The following list is a selection of books which are either suitable for beginners who "want to get into robotics" , students who are doing undergraduate practical robotics projects or students who are undertaking postgraduate research projects.  

These books were bought from the high street bookshops, Waterstones www.waterstones.co.uk and WH Smith www.whsmith.co.uk and from the internet bookshops www.amazon.co.uk, www.robotbooks.com, www.bol.com www.alibris.com and www.etsp.co.uk

The prices are provided as a guide only.  They apply to the edition I purchased and may include the currency conversion from US or Canadian dollars. If you have found a helpful book that is not listed here please let me know.

1. Mobile Robots—Inspiration to Implementation.  Jones & Flynn. AK Peters Ltd 1993.
2. Sensors for Mobile Robots- Theory and Application. H.R. Everettt.  AK Peters Ltd. 1998.
3. Practical Robotics.  Bill Davies.  Werd Technology Inc.  Ontario.
4. Introduction to Robotics.  Phillip McKerrow.  Addison Wesley. 1991.
5. Mobile Robotics - A Practical Introduction.  Ulrich Nehmzow.  Springer Verlag. 2000. £24.50.
6. Robotics-Control, Sensing, Vision and Intelligence.  Fu, Gonzales and Lee.  McGraw-Hill. 1987. £17.
7. The Art of Electronics.  Horowitz and Hill. Cambridge University Press. £30.
8. Robots, Androids and Animatrons. John Iovine. McGraw Hill. 1997. £20.
9. An Introduction to Robotics. Harpit Sandhu. Nexus Specialist Interests. £10.
10. Applied Robotics.  Edwin Wise. H.W. Sams & Co. $30.
11. Navigating Mobile Robots-Systems & Techniques. J. Borenstein. A.K Peters Ltd. 1993.
12. The Forrest Mims Engineer’s Notebook. Forrest Mims. LLH Technology Publishing. $20.
13. Ciarcia’s Circuit Cellar. Steve Ciarcia. Byte Books. 1979. $30.
14. Robot Builders Bonanza. Gordon McComb. Tab Books. $20.
15. Sensors and Transducers. Ian R. Sinclair. Newnes Publications. 1992.
16. Electric Motors & Mechanical Devices for Hobbyists & Engineers.  Bill Davies. Werd Technology. Canada. $25.
17. Mechatronics- Designing Intelligent Machines. Vol. 2. Concepts in Artificial Intelligence. Johnson & Picton. Open University Press. Butterworth, Heinemann. £20.
18. Build Your Own Combat Robot. Pete Miles & Tom Carrol. McGraw Hill, Osborne. 2002. £19.
19. Behaviour Based Robotics. Ronald Arkin. MIT Press. 2001. £24.
20. Biorobotics-Methods and Applications. Barbara Webb & Thomas Consi. MIT Press. 2001. £24.
21. Robot Sensors and Transducers. S.R.Ruocco. Open University Press. 1987. £32.
22. Robotics-An Introduction. Douglas Malcolm. PWS Kent. Boston. 1998.
23. Robotics, Mechatronics & AI. Newton C. Braga. Newnes. 2002. £22.
24. Beginning Analog Electronics through Projects. Singmin. Newnes.
25. Robotics-Introduction, Programming & Projects. James Fuller. Merrill, Macmillan. 1991.
26. Integrated Electrical & Electronic Engineering for Mechanical Engineers. C. Fraser & J. Milne. McGraw Hill. 1994.
27. Vehicles-Experiments in Synthetic Psychology. V. Braitenberg. MIT Press 1996. £9.30.
28. Advanced Guided Vehicles. Cameron & Probert. World Scientific. 1994.
29. The Personal Robot Navigator. Miller, Winkless & Bosworth. Robot Press. Colorado. 1998.
30. Electric Motor Handbook. Robert Boucher. Astro-Flight. 1995. $15.
31. Ramblin Robots. Wickelgren. Grolier. 1996. £6.
32. Robot Builders Sourcebook. Gordon McComb. McGraw Hill. 2003. £19.
33. Walking Machines: an Introduction to Legged Robots. DJ Todd. Chapman & Hall. 1985.
34. Ultimate Robot. Robert Malone. Dorling Kindersley. 2004. £16.99.