Robotics: Everything You Need to Know About Robotics from Beginner to Expert Paperback – January 28, 2016

I love technology a lot and robotics is one of it. I know now how robots are made of, through this book. Also, I have come to know different types of robot. It also consists of tutorial about programming which is really impressive. Even though I can not afford to buy a robot sooner or later, I appreciate all facts about robots. I only notice about this book has no page guide on table of content, which consumes more time to find a page, where you stop than, those that already have page numbers on table of content. Cover page is good, looks simple and really related to the content of the book. I have a nephew who loves robot so I am thinking about giving him this book's copy in order for him to have a basic knowledge in robotics. Another good book here on Amazon. Two thumbs up!

I am not that very knowledgeable when it comes to robots but I am interested to know about them. And this one gave a lot of information and knowledge about robots and robotics. In our present world robots and robotics has a big impact in our daily life and they help us a lot in so many ways that they are making our life easier and more comfortable. For someone who wants to start with robots and robotics, this is a complete guide to start with as this gives you all the basic things you need to know and understand about robots and robotics.

I was very happy to find this book when I decided to undertake a robotics project with my children. This is a book ideal for someone who really needs a step-by-step for each component, with a full explanation of what it is, how to read the markings, how to test it, how to install it and so forth. The book does a great job of pacing the material and explaining things so that a beginner can understand. It goes through the parts and components you will need to be able to understand and identify in order to be able to build a robot then walks you through step by step on how to build your first line following robot. The author also does a great job of giving the reader information on tools and components as well as providing good information on how/where to obtain parts. I am proud to say we managed to build our own version of sandwitch and it works perfectly. This book is excellent for beginners in robot building and in understanding the basics of robotics.

First, the initial impression is pretty poor. When you get past the title page you get a two page copyright notice that looks to be in about 17 point font, almost like it is yelling at you. This is of course in contrast to most books where the copyright bit is no more than half of one page as it is in more like 9 or 10 point.Turns out the entire book is in this oversized font (like a student trying to meet the required number of pages for a paper by bumping up the font.The overly large font means that the couple places where there is code shown it is so horribly formatted it is basically impossible to follow. It also affects at least one table that is so spread out you can barely make sense of it.There are no images at all in the entire book, not when talking about various kinds of components used in building robots, not when talking about circuit schematics, not when presenting a tutorial of how to build a couple simple robots, not anywhere.Adding some images could have allowed the font size to be dropped to a normal size while still having a fair number of pages…It talks about the various types of motors at least twice covering the same basic info each time.It really needed an editor or for the author to make an editing pass prior to publishing.While it mentions a couple other options for controlling a robot it really just covers RoboCore, which seems to not even exist anymore. The original KickStarter page has a link to the website that now leads to a different robotics company called Husarion. (At least that company makes reference to ROS which is completely lacking in this book.)Bottom line, I suffered through to page 89 before putting it on the shelf never to be picked up again as anything other than an example of how to to publish a book (I have another self published book from the same company, different author that has reasonable font sizes, images where useful, and much stronger content on mobile architecture)

The robots currently present in this world preform tasks that are too dangerous, risky, boring and monotonous if preformed by a human. A human’s hands will never be as cutting-edge perfect as a robot’s movement. Did you know that the word robot comes from czech word forced labor, and were not intended to be machines, but created first by chemical means? Pretty interesting… Robots like robo cop, or other sci-fi characters are just sci-fi. The real robots of this world are designed to be controlled by humans.

"Everything You Need to Know About Robotics" was not everything I needed to know about robotics. I'm giving it a three star rating because it was a good starting point for my interest in the subject. However, in this book the author recommends several other books to read to learn certain aspects that are not covered in this one. That alone renders this book "Basic Things You Need to Know About Robotics". It is nice reading and gaining a better understanding of robotics, but my disappointment lies in the unanswered questions this book leaves the reader with.

Robots are widely used in the areas of manufacturing, automobiles, medicine, and space. Robots have become a part of our lives directly and indirectly. If they are introduced correctly, the industrial robots can possibly improve the quality of life by relieving workers from dangerous, boring, dirty, and heavy labor. It is great fun to build a robot. This book is one of the best one to start making simple robots. This book gives a good idea about materials and components used making robots.