LEGO MINDSTORMS Idea Book

Joe Nagata

200 pages, parution le 01/03/2001

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Résumé

No Starch Press shows how to bring ten different robots to lifewith the MINDSTORMS kit, giving readers ideas for creating many more along the way.

Extensively illustrated with over 250 original CAD drawings, this tutorial/idea book makes it easy and fun to build robots. Summaries of engineering principles and programming code help readers understand how each robot works. And each project includes a parts list along with step-by-step instructions for building each robot. Learn how to:

Build a rolling car, centipede, LEGOsaurus, climbing robot, train, beetle, and more
Use light and touch sensors to make robots respond to their environment
Build robots that walk on as many as twelve legs
Combine LEGO pieces to build legs, bodies, and gear assemblies
Use gears to propel and steer robots
Overcome engineering problems like balance, walking on two legs, and turning
More than 500,000 people own LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System kits
Covers the MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System 1.5 and can be used with all future kits

Table of contents

Preface
What is LEGO MINDSTORMS?
Building Unique Robots
Part I: Beginner: Model 1: Rolling Car; Model 2: Centipede; Model 3: Water Skater
Part II: Intermediate: Model 4: LEGOsaurus; Model 5: Train; Model 6: Walker
Part III: Advanced: Model 7: Climber; Model 8: LEGO Clock; Model 9: Pneumatic Engine Car; Model 10: Beetle
Part IV: Appendices: Appendix 1: Combinations of Gears and Beams; Appendix 2: NQC Programming Language

L'auteur - Joe Nagata

Joe Nagata is a computer graphic artist living in Japan. He graduated from Keio University, where he studied computer graphics. He
maintains the MINDSTORMS Gallery online at http://member.nifty.ne.jp/mindstorms/.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	No Starch Press
Auteur(s)	Joe Nagata
Parution	01/03/2001
Nb. de pages	200
Couverture	Broché
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781886411401
ISBN13	978-1-8864-1140-1