Serious enough to interest Robot professionals, the plans inside offer serious fun to hobbyists. They give you the Power to breathe life into a mechanical being with amazingly human qualities, and feature all the instructions you need for Programming the inexpensive chips that give your Humanoid brains and sensitivity. This unique guide to sophisticated Robotics projects brings Humanoid Robot construction home to the hobbyist. Written by a well-known figure in the robotics community, Build Your Own Humanoid Robots provides step-by-step directions for 6 exciting projects, each costing less than $300. Together, they form the essential ingredients for making your own humanoid robot.

	Build Your Own Humanoid Robots : 6 Amazing and Affordable Projects (TAB Robotics) by Karl Williams Buy new: $17.22 / Used from: $12.14 Looks like a cool book I hope to use sometime
	Robot Builder's Bonanza (Tab Electronics) by Gordon McComb Buy used from: $8.99 Broad, but not deep. maybe a good reference, but beware of some sub-optimal and erroneous solutions in the book. Maybe the next edition to be released in Dec. 2005 will address some of the problems.
	Insectronics : Build Your Own Walking Robot by Karl Williams Buy new: $14.56 / Used from: $8.75 Another cool looking book I hope to use sometime
	The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz Buy new: $66.50 / Used from: $62.70 Excellent electronics reference that us non-EEs can use for our robots' circuits
	Championship Team Building: What Every Coach Needs to Know to Build a Motivated, Committed & Cohesive Team by Jeff Janssen Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $26.95 Building a great team
	Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life by Donald T. Phillips Buy used from: $7.50 Lessons from a great team builder

Tech Materials (Free)

Robot Behaviors Exploring the T-Maze: Evolving Learning-Like Robot Behaviors using CTRNNs
Humanoid Robotics A Biochemical Subsystem for a Humanoid Robot
Industrial Automation Systems Applying Agents for Engineering of Industrial Automation Systems
Robot Team Cooperation A Descriptive Model of Robot Team and the Dynamic Evolution of Robot Team Cooperation
Kuka Robots For ONU ONU Robotics Technology Center of Excellence, powered by KUKA Robotics Corporation
Augmented reality Annotation System for Robotic Application
Modular Robots Self-Reconfiguration Planning Of Identical Modules
Autonomous robots A New Approach To Robotics
Robotic Mounting Flat Panel Displays With Robotic Mounting
Calibration of Industrial Robots A Photogrammetric Robot Calibration System Based On Off-The-Shelf Low Cost Hardware Components

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Amazon Books

	Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms by Benjamin Erwin Buy new: $20.64 / Used from: $13.00 A good place to start, especially for kids, with Lego Mindstorms
	A Practical Guide to Behavior-Based Robotics by Joe Jones Buy new: $20.67 / Used from: $15.13 Very good for programming not so much behavior as control. Language and controller agnostic