LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 15 pot
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 15 pot
... (www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/
sc10003/addon.html)
Stuart Crawshaw’s attempt to describe all the possible add-on sets for
LEGO MINDSTORMS.
LEGO Shop At Home (http://shop .lego. com/)
The official LEGO ... rotation sensors.
Chapter 5 Building Strategies
LEGO Engineering (http://british.nerp.net /lego/ index.html)
This helpful site includes a Building Tips section, too.
Reinard’s LEGO...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 3 pot
... 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 10/25/01 3 :15 PM Page 85
Reading ... 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 component...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 4 potx
... 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
sequenti...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 1 ppt
... 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-
tually tire of your LEGO pieces, they ... Build a Competitive Edge for Your Next
Mindstorms Robotic Competition
LEGO
Mindstorms
Building Robots
with
®
™
1 YEAR UPGRADE
BUYER PROTECTION PLAN
174 _lego_ FC 11/11/01 3:...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 2 ppsx
... 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, ... designed to work well in per-
pendicular setups as well (Figure 2 .15) .
Using Pulleys, Belts, and Chains
The MINDSTORMS kit includes some pulleys and belts, two classes of compo...
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.
■
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 6 ppt
... 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...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots part 7 docx
... 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 ... one at a
www.syngress.com
Figure 11.13 StudWhite, a LEGO Cubes Finder
174 _LEGO_ 11 10/26/01 5:10 PM Page 210
Six-Legged Steering
Walker (Chapter 15)
This hexapod walks
keep...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 9 docx
... (Figure 15. 33).
www.syngress.com
Figure 15. 32 The Left Leg
Figure 15. 33 Bottom View
174 _LEGO_ 15 10/29/01 4:16 PM Page 301
290 Chapter 15 • Building Robots That Walk
www.syngress.com
Figure 15. 15 Our ... hole (Figure 15. 27).
www.syngress.com
Figure 15. 26 Rear View
Figure 15. 27 Bottom View
174 _LEGO_ 15 10/29/01 4 :15 PM Page 297
302 Chapter 15 • Building Robots...
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Building Robots Part 10 ppt
... 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 mater...