Robot Builder's Bonanza (Tab Electronics) (ISBN 0071362967)

A Must Have for Any Robotics Junkie:
Too tell you the truth - I didn't expect much from this book. I routinely come across "supposed" tutorials on how to teach beginners how to make an autonomous robot only to drown the hobbyist in technical jargon and "break the bank" advice. This book is entirely different. With over 200 pages of spot on advice, you will have your first Bot up and working within a few days. Check out mine at www.robot-newbie.blogspot.com. Seeing is believing!

Great Book for Basic-Intermediate Robotics level:
Very recommended. Full of ideas and tricks. Cover all areas of Mobile Robotics. Clear about electronics, mechanics and programming. If you have a basic or intermediate level it will be really useful and really worth the price.

A 'must' for any serious robot builder's reference shelf:
This updated second edition of Gordeon McCombs' Robot Builder's Bonanza includes plenty of new plans and step-by-step instructions for building a robot, from a minibot and roverbot to a pepbot and Lego lightbots. New to this edition are insights on LEGO-based robots, fixed and mobile Servo motor systems, infrared, laser and other sensory equipment, and more. Robot Builder's Bonanza is a 'must' for any serious robot builder's reference shelf.

Un-original and boring:
This is Rehash of the first edition - same boring material regurgitated back at you. It's like taking ugly red-headed step-child and trying to dye his hair black but the roots and the freckles show through the disguise - still ugly and red-headed - like this book. This author can't take any critisism - don't worry - he'll cry like a little baby to amazon offical and this will get taken down. I try to warn you that this book won't be loved to dog ears - it sit on shelf and become dust bunny catcher because the circuits are wrongness and the most don't go well.

Newer Version Available of this Above Average book:
I'm surprised that amazon doesn't recognize that there is a 3rd edition of this book available. If you decide you want this book, at least get the most recent version which supposedly has some better information in it. This is a fairly good book for robots with some good over views, but i found it lacking in lots of areas for programming and electronics. i do intend to check out the new version from the library and see if its any better now.