"Making Simple Robots is based on one idea: Anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, English majors, school teachers, and grandparents. If you can knit, sew, or fold a flat piece of paper into a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. If you can use a hot glue gun, you can learn to solder basic electronics into a low-tech robot that reacts to its environment. And if you can figure out how to use the apps on your smart phone, you can learn...

As students transition to higher levels of robotics, the problems they are asked to solve become more difficult. This book covers some more advanced tasks such as soldering and welding, and using CAD to design the robot. Also included are examples of how physics can be used to see if elements of the robot are strong enough to perform a task.

Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves, and put the knowledge of our entire civilization in your back pocket. But no one from MIT nerds to Army Corps engineers has ever built a robot that can lay bricks as well as a mason. Unlike the controlled conditions of a factory line, where robots are now ubiquitous, no two construction sites are alike, and a days work involves countless variables bricks that range in size and...

"If you've ever thought about building your own robots, Robot building for teens will teach you how to get started in this fascinating hobby. The projects in this book include the 'Digital Brain Robot,' the 'Bug Bot,' and even a robot on wheels! You will learn how to design your robot, how to create a prototype, where to buy parts, how to program your finished robot to perform tasks, and more. You'll be led step-by-step through the projects in the...

LEGO MINDSTORMS has changed the way we think about robotics by making it possible for anyone to build real, working robots. Begin with the basics as you build and program a simple robot to experiment with motors, sensors, and EV3 programming. Then you'll move on to a series of increasingly sophisticated robots that will show you how to work with advanced programming techniques like data wires, variables, and custom-made programming blocks. You'll...

Build functioning wind turbines that generate electricity, we don't mean LEGO models that look like miniature wind turbines. This book is for people who want to learn how real turbines work, and to build them using LEGO and Mindstorms EV3. You'll find specific instructions on building, links to parts purchasing, distillation of complex science ideas into practice, and pointers for trying something new. With the knowledge you gain here, you'll be...

The LEGO Mindstorms NXT set is a very powerful robotics toolkit, but it lacks a detailed users guide. This is the users guide that every Mindstorms owner needs. Includes a Mindstorms NXT Brickopedia.--

Dieses Buch ist fu?r Einsteiger und fortgeschrittene LEGO Fans, die ihren LEGO-Sets mehr Leben einhauchen wollen. In Kombination mit Effekten werden LEGO-Modelle realitätsnaher. Von LEGO gibt es zur Beleuchtung von Modellen nur ein sehr begrenztes Angebot. »LEGO-Modelle beleuchten« hilft bei der Wahl der passenden LED-Lösung und gibt technische Tips, z.B. bei der Entscheidung zum Durchmesser und der Länge von Kabeln oder der verwendeten Anschlussvariante...

This book features 30 award-winning robots from the 2006 FIRST (For Inspiration of Science and Technology) Robots Competition. This annual competition partners high school students with practicing professionals to solve challenging engineering problems.

Program Lego® My Blocks to accurately perform navigation functions on competition mats, such as moving forward and backward quickly and precisely, turning, following walls, and following lines. This book features extensive illustrations help to bring each step and concept to life so that you can easily follow along. You'll start by moving your creations forward and backward accurate distances while maintaining directional accuracy. You'll then build...