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 The LEGO MINDOSTORMS NXT Zoo! An Unofficial Kid-Friendly Guide To Building Robotic Animals With LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
  

  The LEGO MINDOSTORMS NXT Zoo! An Unofficial Kid-Friendly Guide To Building Robotic Animals With LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT by Fay Rhodes

  • Published by: NO STARCH PRESS
  • Author: Fay Rhodes
  • Page Count: 320
  • Group: ROBOTICS
  • ISBN: 1593271700 / 9781593271701
  • Published: Feb 2008

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The LEGO MINDOSTORMS NXT Zoo! An Unofficial Kid-Friendly Guide To Building Robotic Animals With LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
Whether you're just beginning with your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
set or are already an expert, you'll have hours of fun with
these animal-like models that walk, crawl, hop, and roll!

The first part of the book introduces you to the NXT kit and
reviews the parts you'll need in order to begin building.
Next, you'll learn how to program with the NXT-G programming
language, including how to make miniprograms called My
Blocks that you can use to build larger programs. Finally,
you'll learn how to build each robot and program it to act
like its real animal cousins.
Learn to build and program the following robots:

 Ribbit, a jumping frog
 Bunny, a hopping rabbit
 Sandy, a walking camel
 Spiderbot, an eight-legged spider that avoids objects and
walks forward and backward
 Snout, a walking alligator that opens and closes its jaws
 LEGOsaurus, a four-legged, plodding dinosaur
 Pygmy, a walking elephant that raises and lowers its head
 Polecat, a skunk on wheels that lifts its tail and shoots
"darts"
 Strutter, a peacock on wheels that turns and flutters its
tail feathers

Troubleshooting tips help you avoid problems like
misarranged gears and incorrect programming, while a list of
Internet resources is included to help guide you in further
exploration with the NXT. Teachers and home educators will
appreciate an appendix with helpful suggestions for using
the models in the classroom.

The models in this book have been tested repeatedly &mdash
and built successfully &mdash by novice builders, so all you
have to do is follow the directions and watch them go. Now,
let the building begin!

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1 The Right Stuff: Do You Have What It Takes to Build "Living" Robots?

Chapter 2 The Zookeeper's Guide: What You Need to Know to Create Animals in the NXT Zoo

Chapter 3 Hip-Hoppers: An NXT Frog and Rabbit

Chapter 4 Sandy: An NXT Camel

Chapter 5 Spiderbot: An NXT Spider

Chapter 6 Snout: An NXT 'gator

Chapter 7 LEGOsaurus: An NXT Dinosaur

Chapter 8 Pygmy: An NXT Elephant

Chapter 9 Polecat: An NXT Skunk

Chapter 10 Strutter: An NXT Peacock

Appendix A Enrichment Ideas for Teachers

Appendix B Troubleshooting

Appendix C Web Resources for the NXT

 

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