ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Once more I’ve climbed the mountain. And once more I look back to those who have helped me turn my vision into reality.

To my friends at the San Diego robotics group; to John Boisvert and his amazing robotics emporium; to Mike Keesling, Alex Brown, and Tony Ellis; to those I’ve met over the years on the comp.robotics.misc newsgroup for their great ideas, wisdom, support, and advice; and to Frits Lyneborg and the entire LetsMakeRobots.com community;

To Russell Cameron, roboteer extraordinaire, and to Jan Malasek of Pololu, Mario Tremblay of Robotshop, Clive Seager of Revolution Education, Jim Frye of Lynxmotion, Nathan Seidle of SparkFun, Gerry Coe of Devantech, and Claudia and the crew at DAGU;

To the makers and keepers of the Arduino, PICAXE, BASIC Stamp, FIRST CAD Library, and Fritzing for great tools, great software, and great art;

To Judy Bass and the editors at McGraw-Hill, who’ve put up with me all these years; to my agents at Waterside Productions; and to Bill Gladstone who first helped me take on this project way back in 1985 (how time flies!);

And last but certainly not least, to my wife, Jennifer.

I offer my heartfelt thanks, one and all.