Build Your Own Combat Robot

■ Robots, Androids, & Animatrons, by John Iovine (McGraw-Hill, 1997)
A good introduction to experimental robotics.
■ The Robot Builder’s Bonanza, by Gordon McComb (McGraw-Hill, 2000)
A great first book on experimental robotics.
■ Robot Riots, by Alison Bing and Erin Conley (Barnes & Noble, 2001)
An overview of battling robots and contests.
■ Electric Motor Handbook, by Robert Boucher (Astroflight, 2001)
Excellent book on electric motors.
■ Mechanical Engineering Design, by Joeseph Shigley (McGraw-Hill, 1988)
Mechanical engineers’ bible for machine design.
■ Machinery’s Handbook, 26 th Ed., by Erik Oberg (Industrial Press, 2000)
A must-have for all machinists.
■ Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, by Robert Juvinall and
Kurt Marshek (Wiley & Sons, 1999)
Excellent book on machine design.
■ Programming and Customizing the Pic Microcontroller,
by Myke Predko (McGraw-Hill, 1998)
Excellent book on using and programming the PIC Microcontroller.
■ Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp,
by Scott Edwards (McGraw-Hill, 1998)
Excellent book on using and programming the Basic Stamp.
■ Design of Weldments, by Omer Blodgett (Lincoln Electric Company, 1993)
Probably the best book available on weldments.
Robotics Organizations
■ Atlanta Hobby Robot Club (AHRC) www.botatlanta.org
■ Chicago Area Robotics Group www.robotroom.com/Chibots
■ Dallas Personal Robotics Group (DPRG) www.dprg.org
■ Homebrew Robotics Club (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
www.augiedoogie.com/HBRC
■ Phoenix Area Robot Experimenters www.parex.org/index.html
■ Portland Area Robotics Society (PARTS) www.portlandrobotics.org
■ Robotics Society of Southern California (RSSC)
www.dreamdroid.com/default200.htm
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