Creating Cool MINDSTORMS NXT Robots

By: Daniele Benedettelli

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Paperback | 2 August 2011

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This book teaches anyone interested how to build LEGO MINDSTORMS robots. The author starts with an easy robot and gets to more detail in the succeeding six robots built in the book. The robots he presents are award winning robots, so he is giving away his secrets. The author also teaches how to program the robots. If you are not a programmer, then you can use the code provided. He tells you what equipment you need and how to get it inexpensively. So everything is discussed that you will need to create these robots or modify his designs to create your own. You truly experience the technology in action as you create your robots.

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About the Author	p. xi
About the Technical Reviewer	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xxvii
Look, Mom! No Wheels!
Building Biped Robots	p. 3
LEGO Bipedal Walking: The State of the Art	p. 3
Interlacing Legs Bipeds	p. 3
Jerky COG Shifting Bipeds	p. 5
Smooth COG Shifting Bipeds	p. 9
Summary	p. 10
Quasimodo	p. 11
Applying What You Learned	p. 12
Introducing NXT Technology	p. 15
Meeting the NXT-G Software	p. 17
Connecting the NXT for the First Time	p. 17
Programming Quasimodo Using NXT-G	p. 20
The Shortest Program in the Book	p. 22
Building Your Belfry Hunchback	p. 25
Summary	p. 45
Finite State Machines	p. 47
Finite State Machines in Brief	p. 47
Saturating Counter	p. 49
FSM General Implementation	p. 55
Decision Tables	p. 56
Summary	p. 58
NXT AT-ST	p. 59
Design Thoughts	p. 60
Programming the AT-ST	p. 62
Building Your Personal AT-ST	p. 71
Summary	p. 141
Omni-Biped	p. 143
History of a Biped	p. 144
Single-Tasking vs. Multitasking	p. 145
Writing a Single-Task Program	p. 149
Using Hysteresis	p. 154
Writing a Multitask Program	p. 158
Building Instructions	p. 163
Summary	p. 201
NXT Turtle	p. 203
Quadruped Walking	p. 204
Introducing the Turtle	p. 206
Programming the Turtle	p. 207
Simple Program	p. 207
Line Following	p. 214
Autonomous Behavior Simulation	p. 217
Building Your Pet	p. 233
Design Thoughts	p. 277
Summary	p. 278
Back on Wheels
Mine Sweeper	p. 281
Getting More Actions from a Single Motor	p. 282
The Double Scanner	p. 286
Programming the Mine Sweeper	p. 286
Building the Mine Sweeper	p. 299
Mines Building Instructions	p. 341
Summary	p. 344
JohnNXT Is Alive!	p. 347
Johnnicle: My LEGO Johnny 5 Chronicle	p. 347
JohnNXT Features	p. 354
Sensors and Actuators	p. 354
JohnNXT's Behavior and Menu	p. 356
JohnNXT User Guide	p. 357
Turning It On	p. 357
Autonomous Behavior	p. 358
JohnNXT's Menu	p. 358
Programming JohnNXT	p. 360
Panoramic View of the JohnNXT Software	p. 360
High Speed Communication Library	p. 361
Slave Program	p. 362
Master Program	p. 366
Sound Counting FSM	p. 370
JohnNXT Programming Guide	p. 374
Moving the Treads	p. 376
Moving the Head	p. 376
Playing Sounds	p. 376
Moving the Slave NXT Motors	p. 377
Building JohnNXT	p. 378
Summary	p. 516
Need Input! Building a Remote Control Device	p. 517
The Remote Control Design	p. 517
Bluetooth Autoconnection Library	p. 518
R/C: A Program for Every Need	p. 520
Simple R/C Programs	p. 520
Advanced Program	p. 534
Remote Control Template Programs	p. 542
Sender Program Template	p. 543
Receiver Program Template	p. 544
Building the Remote Control	p. 552
Summary	p. 565
Introduction to BricxCC and NXC Programming	p. 567
Getting Connected with BricxCC	p. 568
Ready to Go	p. 574
BricxCC Menu	p. 575
BricxCC Tools	p. 576
Summary	p. 577
Index	p. 579
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