LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 5 pptx
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 5 pptx
... some exam-
ples of what can be done with them, our assumption being that you continue to
use LEGO parts to build your robots, and the RCX to run them; thus, we’ll dis-
cuss the use of non -LEGO sensors ... plat-
form again and resumes a straight motion.
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Tri-Star Wheel Drive The Tri-Star configuration has been designed
for high-mobility, all-terrain vehicles. Each “wheel” is actually an e...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 14 pptx
... Sprinkler
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Designing Other Useful Robots
Chapter 25
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Contests
Part III
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51 8 Chapter 26 • Racing Against Time
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Acceleration ... example.
Dividing by 1 25 instead of 1 250 , the result is:
– 650 / 1 25 = 5. 2
As acceleration is negative.The code performs the rounding by subtracting 5,
then div...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 1 ppt
... with Precision 51 8
Line Following 51 9
Wall Following 52 0
Other Races 52 2
Summary 52 3
Chapter 27 Hand-to-Hand Combat 52 5
Introduction 52 6
Building a Robotic Sumo 52 6
Setting the Rules 52 7
Design Other ... Other Useful Robots 50 8
Summary 50 9
Part III Contests 51 1
Chapter 26 Racing Against Time 51 3
Introduction 51 4
Hosting and Participating in Contests 51 4
Opt...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 2 ppsx
... (Base) B (Height) A
2
B
2
A
2
+ B
2
Comments
5 6 25 36 61 This doesn’t work.
3 8 9 64 73 This doesn’t work.
3 4 9 16 25 This works! 25 is 5 x 5.
15 8 2 25 64 289 This works too, though
289 is 17 ... triad 3-4 -5 (see
the third line in Table 1.1). If you multiply each side of the triangle by a
whole number, you still get a valid triad. By 2: 6-8 -1 0 (the one of our
first ex...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 3 pot
... the LUGNET LEGO Parts Reference
(see Appendix A for the URL to the site).
Building Strategies • Chapter 5 85
Figure 5. 2 Alternating Plates and Beams
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Reading ... first motor con-
verts the mechanical energy coming from your fingers into electric cur-
rent, which makes the second motor turn.
Bricks & Chips…
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LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 4 potx
... Figure 5. 5 shows three examples: a being the worst case, with c the best.
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Figure 5. 5 Keep a Wheel as Close as Possible to Its Supporting Beam
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Building ... the robot instead of the
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Figure 5. 6 Two Supporting Beams Are Better than One
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90 Chapter 5 • Building Strat...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 6 ppt
... discontinued the pro-
duction of air-powered models. Fortunately, LEGO pneumatic devices have been
recently reissued in a specific service pack ( #52 18) available through Shop-At-
Home or at the LEGO Internet ... not have LEGO pneumatic parts, or you
don’t have room on your robot to fit a pneumatic compressor plus a pressure
switch and some motor-driven valve switches.We’ve seen that RCX...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 7 docx
... 50 0 converting to 100 percent, and this is what you get from the
interpolation formula:
m = (0 – 100) / (900 – 50 0) = –0. 25
b = 100 + 0. 25 x 50 0 = 2 25
Y= –0. 25 x X+ 2 25
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174 _LEGO_ 12 ... of 55 0 to 850 . In the event you had to
multiply them with other numbers, you could subtract 50 0 from all your
readings to move them down into the range of 50 to 350 .
ww...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 9 docx
... (Figure 15. 33).
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Figure 15. 32 The Left Leg
Figure 15. 33 Bottom View
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290 Chapter 15 • Building Robots That Walk
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Figure 15. 15 Our ... is stable.
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Figure 15. 4 The COG of an Object May Lie Outside It
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Building Robots That Walk • Chapter 15 3 05
In th...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 10 ppt
... connectors in the LEGO line, num-
bered 1 to 6. In case you’re wondering how the numbers relate to
angles, here are the correspondences: 1 = 0°, 2 = 180°, 3 = 157 .5 , 4 =
1 35 , 5 = 112 .5 , 6 = 90°. ... Replicating
Renowned Droids
Solutions in this chapter:
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Building an R2-D2-Style Droid
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Building a Johnny Five-Style Droid
Chapter 18
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Unc...