Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS, 2/e

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

Baum takes the reader 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!

Contents

Part I: Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Getting started
Chapter 2: The RCX
Chapter 3: Introduction to NQC
Chapter 4: Construction
Part II: Robots
Chapter 5: Tankbot
Chapter 6: Bumpbot
Chapter 7: Bugbot
Chapter 8: Linebot
Chapter 9: Dumpbot
Chapter 10: Scanbot
Chapter 11: Tribot
Chapter 12: Onebot
Chapter 13: Steerbot
Chapter 14: Diffbot
Chapter 15: Brick Sorter
Chapter 16: Vending Machine
Chapter 17: Communication
Chapter 18: Using the Datalog
Chapter 19: Roboarm
Afterword
Appendixes
Appendix A: MINDSTORMS Sets
Appendix B: Supplementary Parts
Appendix C: Programming Tools
Appendix D: NQC Quick Reference
Appendix E: Online Resources