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| anybody have or have read the book Killer Mindstorm Robots by Gordon McComb, just came out this year. ISBN: 0071370404 Storm the LEGO castle with this complete guide to designing, building, and programming "combots" (combat robots) using the LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I did not know of this book, it looks interesting. BTW, searching on Barnes&Noble showed 11 Mindstorms books! I believe only a few have been discussed on this list. Oddly, some of them are from the early 80's and not about Lego at all. Thomas (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| My wife surprised me and actually *went* to my wishlist on amazon, and ordered me 'Killer Mindstorms an Advanced Guide' I'm gonna sit down with it more this weekend, but I already am planning a trip to the local Radio Shack to get parts for the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Are you sure it's not called "Extreme Mindstorms"? amazon.com lists some more books to be released: Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms by Benjamin Erwin (release 2001-04-06) Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms Idea Book by Joe Nagata (release (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| You're right, the one I got is 'Extreme Mindstorms' "Killer Mindstorms", "Extreme Mindstorms"...all this hyperbole flying around...I got confused, sorry for any misunderstanding... (URL) it's not bad, and after reading more of it last night, it's (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I've picked up some good books recently: "The Robot Builder's Bonanza 2nd Ed", (URL) has some Mindstorms contents and circuit diagrams for new sensors, but is mainly aimed at constructing robots from wood, plastic, metal, etc. "More Advanced (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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