Our list of some of the best Robotics books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
1. Robotics: Everything You Need to Know About Robotics from Beginner to Expert (2016)
Do you love robots? Are you fascinated with modern advances in technology? Do you want to know how robots work? If so, you’ll be delighted with Robotics: Everything You Need to Know About Robotics from Beginner to Expert. You’ll learn the history of robotics, learn the 3 Rules, and meet the very first robots. This book also describes the many essential hardware components of today’s robots: – Analog and Digital brains – DC, Servo, and Stepper Motors – Bump Sensors and Light Sensors – and even Robotic Bodywork Would you like to build and…
2. Robotics: DISCOVER THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE with 20 PROJECTS (Build It Yourself) (2012)
Named to the 2012 Chicago Public Library’s "Best of the Best" Reading List for Informational Books for Older Readers, Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future is a fun and educational introduction to the exciting field of designing, building, and operating robots. Along with background material and clear explanations of how robots work, Robotics features step-by-step instructions for building real robot models using ordinary craft materials and parts salvaged from recycled toys and other household devices. Budding roboticists will learn how to create…
3. Learn Robotics Programming: Build and control autonomous robots using Raspberry Pi 3 and Python (2018)
We live in an age where the most difficult human tasks are now automated. Smart and intelligent robots, which will perform different tasks precisely and efficiently, are the requirement of the hour. A combination of Raspberry Pi and Python works perfectly when making these kinds of robots. Learn Robotics Programming starts by introducing you to the basic structure of a robot, along with how to plan, build, and program it. As you make your way through the book, you will gradually progress to adding different outputs and sensors, learning new building skills, and writing code for…
4. Practical Electronics for Inventors (2016)
A Fully Updated, No Nonsense Guide to ElectronicsAdvance your electronics knowledge and gain the skills necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. Written by a pair of experienced engineers and dedicated hobbyists, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, lays out the essentials and provides step by step instructions, schematics, and illustrations. Discover how to select the right components, design and build circuits, use microcontrollers and ICs, work with the latest software tools, and test and tweak your…
5. National Geographic Kids Everything Robotics: All the Photos, Facts, and Fun to Make You Race for Robots (2016)
They fix spacecraft, dance, tell jokes, and even clean your carpet! From the tiniest robo-bees to gigantic factory machines, robotics is all around you. This technology isn’t just for science-fiction anymore — it’s real and more relevant than ever. With stunning visuals and energetic, impactful design, readers won’t stop until they’ve learned everything there is to know about robotics….
6. Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi: Build and Code Your Own Moving, Sensing, Thinking Robots (2019)
Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi will take you from inexperienced maker to robot builder. You’ll start off building a two-wheeled robot powered by a Raspberry Pi minicomputer and then program it using Python, the world’s most popular programming language. Gradually, you’ll improve your robot by adding increasingly advanced functionality until it can follow lines, avoid obstacles, and even recognize objects of a certain size and color using computer vision. Learn how to:- Control your robot remotely using only a Wii remote- Teach your robot to use sensors to avoid…
7. The Future of Leadership: Rise of Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (2017)
Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) our greatest existential threat? Will AI take your Job? Is Privacy dead? Is Universal Basic Income a viable strategy or just a temporary bandage? Will AI solve all our problems? Will it make us happier? We can’t put the genie back in the bottle once it’s out. If we don't candidly answer the pertinent questions, we will only paint a false picture.We are standing at a crucial and pivotal point in history. It’s time for diversity in AI. This unprecedented technology will affect society as a whole and we need individuals from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to join the…
8. Klutz Lego Chain Reactions Science & Building Kit, Age 8 ()
Product Description LEGO Chain Reactions is packed full of ideas, instructions, and inspiration for 10 LEGO machines that spin, swing, pivot, roll, lift, and drop. Each machine alone is awesome, but put them together and you get incredible chain reactions. Then, combine the machines in any order you like to create your own chain reactions. Our team of experts worked with educators and 11-year-olds to invent the machines, then wrote a book that teaches the skills (and some of the physics behind the fun) kids need to create their own amazing chain reaction machines. Our book…
9. Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms In MATLAB, Second Edition (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics) (2017)
Robotic vision, the combination of robotics and computer vision, involves the application of computer algorithms to data acquired from sensors. The research community has developed a large body of such algorithms but for a newcomer to the field this can be quite daunting. For over 20 years the author has maintained two open-source MATLAB® Toolboxes, one for robotics and one for vision. They provide implementations of many important algorithms and allow users to work with real problems, not just trivial examples. This book makes the fundamental algorithms…
10. A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation (1994)
A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation presents a mathematical formulation of the kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators. It uses an elegant set of mathematical tools that emphasizes the geometry of robot motion and allows a large class of robotic manipulation problems to be analyzed within a unified framework. The foundation of the book is a derivation of robot kinematics using the product of the exponentials formula. The authors explore the kinematics of open-chain manipulators and multifingered robot hands, present an analysis of the dynamics and control of robot…
11. Your Guide to excel in FIRST Tech Challenge: Robot Architecture, Design, Programming and Game Strategies (2018)
Coaches Sanjeev and Rajeev have coached teams that made it to all levels of robotics championship including FIRST competitions (FLL, FTC) and VEX from the states of Washington and Texas. This book describes design principles, programming ideas and strategies which have helped their teams excel at all levels of progression, with flying colors. This book is intended for team members, coaches and mentors as a primer and reference. This book summarizes design principles including different kind of drives, elements of robot architecture and design of robot…
Best Robotics Books Everyone Should Read
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Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICINCO 2017 Madrid, Spain, July 26-28, 2017 Revised Selected Papers
Author(s): Oleg Gusikhin, Kurosh Madani
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2020, Size: 106 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2407083
Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics: Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD 2019)
Author(s): Karsten Berns, Daniel Görges
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2020, Size: 74 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2408453
Robotics
Author(s): Matjaž Mihelj, Tadej Bajd, Aleš Ude, Jadran Lenarčič, Aleš Stanovnik, Marko Munih, Jure Rejc, Sebastjan Šlajpah
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 8 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2250144
Human Friendly Robotics
Author(s): Fanny Ficuciello, Fabio Ruggiero, Alberto Finzi
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 12 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2251433
Mechanism, Machine, Robotics and Mechatronics Sciences
Author(s): Rany Rizk, Mariette Awad
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 22 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2251567
Advances in Robot Kinematics 2018
Author(s): Jadran Lenarcic, Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 42 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2252159
Biomechanics of Anthropomorphic Systems
Author(s): Gentiane Venture, Jean-Paul Laumond, Bruno Watier
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 11 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2252233
Recent Developments in Mechatronics and Intelligent Robotics: Proceedings of International Conference on Mechatronics and Intelligent Robotics (ICMIR2018)
Author(s): Kevin Deng, Zhengtao Yu, Srikanta Patnaik, John Wang
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 158 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2309451
Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria Danube Region (RAAD 2018)
Author(s): Nikos A. Aspragathos, Panagiotis N. Koustoumpardis, Vassilis C. Moulianitis
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 123 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2309456
New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics: Advances in Theory and Practice
Author(s): Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Ceccarelli, Doina Pisla
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 63 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2309479
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are truly hot items according to Washington Post, others are drafted by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.