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4 books to download, free, as PDF. Illustrated field guides to the machines, the money and the jobs, written and drawn by the publication's own desk.
New volumes are announced first in Robotics Weekly, the free Monday edition.
2026
Understanding Robotics
49 Illustrated Lessons, from mechanics to embodied AI
A visual field guide to how a robot is built and how it thinks: sensors, actuators, manipulation, mobility, and the AI and software that tie them together. Forty-nine one-page lessons, each drawn, for anyone who has to understand the machines before they buy, build or write about them.
Download PDFPDF · 61 pages · 23 MB
2026 · A Practical Guide to the Coming Decade
The Robot Economy, Volume I
The Shift: Why the Robot Economy Is Real
The foundation: large-scale deployment is already happening, this robotics cycle is different from the ones that disappointed, the economics work in particular places first, and timing matters. Then the working vocabulary: what a modern robot is, where humanoids fit and where they don't, how these systems learn from the work they do, the ladder from pilot to real autonomy, and why trust decides which programs survive.
Download PDFPDF · 131 pages · 11 MB
2026 · A Practical Guide to the Coming Decade
The Robot Economy, Volume II
The Deployments: Where the Value Shows Up First
The field guide: sector by sector, where robots are working first, in warehousing and fulfillment, manufacturing, logistics and freight, construction and field services, and healthcare, hospitality and service work, and the jobs most likely to change first. The second half maps the competition: the U.S. leaders, China and the global race, and the ecosystem of components, software and integration without which none of it scales.
Download PDFPDF · 139 pages · 10 MB
2026 · A Practical Guide to the Coming Decade
The Robot Economy, Volume III
The Playbook: What to Do About It
The volume to act on: how to evaluate a robotics opportunity, the Robot Readiness Framework, how to pilot without getting burned, and governance, risk and responsibility. Then the bigger picture: building a point of view you can hold when a vendor walks in with a demo, what automation does to a business's economics, the likely winners and losers, and the signals to watch.
Download PDFPDF · 101 pages · 11 MB