The complete handbook of robotics
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The old TAB books on robotics are pretty good IMO. Not the electronics section, that's mostly out of date, but all the physical stuff like motors and kinetics is still pretty topical. E.g. "The Complete Handbook of Robotics" by Edward L. Safford, Jr. https://archive.org/details/completehandbook0000saff - - - - OOOooooo! See also "Cybernetics A to Z" by V. Pekelis that just made it to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33639261…
on “Autonomous robots to help modernize grape, wine industry” ↗…confirming the specific illustration of the water-based machine with a video camera eye on a tripod of pontoons. My previous research has strongly pointed to Edward L. Safford Jr.'s robotics books, 'The Complete Handbook of Robotics' (1978) and 'Handbook of Advanced Robotics' (1982), both published by TAB Books, as the most likely candidates for the remembered book. The descriptions of these books align well with the user's memory…
on “Ask HN: 80s electronics book club; anyone remember this illustrator?” ↗