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Fantastic place to start - Rated
This book is an excellent introduction to electronics and small-scale robot building, and shows you how to contstruct a line-following robot in a step-by-step manner without resorting to jargon or technospeak. I bought it for my son who wanted to build a battle robot (which it isn't really aimed at), but I found it fascinating and went the whole way with building the line following robot. The book is extremely well presented with numerous pictures showing you exactly what to do at each stage. The parts lists are all sourced from US suppliers but I found that everything was available at in the UK through Maplin (or a trade electronics supplier if you are used to their comprehensive catalogs)
Ready with the soldering iron... - Rated
I bought this book to help me with a robot-mad 7 year old whose current ambition in life is to invent robots to explore the planets. The other reviews I read said that it was aimed at total beginners, but to be honest whilst *I* find the book brilliant I think it is not quite right for a 7 year old. It's really aimed at people who have already built and played with Lego Mindstorm kits (which are now on the Christmas shopping list...) and preferably some more advanced kits, and so have a bit of experience wielding screwdrivers, pliers, cutters etc.
If you're ready for soldering, get this book. If you're not ready for soldering (or not ready to let your kids loose with a soldering iron), try Lego Mindstorms or a build-it-yourself kit.
When he says "beginners", he really means it. - Rated
This book is very seriously focussed at the beginner. Not beginners of robot building, but beginners new to electronics completely. Cook spends a lot more time talking about electronics fundamentals and how to use multimeters etc. than he does talking about robots. On the plus side, this book is well written and very well presented.
Brilliant this is the first book on robotics you should read - Rated
This book is brilliant for beginners to robotics. Since I bought the book I haven't been able to close it. The author explains everything in the book to perfection, there are loads of pictures and every thing is understandable. By the time youve finnished the book you will end up with a cool little robot that follows lines and the knowledge to go away and make your own robot. The only negative thing I have to say about this book is that all the suppliers listed in the book are american, so you will have to look arround for the bits you need rather than just copy the order number from a list, but that can help you to understand things better so its not that bad. If you want to get into robotics then I think this is the best place to start.
