Robotics Monday: Tora no Maki

Name of Book: Tora no Maki

Created by: ISOGAWA Yoshihito

Found at: http://www.isogawastudio.co.jp/legostudio/toranomaki/en/index.html

Details: This isn't exactly a "model" for today, but it's an excellent resource that should help spur on some interesting ideas. Tora no Maki is a book in PDF format that is graciously offered as shareware - you can download it and evaluate it for free, but the author has asked that you pay $10 for it if you use it. Only the opening pages have text (in English and Japanese) - the rest is all full-color photos that clearly show off a variety of techniques. While it's intended to be an educational resource (and is certainly great for beginners - many of the techniques are straightforward and can be built with very few parts), it's still of use even for fairly advanced Technic builders.