Absolute Beginners Guide to Building Robots

From the Back Cover:
Finally, a robots book for people who don't know the first thing aboutrobotics! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Robots is well-written, inviting, andaction-packed, with engaging ideas and fascinating factoids about robots androbot-related arts and sciences. You are led gently into the intimidating worldof robotics, but nearly 400 pages later, you emerge with a respectable knowledgeof robot history, the major fields and "schools" of robotics today,and the basic skills and resources needed to create hobby robots. By the end ofthe book, you will be the proud owner of three bots, the first two of whichdemonstrate key robotic principles. The third is a programmable/expandablerobot, which serves as a platform for future experimentation. And best of all,these robots are built with simple to get and inexpensive parts - many of whichyou already have around the house!

This book outlines how to build simple robot projects, and is tech-edited by ourown Dave Hrynkiw (Author of Junkbots, BugBots, and Bots on Wheels). Written in avery conversational style, it covers three projects, from a simple one-motorwalker, to a "Herbie" style mousebot, then finally with a microcontroller-based "DiscRover".

It's another good introduction to the world of robotics!