Competition team from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team is formed by control, mechanical and electrical engineering undergraduate students from the University. This 374-page tutorial tries to summarize the knowledge learned and developed by the team since its creation in 2003. It includes the information on competing as well as designing and building combat robots. This tutorial also includes build reports from all combat robots from RioBotz, including detailed drawings and photos, totaling almost 900 figures.

$9.00

Combat Robots Complete: Everything You Need to Build, Compete, and Win
Here's everything you need to jump into the fascinating and fun world of fighting robots- even if you don't have advanced electronic or engineering skills. The author, a five-year fighting bot and twenty-year bot veteran who has promoted robot combat events, offers priceless insider info covering everything from step-by-step guidance on constructing your first combat robot to the lowdown on the federations that sponsor or guide competitions.

$10.00

Robot Builder's Bonanza
#1 ROBOTICS BOOK OF ALL TIME SUPER-CHARGED BY A FAMOUS NEW CO-AUTHOR AND UPDATED TO REFLECT STATE-OF-THE-ART ADVANCES! Everybody's favorite amateur robotics book is bolder and better than ever -- and now features the field's "grand master" Myke Predko as the new author! Author duo McComb and Predko bring their expertise to this fully-illustrated robotics "bible" to enhance the already incomparable content on how to build -- and have a universe of fun -- with robots. Projects vary in complexity so everyone from novices to advanced hobbyists will find something of interest.

$10.00

BattleBots: The Official Guide
View the metal-crunching demolition from the front lines with this behind-the-scenes guide to BattleBots -- the hottest robot competition in the world & a hit TV show. Packed with full-color photos, battle statistics, & exclusive profiles & interviews, this book gives you an inside look at the electrifying world of robot combat. Browse through photo-filled profiles of major BattleBots & get details on their weight, speed, weapon type, & what it took to build them. Read about the different robot types -- including RamBots, SpinBots, ThwackBots, & Wedges. And, meet the people behind the spark-flying destruction: BattleBots founders Trey Roski & Greg Munson; & announcer Mark Beiro. Includes step-by-step instructions for building your own fighting machine.

$11.00

Gearheads-The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports
Casual fans of Comedy Central's Battlebots will be shocked at the Machiavellian intrigue behind the scenes of the radio-controlled robotic warfare. Newsweek journalist Brad Stone's original and surprisingly engaging account of the rise of "robotic sport" depicts a world hardly anyone not passionate about these gladiatorial gear fests would have ever suspected.

$14.00

Applied Robotics
Designed to give beginners a thorough and complete introduction into the field of robotics with simple projects and easy-to-read explanations. Detailed and extensive schematics, programs, and descriptions guide you through the challenges of building a working robot. Softcover. CD-ROM included. By Edwin Wise.

$14.99

JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With BEAM Technology
From the publishers of BattleBots: The Official Guide comes this do-it-yourself guide to BEAM (Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, Mechanics) robots. They're cheap, simple, and can be built by beginners in just a few hours, with help from this expert guide complete with full-color photos. Get ready for some dumpster-diving!
Create a cool robot from scratch--in just a few hours!

$16.99

Building Bots: Designing and Building Warrior Robots
This is the definitive guide to designing and building warrior robots like those seen on BattleBots, Robotica, and Robot Wars. It walks robot enthusiasts of all ages step-by-step through the design and building process, enabling them to create any number of customized warrior robots.

$17.80

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots
Finally, a robots book for people who don't know the first thing about robotics! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Robots is well-written, inviting, and action-packed, with engaging ideas and fascinating factoids about robots and robot-related arts and sciences. You are led gently into the intimidating world of robotics, but nearly 400 pages later, you emerge with a respectable knowledge of robot history, the major fields and "schools" of robotics today, and the basic skills and resources needed to create hobby robots.

$20.85

PIC Robotics: A Beginner's Guide to Robotics Projects Using the PIC Micro
Here'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 of fun.
Complete do-it-yourself robotics projects!
SMART BOTS!

$20.89

Insectronics : Build Your Own Walking Robot
This complete project book delivers all the step-by-step plans you need to construct your own six-legged insect-like robot that walks and actually responds to its environment. Using inexpensive off-the-shelf parts hobbyists can "build a better bug" and at the same time have loads of fun honing their knowledge of mechanical construction, programming, microcontroller use, and artificial intelligence. Written by an award-winning robotics expert

$21.95

Robot Building For Dummies
Ready to enter the robot world? This book is your passport! It walks you through building your very own little metal assistant from a kit, dressing it up, giving it a brain, programming it to do things, even making it talk. Along the way, youÕll gather some tidbits about robot history, enthusiastsÕ groups, and more.

$21.98

Building Robot Drive Trains
This essential title in McGraw-Hill's ROBOT DNA SERIES is just what robotics hobbyists need to build an effective drive train using inexpensive, off-the-shelf parts. Leaving heavy-duty tech speak behind, the authors focus on the actual concepts and applications necessary to build - and understand -- these critical force-conveying systems.
If you're hooked on amateur robotics and want a clear, straight-forward guide to the nuts-and-bolts of drive trains, this is the way to go. By Dennis Clark & Michael Owings.

$22.86

Robots, Androids and Animatrons, Second Edition : 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build
Bring a robot to life without programming or assembly language skills! There's never been a better time to explore the world of the nearly human. With the complete directions supplied by popular electronics author John Iovine, you can:
* Build your first walking, talking, sensing, thinking robot
* Create 12 working robotic projects, using the fully illustrated instructions provided
* Get the best available introduction to robotics, motion control, sensors, and neural intelligence
* Put together basic modules to build sophisticated `bots of your own design
* Construct a robotic arm that responds to your spoken commands
* Build a realistic, functional robotic hand
* Apply sensors to detect bumps, walls, inclines, and roads
* Give your robot expertise and neural intelligence

$24.39

Robot Building for Beginners
Learning robotics by yourself isn't easy. It helps when the encouragement comes from someone who's been there. Not only does "Robot Building for Beginners" assist you in understanding component parts of robot development, but also it prepares you with techniques to learn new discoveries on your own. Author David Cook begins with the anatomy of a homemade robot and gives you the best advice on how to proceed successfully.

$24.93

Kickin' 'Bot : An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots
Written by award-winning robot builder and BattleBots champion and star of the hit Mythbusters TV show, Grant Imahara. The first visual guide to building the immensely popular battle robots, featuring clear, easy-to-understand instructions, detailed illustrations, and plenty of diagrams for every step

$24.94

Build Your Own Combat Robot
Experience the excitement of building your own champion battling bot! Build a powerful and invincible robot--for full-blown competition or just for fun--using this authoritative robot resource. This team of experts gives you an inside look at the innovative new world of robotic combat, explaining the origins of the sport as well as all the elements that go into constructing a fighting robot.

$25.60

Intermediate Robot Building
For readers of Robot Building for Beginner (Apress, 2002 and 2009), welcome to the next level. Intermediate Robot Building, Second Edition offers you the kind of real-world knowledge that only renowned author David Cook can offer. In this book, youÕll learn the value of a robot heartbeat and the purpose of the wavy lines in photocells. YouÕll find out what electronic part you should sand. YouÕll discover how a well-placed switch can help a robot avoid obstacles better than a pair of feelers. And youÕll avoid mistakes that can cause a capacitor to explode. Want a robot that can explore rooms, follow lines, or battle opponents in mini-sumo? This book presents step-by-step instructions and circuit and part descriptions so that you can build the robot featured in the book or apply the modules to your own robot designs.

$29.26

Robot Builder's Sourcebook
Contains resources for both common and hard-to-find parts and supplies. Features dozens of "sidebars" to clarify essential robotics technologies. Provides original articles on various robot-building topics. By Gordon McComb.

$30.93

Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation
This second edition reflects technological developments and includes programs and activities for robot enthusiasts. Step-by-step instructions take the reader through the process of constructing the two different and inexpensive yet fully functional robots.

$45.63

Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook
The fourth edition of this unique engineering reference book covers the past, present, and future of mechanisms and mechanical devices. Among the thousands of proven mechanisms illustrated and described are many suitable for recycling into new mechanical, electromechanical, or mechatronic products and systems. Overviews of robotics, rapid prototyping, MEMS, and nanotechnology will get you up-to-speed on these cutting-edge technologies. Easy-to-read tutorial chapters on the basics of mechanisms and motion control will introduce those subjects to you or refresh your knowledge of them.

$85.45

Getting Started with Arduino
This valuable little book offers a thorough introduction to the open-source electronics prototyping platform that's taking the design and hobbyist world by storm.

$14.99