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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 Trem-
blay 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 proj-
ect 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.

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