Dave Baum's Definitive Guide To LEGO MINDSTORMS

by Dave Baum

Overview

The LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System kit enables anyone to build programmable robots with an assortment of LEGO pieces that snap, slide, and click into place. In this exciting second edition from MINDSTORMS expert Dave Baum, youll be able to take your robotics experiments to a new level.

Baum takes you step-by-step through the entire process of building and programming MINDSTORMS robots using both LEGO's RCX code and the author's own, more powerful programming language, Not Quite C (NQC). This edition has been updated with new programs that take advantage of the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System 2.0 and includes instructions for building 14 different robots including Tankbot, Bugbot, and Brick Sorter.

With Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS, Second Edition, you will master the challenging yet always fun creation of your own robots from the ground up!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590590638
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	11/11/2002
Series:	Technology in Action Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed.
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Dave Baum is a principal staff engineer at Motorola. With the advent of LEGO MINDSTORMS, Baum was able to combine two of his favorite pastimes: programming and building with LEGO. He then developed Not Quite C (NQC), a powerful language for programming MINDSTORMS robots that has been widely accepted by advanced users. Visit Dave's personal website at BaumFamily.org/NQC.

Table of Contents

Part I: Fundamentals: Getting started; The RCX; Introduction to NQC; Construction.-PartII: Robots: Tankbot; Bumpbot; Bugbot; Linebot; Dumpbot; Scanbot; Tribot; Onebot; Steerbot; Diffbot; Brick Sorter; Vending Machine; Communication; Using the Datalog; Roboarm.- Appendix A: MINDSTORMS Sets.- Appendix B: Supplementary Parts.- Appendix C: Programming Tools.- Appendix D: NQC Quick Reference.- Appendix E: Online Resources.- Index.