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                Contributors






                          Rob Stehlik is in his final year of studies in Mechanical Engineering at the
                          University of Toronto. Rob has been avidly building mechanisms and robots with
                          LEGO for three years. Fortunate enough to live in the Toronto area, he is an
                          active member in the local LEGO enthusiasts’ group, rtlToronto. Rob has partici-
                          pated in six LEGO robotics competitions organized by rtlToronto, and he credits
                          much of his experience and inspiration to these events.
                              Rob Stehlik is the creator of Robot 10: The RIS Turtle.



                          Dean Hystad has spent much of the last 18 years building robots and testing
                          equipment for MTS Systems Corporation in Minneapolis, MN. He was awakened
                          from his dark ages—his non-LEGO years—when his loving and understanding
                          wife gave him a Robotics Invention System (RIS) kit for Christmas three years
                          ago. Since then, his obsession with LEGO (what else is there to do during a
                          Minnesota winter?) has led to involvement in First LEGO League as a judge,
                          mentor, and author of training materials.
                              Dean Hystad is the creator of Robot 1: The Bug and Robot 8: The ULK.


                          Luke Ma is a student at Brown University in Providence, RI. He is currently pur-
                          suing a bachelor’s degree in Music and Computer Science. His main interest is in
                          Music Theory, and thus he spends most of his time analyzing pieces of obscure
                          classical music in even more obscure ways.
                              Luke has worked for Latitude Communications, Inc. as an engineering
                          intern, helping the company develop and expand its Web-conferencing platform.
                          He also has extensive experience in designing Web pages. He is fluent in C/C++,
                          JavaScript, HTML/DHTML, Chinese, English, and hopefully French and German
                          sometime in the future.
                              Luke would like to thank Catherine Nolan of Syngress for all her help and
                          her courage to contract him as an author. Luke would also like to thank his par-
                          ents for their support and his friends for putting up with him and making his
                          life fun and enjoyable.
                              Luke Ma is the creator of Robot 2: The Funky Chicken Techno-Walker,
                          Robot 3: The Missle Turret, and Robot 4: The MINDSTORMS F1 Racer.









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