The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots

The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots is for educators, students, hobbyists, and startups looking for Java/hardware interaction. This book shows you how to use your PC to build robots, and how you can interface with a microcontroller to do the basics. You’ll learn to design your robot to navigate, see, speak, recognize your face, listen to you, and build maps.

For up-to-the-minute information, check out www.scottsbots.com, the author’s own website.

The way Scott lays out the book is really good too . . . He explains everything in easy to understand terms and provides sample code that you can use right away.

— Jim Brown, Robots.net

The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots is for educators, students, hobbyists, and startups looking for Java/hardware interaction. This book shows you how to use your PC to build robots, and how you can interface with a microcontroller to do the basics. Youll learn to design your robot to navigate, see, speak, recognize your face, listen to you, and build maps.

For up-to-the-minute information, check out Scott's Bots, the author's own website.

Scott Preston works as a technical architect for a large Columbus consulting firm where he resides with his lovely wife, Emily. Scott has over 15 years of software and electrical experience including positions with The U.S. Navy, Bank One, UUNET, and Covansys Inc., in addition to running his own robotics company, Preston Research LLC, where he gives robotic lectures in conjunction with COSI (Center of Science and Industry) and manufactures small Java-enabled robots called CubeBots®. Preston is also a member of the Java Community Process, and the Central Ohio JUG. Read more on his website, Scott's Bots.