Learning Computing With Robots

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Fall 2008, Revised June 2009 Version

July 28: The PDF below is nicely compatible (very readable) in Amazon Kindle DX...the size and formatting matches very well. Though it suffers from the deficiencies of Kindle's PDF navigation features.

The complete text, Learning Computing With Robots, is now available as a PDF. This version is from July 28, 2009 and designed for use in the fall 2009 courses. Individual Chapters can be downloaded by clicking on links below.

Cover Page, Table of Contents, Preface, etc. PDF
Chapter 1: The World of Robots PDF El Mundo de los Robots PDF
Chapter 2 Personal Robots PDF Robots Personales PDF
Chapter 3 Building Robot Brains PDF Construyendo Cerebros de Robot PDF
Chapter 4 Sensing From Within PDF Percibiendo desde adentro PDF
Chapter 5 Sensing The World PDF Percibiendo el Mundo PDF
Chapter 6 Insect-like Behaviors PDF Comportamientos de Insecto PDF
Chapter 7 Control Paradigms PDF Control de Comportamiento PDF
Chapter 8 Sights & Sounds PDF Vistas & Sonidos PDF
Chapter 9 Image Processing & Perception PDF Procesamiento de Imágenes PDF
Chapter 10 Artificial Intelligence PDF Inteligencia Artificial PDF
Chapter 11 Computing & Computation PDF Computadoras & Computación PDF
Chapter 12 Fast, Cheap & Out of Control PDF Rápido, Barato & Fuera de Control PDF
Python Overview PDF
Myro Overview (Includes Index) PDF

Printed copies: Your local FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) will be able to produce bound copies of the text for you using the combined PDF (above) in a two-sided 8x7.5 inch format. The cost will be anywhere from $8 to $20 per book (in grayscale) depending on the number of copies you print. They will need to adjust the margins on images in the Chapter heading pages, and perhaps the inside cover pages (inside cover, i, iii----move them about 3/4 inch to the right). Ask them to print the cover page on white card stock (in color), blue card stock at the back and also place transparent plastic cover sheets (front and back), bind them using 22mm black plastic coil.

FedEx Office Docstore Option For $19.44 (per copy) FedEx Office can now take online orders and have them delivered either directly to you (using FedEx) or to the nearest FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) location. Visit FedEx DocStore: IPRE. We are in negotiation with them for a better rate as well as automated QTY discounts. Come back here for latest news.

Spanish Translation The textbook has also been translated into Spanish by a team working under Professor Javier Díaz at the Universidad Nacional De La Plata in Argentina. You can find the Spanish translation Here

Fall 2008 Version

June 18: The PDF below is nicely compatible (very readable) in Amazon Kindle DX...the size and formatting matches very well. Though it suffers from the deficiencies of Kindle's PDF navigation features. We are in the process of revising and updating and hope to have a new version available here by the end of June 2009. A fully Kindle compatible version is in the works as well!

News Flash (October 24, 2008): This text is now available from amazon.com for $17.95

The complete text, Learning Computing With Robots, is now available as a PDF. This version is from August 20, 2008 and designed for use in the fall 2008 courses. Individual Chapters can be downloaded by clicking on links below. The materials are all in draft form and are under constant revision. If you find an error or would like to make a comment, please see Errata.

Cover Page, Table of Contents, Preface, etc. PDF

Chapter 1: The World of Robots PDF
Chapter 2 Personal Robots PDF
Chapter 3 Building Robot Brains PDF
Chapter 4 Sensing From Within PDF
Chapter 5 Sensing The World PDF
Chapter 6 Insect-like Behaviors PDF
Chapter 7 Control Paradigms PDF
Chapter 8 Sights & Sounds PDF
Chapter 9 Image Processing & Perception PDF
Chapter 10 Artificial Intelligence PDF
Chapter 11 Computing & Computation PDF
Chapter 12 Fast, Cheap & Out of Control PDF
Python Overview PDF
Myro Overview PDF
Index (in 8.5x11 inch format)PDF

Printed copies: Your local FedEx Kinkos will be able to produce bound copies of the text for you using the combined PDF (above) in a two-sided 8x7.5 inch format. The cost will be anywhere from $8 to $15 per book (in grayscale) depending on the number of copies you print. They will need to adjust the margins on images in the Chapter heading pages, and perhaps the inside cover pages (inside cover, i, iii----move them about 3/4 inch to the right). Ask them to print the cover page on white card stock (in color), blue card stock at the back and also place transparent plastic cover sheets (front and back), bind them using 22mm black plastic coil.

You may also contact Georgia Robotics for orders of printed copies for use in your classrooms and with your robot kits.

May 2008 Version The complete text, Learning Computing With Robots, is now available as a PDF. This version is from May 20, 2008. Individual Chapters can be downloaded by clicking on links below. The materials are all in draft form and are under constant revision. If you find an error or would like to make a comment, please see Errata.

Chapter 1: The World of Robots PDF
Chapter 2 Personal Robots PDF
Chapter 3 Building Brains PDF
Chapter 4 Sensing From Within PDF
Chapter 5 Sensing The World PDF
Chapter 6 Insect-like Behaviors PDF
Chapter 7 Control Paradigms PDF
Chapter 8 Sights & Sounds PDF
Chapter 9 Image Processing & Perception PDF
Chapter 10 Artificial Intelligence PDF
Chapter 11 Computing & Computation PDF
Chapter 12 Fast, Cheap & Out of Control PDF
Myro Review PDF
Python Review PDF

An older Version The materials below have been superceded by the ones above. These below are here only for tracking. These curricular materials are for being used by the students of Georgia Institute of Technology and Bryn Mawr College in CS1, Spring and Fall 2007. These materials are developed by the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE).

A PDF was made of the following chapters on March 23, 2007: http://myro.roboteducation.org/docs/myro-book.pdf