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Alex Zelinsky on “What are the five must-read publications for budding roboticists?”
The field moves quickly. So much of the material dates quickly. Joining a professional association such as IEEE or IFR and regular reading of publications – magazines and journals – is essential.
- The Handbook of Robotics is a massive book. But is amazingly good at giving a broad sweep of the field.
- Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB by Peter Corke is an excellent introductory text with online Matlab examples.
- Probabilistic Robotics by Sebastian Thrun et al. gives an excellent grounding in statistical and machine learning methods for robotics.
- For people starting out in robotics I recommend the brilliant LEGO MINDSTORMS by Laurens Valk. It provides practical ways to teach and inspire the next generation of roboticists.
- I also recommend people read some inspiring science fiction to get motivated! You can’t go past Isaac Asimov and his classic I, Robot.
tags: Books, Isaac Asimov, machine learning, MATLAB, Robotics by Invitation
Alex Zelinksy
is a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.
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