LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 14 pptx

... Bumpers and the Wiper 174 _LEGO_ 25 10/29/01 4:50 PM Page 497 Constructing Useful Stuff Solutions in this chapter: ■ Building a Floor Sweeper ■ Building a Milk Guard ■ Building a Plant Sprinkler ■ Designing ... Guard ■ Building a Plant Sprinkler ■ Designing Other Useful Robots Chapter 25 493 174 _LEGO_ 25 10/29/01 4:49 PM Page 493 Contests Part III 174 _LEGO_ 26PIII 10/29/01 4:5...

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... 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. ■ Tri-Star Wheel Drive The Tri-Star configuration has been designed for high-mobility, all-terrain vehicles. Each “wheel” is actually an e...

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... 134 Building a Dual Differential Drive 136 Building a Skid-Steer Drive 138 Building a Steering Drive 140 Building a Tricycle Drive 144 Building a Synchro Drive 146 Understand the Benefits of Designing Modular ... tolerant of your hobby! ■ LEGO is cost-effective You can use and reuse your LEGO parts as needed to produce many generations of robots. And should you ever even- t...

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... 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 example), by 3: 9-1 2-1 5, ... diameter. www.syngress.com Figure 2.16 Pulleys 174 _LEGO_ 02 10/25/01 3:11 PM Page 32 12 Chapter 1 • Understanding LEGO Geometry 9 8 81 64 145 145 is not the square of a whole...

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... inte- gration. Nevertheless, it’s a good general building practice, especially when con- structing very large robots. The same principle applies to your most important components: motors, sen- sors, ... accepted source: 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 174 _LEGO_ 05 10/2...

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... 7 117 174 _LEGO_ 07 10/25/01 3:19 PM Page 117 Becoming Mobile Solutions in this chapter: ■ Building a Simple Differential Drive ■ Building a Dual Differential Drive ■ Building a Skid-Steer Drive ■ Building ... any www.syngress.com 174 _LEGO_ 06 10/26/01 1:47 PM Page 98 114 Chapter 6 • Programming the RCX In designing a multitasking application, you are required to move from a sequen...

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... discontinued the pro- duction of air-powered models. Fortunately, LEGO pneumatic devices have been recently reissued in a specific service pack (#5218) 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-t...

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... sections. www.syngress.com Expanding the term A n-1 we get: A n-1 = V n-1 x w 1 + A n-2 x (1 – w 1 ) and substituting in the previous: A n = V n x w 1 + V n-1 x w 1 x (1 – w 1 ) + A n-2 x (1 – w 1 ) 2 Continuing ... are memory- and time-consuming when computed by a program, especially when you want to use a large number of values. Now, there is a particular class of weighted averages that can...

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... making of two-legged (biped) robots requires a very careful design.A little trick is to build U-shaped legs that partly interlace, providing a large support for the robot (Figure 15.9). LEGO suggested ... 1991). www.syngress.com Figure 15.5 A Four-Legged Robot with One Leg Lifted Figure 15.6 A Four-Legged Robot with Two Legs Lifted 174 _LEGO_ 15 10/29/01 4:15 PM Page 284 Building Robot...

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... Replicating Renowned Droids Solutions in this chapter: ■ Building an R2-D2-Style Droid ■ Building a Johnny Five-Style Droid Chapter 18 349 174 _LEGO_ 18 10/29/01 4:28 PM Page 349 Unconventional Vehicles ... 16 .14) .We used 36 2 x 2 and two 1 x 4 tiles (available as spare parts at the LEGO Online Shop). If you are open to employing non -LEGO parts, you can build the skis from other mat...

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