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54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Author's Comments, January 13, 2004
I am Dr. Anita Flynn, an author of Mobile Robots. There has been a long-running dispute between the publisher and me that anyone considering the book should know about. See the web site at http://www.mobilerobotsbook.com for more information.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but overly focused on Their Robot., June 21, 1999
By A Customer
Mobile Robots was clear, and to the point though I thought it was a little hobby shop oriented for a MIT Press Book. The book does cover the topic it claims, but it leaves out a lot. Many grounding, and circuit comments are left out assuming that you are using thier Robot. Little is said about SW Filtering, or dealing sensors problems. Almost nothing is said about alternatives to the 68HC11 Processor used on the Rug Warrior II brains board. A great list of resources, very impressive though a Web page for the book with all the code in soft copy would have been more up to the modern standard. All in All a good book for the beginner. Well worth the money.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must for your Bookshelf, August 6, 2000
-I read this book cover to cover and the first time I picked it up...and thumbed through it I was not won over by it. Months later I decided what the heck and got it off Amazon. I have a good deal of computer experience but at the time had no robotics experience. This book incredibly broadened my thinking. It basically covers everything from brains to brawns, citing examples quite often. I did not read the 1'st edition of this book, but I emplore you to read this. If you do not trust my opinion go down to a book store and read at least for 10 mins through the chapters. I think you will find that if you are a novice roboticist that this book will get you quickly off in the right direction to building your own bots. I also encourage you to build their "Tute-Bot" a tutorial hardware bot that can be put together for just a couple bucks. It will teach you an invaluable lesson on why robots greatly rely on microprocessors. I sat captivated by this book for upwards of 4-8 hour reading spells and I did not lose interest which says alot considering their is much that is still highly technical in this book and could, if not written well become boring or too specific for a begginers/intermediate robotics book. Prepare to see implementations/explanations on all sorts of sensors (sonar, pyroelectric, photoelectric, Infrared, etc. etc.) the "how-to's" on experimental circuit board design, creating mobile bases/chasis, and a slew of other helpful design suggestions.The only downside although minor was that this book made possibly to much reference to the rug-warrior brawn and brains.... I would not reccomend for any novice to buy the rug warrior nor the brains for it. At roughly $600 it is too high of an investment for the newbie. Do however learn from [the] Rug-Warrior design as I did, and use their ideas to implement your own rug-warrior robot. A much better buy is the "Handy Board" which is also ... a good high quality Robotic Brain for Begginners/Intermediate roboticists. Also get the "expansion board" with the handyboard, and rack up the servo connectivity...The Rug-Warrior(tm) is still an awesome robot and much can be learned from it, and reading about I found to be still fascinating even though the price was not in my range. To conclude, I would not pass up this book if you are new to robotics, it is a MUST Have! ;-) Ps. just so you know I am not affiliated with acroname nor with the publisher, I just honestly reccomend this book. VipErReD -MaD RoBoTiCiSt
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