In an interview I read, Mr. Neeson states that the author didn't talk to family members and he is less then happy about this book. Not that it was "bad" but that it was misleading.

The author says that the book is geared towards 7th-12th graders, but the book is far more basic than that. If you don't know a thing about robots or robotics, or would like to interest a child in robotics - this would be a good book to get.

If you already know about robotics, and are pursuing it, this would not be a good purchase. The book has no how-to information, only what the robot does.

The information in the book is most often a picture and name of a robot, who it was built by, what the robot does, and what sensors it uses. I already knew about every mentioned robot, before I purchased the book just by surfing the internet.