HomeBrew Robotics Club Library

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Introduction

Many of members of the HomeBrew Robotics Club (HBRC) have their own collections of books on the topic of robotics. The idea of this page is to provide a centralized location for HBRC member's to list their books.

The ultimate goal is for two HBRC club members to show up at a monthly HBRC club meeting and either let somebody look at or borrow a robotics book.

If you are interested in browsing or borrowing a book, please contact the book owner and make arrangements. Any book borrowing arrangement you make is between you and the book owner and HBRC is not really involved in the transaction.

The goal behind the list below is to make it real easy for people to add to the list. Whenever you have some additions to the list, just E-mail a message to the HBRC mailing list (you are a list member, right?) The keeper of this book list (currently Wayne) will pick up the E-mail message and whack into the format below. It will be easier for Wayne to pick up the message if you put "[Library]" on the subject line.

The list below is organzied by owner. Whenever possible, I try to provide a link to the Amazon web site so that you can read additional review information. Linking to Amazon is remarkably easy. Please note, that the links below are not associated with any Amazon referral program.

Any constructive suggestions for improvement are always welcome.

Wayne C. Gramlich Collection

Wayne has the following books in his collection:

Build Your Own Universal Computer Interface by Bruce Chubb, 1997.
The title is not very explanitory. This is basically about a system that was developed to run model railroads. A model railroad is a primative form of robot.
Robots, Androids, and Animatrons by John Iovine, 1997.
A light beginner's book.
Building Robots with LEGO™ MindStorms by Mario Ferrari, Giulio Ferrari, Ralph Hempel, 2002.
A pretty complete discussion about building robots out of LEGO Mindstorms kits.
Building Robot Drive Trains by Dennis Clark and Michael Owings, 2003.
A book about motors for moving robots. This book has a short introduction to PID control.
Robot Builder's Bonanza: 99 Inexpensive Robotics Projects by Gordon McComb, 1987.
This is the first edition. It is one of the classic books people use to get started in hobbyist robotics.
Robot Builder's Sourcebook by Gordon McComb, 2003.
This is loaded with a ton of information on various parts that are useful for hobbyist robotics.
Sensors for Mobile Robots: Theory and Application by H. R. Everett, .
A great deal of information about robotic sensors.
Mechanical Hands Illustrated by Ichiro Kato and Kuni Sadamoto, 1985.
A short discussion about grasping issues followed by page after page of actual constructed grasping mechanisms.
Robot Wrist Actuators by Mark E. Rosheim, 1989.
A lot of mechanical wrist designs.
Robot Technology Vol 4: Robot Components and Systems by Francois L'Hote (Ed.), 1983
A fairly complete introduction to industrial robots.
Microprocessor Based Robotics: Intelligent Machine Series by Mark J. Robillard, R. E. Lund, 1983
A fairly complete introduction to industrial robots.
Remote Control Robotics by Craig Sayers, 1998
Ph.D thesis on robotics with a distance between the controller and the mechanical actuator.
Build Your Own Working Robot: The Second Generation by David L. Heiserman, 1987
A robot build out of 80's style technology.
Jin Sato's Lego Mindstorms: The Master's Technique by Jin Sato, 2001.
This book describes Mibo addog made out of LEGO parts.
10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Ultimate Builder Projects: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour by Stephen Cavers, Dr. Sho Chio Siong, David Astolfo, Dr. Larry Whitman, Tonya L. Witherspoon, Alex Witherspoon, and Kevin Clague, 2002
Ten modest sized Lego projects.
10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Dark Side Robots, Transports, and Creatures: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour by Hideaki Yabuiki, Kevin Clauge, Miguel Agullo, Søren Rolighed, and J. P. Brown, 2002
Ten modest sized Lego projects.
10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Inventions System 2 Projects: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour by Rob Stehlik, Dean Hystad, Luke Ma, Jeff Elliot, Dr. Sho Chio Siong, Tonya L. Witherspoon, Ale Witherspoon. Søren Rolighed, and J. P. Brown, 2002
Ten modest sized Lego projects.
Joe Nagata's LEGO Mindstorms Idea Book by Joe Natata, 2001
Ten modest sized Lego projects.
Programming LEGO Mindstorms with Java: The Ultimate Tool for for Mindstorms Maniacs by Søren Hilmer, Giulio Ferrari, Jamie Waldinger, Jügen Stuber, Mick Porter, and Andy Gombos, 2002
Programming the RCS brick in Java.
The Unofficial Guide to LEGO Mindstorms Robots by Jonathan B. Knudsen, 1999
One of the first books on the market; pretty dated by now.

In addition to the books above, Wayne has the following magazines stashed away:

Circuit Cellar INK
Electronic edition from January 1999 (#102) to present.
Nuts & Volts
From about 1998 to present.
Servo
All issues.
Everyday Practical Electroncis
Electronic edition from January 2002.

Home Brew Robotics Club Collection

A while ago, when Wayne was over at Chuck McManis' house he handed him a box and basically said "Here is the HBRC library, you deal with it." This transfered the box from Chuck's house to Wayne's house. More recently, spring cleaning struck at Wayne's house and it became time to "do something". What happened is that the box got inventoried. The inventory is presented below.

The following books are in the Homebrew Robotics Club library box:

Programming Robot Controllers by Myke Predko, 2002
Pretty up-to-date book on programming PIC's for robotic applications.
Building Robot Drive Trains by Dennis Clark and Michael Owings, 2002
Pretty up-to-date book on building robot drive trains with H-bridges and such.
How to Build Your Own Self-Programmed Robot by David L. Heiserman, 1979
No Review.
Robots & Robotology by R. H. Warring, 1984
No Review.
A Robot In Every Home by Mike Higgens, 1985
No Review.
Basic Robotic Concepts by John M. Holland, 1983
No Review.
Build a Remote-Controlled Robot for Under $300 by David R Shircliff
No Review.
Robot Intelligence with Experiments by David L. Heiserman, 1981
No Review.
Android Design: Practical Approaches for Robot Builders by Martin Bradley Weinstein, 1981
Much of discussion about climbing stairs.
The VOR by Tom Lonergan and Carl Frederick
No Review.
If I Had a Robot ... by Nelson B. Winkless III, 1984
No Review.
The Great Robot Book by Wanda and Texe Marrs, 1985
No Review.
The Personal Robot Book by Texe Marrs, 1985
No Review.

The follwing additional magazines and documents are in the Homebrew Robotics Club library box:

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