Acknowledgments

A project such as this book always relies on many different people to make it happen and finish on time.

I would like to thank Jonathan Gennick and Mark Powers at Apress for giving me the chance to work on this book and for gently pushing me along as needed to meet deadlines. Their confidence in my work and encouragement has made writing this book enjoyable.

Also, I would like to give special thanks to Mannie Lowe, who started out as the technical reviewer for the book, but then stepped in and wrote some chapters as well. Mannie’s knowledge and commitment to LEGO robotics is greatly appreciated. He shows his dedication to detail throughout the book.

Thanks to Mark Edelman for taking over as technical reviewer mid-project. It was nice that he could come into the project and quickly get up to speed without hesitation. His notes were always helpful and well thought out.

Special thanks to my family for putting up with me while I pushed to meet deadlines. And thanks to my children for being test subjects for many of my sample solutions and for modeling for a few of the pictures included in the book.

—James J. Trobaugh