The Robot Group Coloring Book

The Robot Group Coloring Book [2 MB PDF download], by Norm Annal, was released in 1994.

It was a great effort to document designs of various group projects that were either already completed or still in the works. This book is pretty rare as there were only a few hundred copies printed.

The Robot Group Coloring Book - Blockheads
Brooks Coleman’s Blockheads, an illustration from The Robot Group Coloring Book

Norm is a talented CAD graphic artist with a background in mechanical design. Norm also designed The Robot Group logo.

The Robot Group, Inc. logo, color version (copyright to The Robot Group, Inc., design by Norm Annal).
The Robot Group, Inc. logo, color version (copyright to The Robot Group, Inc., design by Norm Annal).

His schematic drawings of our projects have always been of extremely good quality and accuracy. This book is far from being a simple coloring book. Norm put in a considerable amount of time in assuring that this project would be both artistic and educational.

The Robot Group Coloring Book - Flying Sphere
Flying Sphere, by Dave Santos & George Parks, an illustration from The Robot Group Coloring Book

It documents 14 group projects with 16 original drawings of such favorites such as Varmint, Bipedal Ornithopter, Flying Sphere, Dolphfan, Mark IV Blimp, and Dweebvision.

The Robot Group Coloring Book - Dolphan
Norm Annal’s Dolphan, an illustration from The Robot Group Coloring Book

The book was sold at RoboFest 5 and distributed to various schools during outreach visits.

The Robot Group Coloring Book - Bipedal Ornithopter
Dave Santos’ Bipedal Ornithopter, an illustration from The Robot Group Coloring Book