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The Best Books About Robotics (Nonfiction)

“What are the best books aboutRobotics?” We looked at 141 different books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 12 Robotics books, all appearing on 2 or more lists, are listed below with images, summaries, and links. The remaining 129 best Robotics books, as well as the lists we used to aggregate, can be found at the bottom of the page.

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Top 12 Robotics Books



12 .) Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics by Gregory Dudek and Michael Jenkin


Lists It Appears On:

  • Mobotica
  • Robot Books

Mobile robotics is a multidisciplinary field involving both computer science and engineering. Addressing the design of automated systems, it lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational vision, and robotics. This textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students emphasizes algorithms for a range of strategies for locomotion, sensing, and reasoning. It concentrates on wheeled and legged mobile robots but discusses a variety of other propulsion systems. The new edition includes advances in robotics and intelligent machines over the last ten years, including significant coverage of SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and multi-robot systems. It includes additional mathematical background and an extensive list of sample problems. Various mathematical techniques that were assumed in the first edition are now briefly introduced in appendices at the end of the text to make the book more self-contained. Researchers as well as students in the field of mobile robotics will appreciate this comprehensive treatment of state-of-the-art methods and key technologies.

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11 .) Embedded Robotics : Mobile Robot Design and Applications with Embedded Systems by Thomas Bräunl


Lists It Appears On:

  • Roboterra
  • Robot Books

This book presents a unique examination of mobile robots and embedded systems, from introductory to intermediate level. It is structured in three parts, dealing with Embedded Systems (hardware and software design, actuators, sensors, PID control, multitasking), Mobile Robot Design (driving, balancing, walking, and flying robots), and Mobile Robot Applications (mapping, robot soccer, genetic algorithms, neural networks, behavior-based systems, and simulation). The book is written as a text for courses in computer science, computer engineering, IT, electronic engineering, and mechatronics, as well as a guide for robot hobbyists and researchers.

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10 .) Introduction to Robotics by J.J. Craig


Lists It Appears On:

  • Sanfoundry 2
  • Mobotica

Now in its third edition, Introduction to Robotics by John J. Craig provides readers with real-world practicality with underlying theory presented. With one half of the material from traditional mechanical engineering material, one fourth control theoretical material, and one fourth computer science, the book covers rigid-body transformations, forward and inverse positional kinematics, velocities and Jacobians of linkages, dynamics, linear control, non-linear control, force control methodologies, mechanical design aspects and programming of robots. For engineers.

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9 .) JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With BEAM Technology by David Hrynkiw and Mark Tilden


Lists It Appears On:

  • Society of Robots
  • Razor Robotics

From the publishers of BattleBots: The Official Guide comes this do-it-yourself guide to BEAM (Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, Mechanics) robots. They’re cheap, simple, and can be built by beginners in just a few hours, with help from this expert guide complete with full-color photos. Get ready for some dumpster-diving!

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8 .) Machine Learning, Neural and Statistical Classification by Donald Michie and David Spiegelhalter


Lists It Appears On:

  • Big Data Made Simple
  • Dev Zum

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7 .) Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction by Ulrich Nehmzow


Lists It Appears On:

  • Mobotica
  • Robot Books

“A fascinating, cutting-edge, research topic, autonomous mobile robotics is now taught in more and more universities. In this book you are introduced to the fundamental concepts of this complex field via twelve detailed case studies that show how to build and program real working robots. Topics covered in clued learning, autonomous navigation in unmodified, noisy and unpredictable environments, and high fidelity robot simulation.
This new edition has been updated to include a new chapter on novelty detection, and provides a very practical introduction to mobile robotics for a general scientific audience. It is essential reading for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students and postgraduate students studying robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and robot engineering. The update and overview of core concepts in mobile robotics will assist and encourage practitioners of the field and set challenges to explore new avenues of research in this exiting field. “

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6 .) Robotics Demystified by Edwin Wise


Lists It Appears On:

  • Robot Books 2
  • Roboterra

“McGraw-Hill’s Demystified titles are the most efficient, interestingly written, brush-ups you can find. Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end of each chapter, and even final exams. You’ll be able to learn more in less time, evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, and reinforce your knowledge and confidence.

This complete self-teaching guide takes an introductory approach to robotics, guiding readers through the essential electronics, mechanics, and programming skills necessary to build their own robot.”

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5 .) Fundamentals of Robotics by Robert J. Schiling


Lists It Appears On:

  • Robot Books
  • Roboterra
  • Sanfoundry

A complete overview of the fundamentals of robotics. Case study examples of educational, industrial and generic robots are discussed. Class demonstration software is provided with the laboratory manual.

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4 .) Planning Algorithms by Steven M. LaValle


Lists It Appears On:

  • Dev Zum
  • Big Data Made Simple
  • Mobotica

Planning algorithms are impacting technical disciplines and industries around the world, including robotics, computer-aided design, manufacturing, computer graphics, aerospace applications, drug design, and protein folding. Written for computer scientists and engineers with interests in artificial intelligence, robotics, or control theory, this is the only book on this topic that tightly integrates a vast body of literature from several fields into a coherent source for teaching and reference in a wide variety of applications. Difficult mathematical material is explained through hundreds of examples and illustrations.

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3 .) Robot Building for Beginners by David Cook


Lists It Appears On:

  • Robot Books 2
  • Robot Shop
  • Society of Robots

“The robot described and built in this book is battery powered and about the size of a lunch box. It is autonomous; that is, it isn’t remote controlled.

The book is broken up into small chapters, suitable for bedtime (or bathroom) reading.

The characteristics and purposes of each major component (resistor, transistor, wire, and motor) are described, followed by a hands-on experiment to demonstrate. Not only does this help the reader to understand a particular piece, but it also prepares them with processes to learn new parts on their own. An appendix offers an introduction to 3D printing and parts of the robot can, as an alternative, be “”printed”” using a 3D printer.

The master project of the book is a simple, entertaining, line-following robot.”

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2 .) Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robot by Roland Siegwart


Lists It Appears On:

  • Robot Books
  • Mobotica
  • Roboterra
  • Society of Robots

Mobile robots range from the Mars Pathfinder mission’s teleoperated Sojourner to the cleaning robots in the Paris Metro. This text offers students and other interested readers an introduction to the fundamentals of mobile robotics, spanning the mechanical, motor, sensory, perceptual, and cognitive layers the field comprises. The text focuses on mobility itself, offering an overview of the mechanisms that allow a mobile robot to move through a real world environment to perform its tasks, including locomotion, sensing, localization, and motion planning. It synthesizes material from such fields as kinematics, control theory, signal analysis, computer vision, information theory, artificial intelligence, and probability theory. The book presents the techniques and technology that enable mobility in a series of interacting modules. Each chapter treats a different aspect of mobility, as the book moves from low-level to high-level details. It covers all aspects of mobile robotics, including software and hardware design considerations, related technologies, and algorithmic techniques.

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1 .) Robot Builder’s Bonanza by Gordon McComb


Lists It Appears On:

  • Robot Books 2
  • Society of Robots
  • Robohub
  • Robot Shop

“Have fun while learning how to design, construct, and use small robots! This richly illustrated guide offers everything you need to know to construct sophisticated, fully autonomous robots that can be programmed from your computer. Fully updated with the latest technologies and techniques, Robot Builder’s Bonanza, Fourth Edition includes step-by-step plans that take you from building basic motorized platforms to giving the machine a brain–and teaching it to walk, talk, and obey commands.

This robot builder’s paradise is packed with more than 100 affordable projects, including 10 completely new robot designs. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable robots of all shapes and sizes. Mix and match the projects to develop your own unique creations. The only limit is your imagination!”

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The #13-141 Additional Top Robotics Books



 

# Books Authors Lists
(Books Appear On 1 List Each)
13 123 PIC Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius Myke Predko Society of Robots
14 A Course in Machine Learning Big Data Made Simple
15 A COURSE IN MACHINE LEARNING Dev Zum
16 A Quick and Gentle Guide to Constraint Logic Programming Big Data Made Simple
17 Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Building Robots Robot Books 2
18 Affective Computing Big Data Made Simple
19 Affordable Automation Society of Robots
20 AI ALGORITHMS, DATA STRUCTURES, AND IDIOMS IN PROLOG, LISP, AND JAVA Dev Zum
21 Alchemy of Stone Ekaterina Sedia io9
22 Ambient Intelligence Big Data Made Simple
23 An Introduction to AI Robotics Mobotica
24 An Introduction to Logic Programming Through Prolog Big Data Made Simple
25 Arduino Cookbook Mobotica
26 Arduino Robot Bonanza Gordon McComb Robohub
27 Artificial Intelligence: Foundations of Computational Agents Big Data Made Simple
28 Awesome Space Robots Michael O’Hearn Robohub
29 Barron’s College Review Series: Calculus Jessica Austin
30 Behavior-Based Robotics Mobotica
31 Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence: Theories, Methods, and Technologies Mobotica
32 Bio-Inspired Computational Algorithms and Their Applications Big Data Made Simple
33 Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots Robot Books
34 Biomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles Roboterra
35 Biorobotics Robot Books
36 Boy and Bot Ame Dyckman Robohub
37 Build a Remote-Controlled Robot Robot Books 2
38 C Programming Language, 2nd Ed Ritchie Kernighan Society of Robots
39 Caleb-Seven (Children of Eden series) James Andrew Wilson Robohub
40 Clever Algorithms: Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes Big Data Made Simple
41 Clink Kelly DiPucchio and Matthew Myers Robohub
42 Cluster Computing for Robotics and Computer Vision Roboterra
43 Common LISP: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation Big Data Made Simple
44 Computer Vision and Applications Robot Books
45 Cool Robots Sean Kenney Robohub
46 Designing Autonomous Agents Mobotica
47 Designing Autonomous Mobile Robots Robot Books
48 Designing Sociable Robots Mobotica
49 Elementary Differential Equations Boyce and DiPrima Jessica Austin
50 Essentials of Metaheuristics Big Data Made Simple
51 Evolutionary Robotics Robot Books
52 Excession Iain M. Banks io9
53 Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us Rodney Brooks io9
54 Flying Insects and Robots Mobotica
55 From Animals to Animats Robot Books
56 From Bricks to Brains: The Embodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots Big Data Made Simple
57 Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems Roboterra
58 Fuzzy Logic Techniques for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Mobotica
59 Getting Started in Electronics Forrest M. Mims III Society of Robots
60 Getting Started with Arduino Mobotica
61 Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Mobotica
62 he Second Machine Age Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee Five Books
63 He, She, and It Marge Piercy io9
64 House of Robots James Patterson Robohub
65 How to Prove It Velleman Jessica Austin
66 HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION Dev Zum
67 I, Robot Isaac Asimov io9
68 Industrial Robotics Groover Sanfoundry
69 Intermediate Robot Building David Cook Razor Robotics
70 Introduction to AI Robotics Roboterra
71 Introduction to Bayesian Statistics Bolstad Jessica Austin
72 Kickin’ Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots Grant Imahara Society of Robots
73 Layered Learning in Multiagent Systems: A Winning Approach to Robotic Soccer, Intelligent Robotics & Autonomous Agents Robot Books
74 Learning OpenCV Mobotica
75 LEO the Maker Prince: Journeys in 3D Printing Carla Diana Robohub
76 Linear Algebra Hefferon Jessica Austin
77 LIONBOOK Dev Zum
78 Logic for Computer Science: Foundations of Automatic Theorem Proving Big Data Made Simple
79 Machines That Walk : The Adaptive Suspension Vehicle Robot Books
80 Make Your Own Robot Laurence King Robohub
81 Metamagical Themas Mobotica
82 MULTIPROCESSOR SCHEDULING THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Dev Zum
83 National Geographic Readers: Robots Melissa Stewart Robohub
84 Natural Language Processing with Python Mobotica
85 Neuromancer William Gibson io9
86 Nick and Tesla’s Robot Army Rampage: A Mystery with Hoverbots, Bristle Bots, and Other Robots You Can Build Yourself Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith Robohub
87 Night Sessions Ken MacLeod io9
88 On Intelligence Jeff Hawkins Society of Robots
89 PARALLEL MANIPULATORS TOWARDS NEW APPLICATIONS Dev Zum
90 Permutation City Five Books
91 PIC Microcontroller Project Book John Iovine Society of Robots
92 PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software & Hardware Interfacing Han-Way Huang Society of Robots
93 Practical Artificial Intelligence Programming in Java Big Data Made Simple
94 Principles of Robot Motion: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations Mobotica
95 Probabilistic Robotics Mobotica
96 R Is for Robot: A Noisy Alphabet Adam F. Watkins Robohub
97 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge io9
98 Recycled Robots: 10 Robot Projects Robert Malone Robohub
99 REHABILITATION ROBOTICS Dev Zum
100 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Dev Zum
101 Remote Control Robotics Robot Books
102 Rise of the Robots Martin Ford Five Books
103 Robo World: The Story of Robot Designer Cynthia Breazeal Jordan D. Brown Robohub
104 Robot Building for Dummies Robot Books 2
105 Robot Colonies Mobotica
106 Robot Hands and Multi-Fingered Haptic Interfaces Roboterra
107 Robot Manipulators, Mathematics, Programming and Control Richard paul Sanfoundry
108 Robot Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Roboterra
109 Robot Motion Planning Mobotica
110 Robot Programming : A Practical Guide to Behavior-Based Robotics Mobotica
111 Robot Teams : From Diversity to Polymorphism Robot Books
112 Robotics K.S Fu, R.C. Gonzalez and C.S.G. Lee Sanfoundry 2
113 Robotics for Engineers Y. Koren Sanfoundry 2
114 Robotics, Mechatronics, and Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Circuit Blocks for Designers Newton C. Braga Razor Robotics
115 Robotics: Control, Sensing, Vision, and Intelligence Mobotica
116 Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future with 20 Projects (Build it yourself) Kathey Ceceri and Sam Carbaugh Robohub
117 Robots, Androids and Animatrons: 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build Robot Books 2
118 Robots, Robots Everywhere! Sue Flies Robohub
119 Saturn’s Children Charles Stross io9
120 Simply Logical: Intelligent Reasoning by Example Big Data Made Simple
121 Soccer Robotics Robot Books
122 Society of Mind Society of Robots
123 Superintelligence Nick Bostrom Five Books
124 Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems Mobotica
125 Swarm Robotics: SAB 2004 International Workshop Mobotica
126 The Art of Robots Amid Amidi Robohub
127 The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines Yoshihito Isogawa Robohub
128 The Map-Building and Exploration Strategies of a Simple Sonar-Equipped Mobile Robot Robot Books
129 The Nature of Code Jessica Austin
130 The Quest for Artificial Intelligence Big Data Made Simple
131 The Robotics Primer Mobotica
132 The Singularity is Near, Ray Kurzweil Five Books
133 The Society of Mind Mobotica
134 The World and Mind of Computation and Complexity Big Data Made Simple
135 Udacity CS-373, Artificial Intelligence for Robotics Jessica Austin
136 Virtual Girl Amy Thomson io9
137 Virtual Reality – Human Computer Interaction Big Data Made Simple
138 Ware Tetrology Rudy Rucker io9
139 We, Robots Sue Lange io9
140 Welcome to your awesome robot Viviane Schwarz Robohub
141 When HARLIE Was One David Gerrold io9


15 Best Robotics Book Sources/Lists



Source Article
Big Data Made Simple 20 free books to get started with Artificial Intelligence
Dev Zum 10 BEST ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BOOKS
Five Books
Calum Chace recommends the best books on
Artificial Intelligence”
io9 Thirteen Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots
Jessica Austin ROBOTICS: BOOKS AND ONLINE COURSES FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY
Mobotica BEST BOOKS FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS
Razor Robotics Building your own Robot
Robohub 20 great books to hook kids and teens on robotics
Robot Books Advanced Robotics
Robot Books 2 Beginners Books
Robot Shop 10 Tips for Getting Started with Robotics
Roboterra 10 Robotics Books to Read For Robot Makers
Sanfoundry Best Reference Books – Industrial Robotics
Sanfoundry 2 Best Reference Books – Robotics
Society of Robots BOOKS ON ROBOTICS

 

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