Books in the TAB Electronics series

Teaches how to build your own robot for practical uses such as companionship, supervision of elderly, tutoring and doing household chores. This work explores enabling technologies such as mobility, voice communication, touch, sight, and smell response. It also covers how to build your own MentorBot from a kit as well as separate parts.

Offers a "head to toe" examination of all of the major disciplines involved in building robots and control systems - with both practical theory and philosophy in a technical, yet entertaining way. This book provides basic background theory of each subject, and then goes into more in-depth treatment, including math and references.