Title: 400 pgs before the first project
Review: this is a big investment of time dedicated to reading 400 pages before ANY physical pay-off. there's also no jumping straight to the projects because after they describe how to build a chassis for the first project, the rest of the directions are "powering the robot: chapter 17, selecting a motor for your robot chapter 19, operating your robot with a computer chapter 12" so even the projects aren't really dialed in specifically. the back of the book says "for beginners" I have to disagree, beginners should start off w actual kits first, and after a few different kits come to this tome so they can learn how to build one from the motherboard up. I regret buying this book, i should have bought a kit or an arduino, something that would have satisfied while I was learning. I'm giving it two stars because, as I'm sure it's a great book for people already acquainted w/robotics, it's no place to start for an absolute beginner.
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