Basic Robot Building With LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 (ePub)

Basic Robot Building with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0

ABSOLUTELY NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!

Learn LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 from the ground up, hands-on, in full color!

Ever wanted to build a robot? Now's the time, LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 is the technology, and this is the book. You can do this, even if you've never built or programmed anything!

Don't worry about where to begin: start right here. John Baichtal explains everything you need to know, one ridiculously simple step at a time... and shows you every key step with stunningly clear full-color photos! You won't just learn concepts-you'll put them to work in three start-to-finish projects, including three remarkable bots you can build right this minute, with zero knowledge of programming or robotics. It's going to be simple-and it's going to be fun. All you need is in the
box-and in this book!

• Unbox your LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 set, and discover exactly what you've got
• Build a Backscratching Bot immediately
• Connect the NXT Intelligent Brick to your computer (Windows or Mac)
• Navigate the Brick's menus and upload programs
• Start writing simple new programs-painlessly
• Build the Clothesline Cruiser, a robot that travels via rope
• Program your robot's movements
• Learn to create stronger, tougher models
• Help your robot sense everything from distance and movement to sound and color
• Build a miniature tank-treaded robot that knows how to rebound
• Write smarter programs by creating your own programming blocks
• Discover what to learn next, and which additional parts you might want to buy

JOHN BAICHTAL is a contributor to MAKE magazine and Wired's GeekDad blog. He is the co-author of The Cult of Lego (No Starch) and author of Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement (Que). Most recently he wrote Make: Lego and Arduino Projects for MAKE, collaborating with Adam Wolf and Matthew Beckler. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and three children.