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250 RCXJVM, 240 remote control instructions for building, 147-150 programming, 151-154 RIS (Robotics Invention System), 6-7 history of, xi software, 9 version 240 web sites, 12 Robolab software, 38 Robosports, 10 RoboTag, 173-188 instructions for building, 174-179 programming, 180-188 web site, 188 Robotic Command Explorer (see RCX) robotics Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, 4 behaviors, 180 small approach, 5 web sites, 11 Robotics Discovery Set, 10 Robotics Invention System (see RIS) robots, 2-6 balancing, 112 rotation sensors, 114 legOS, 197 S SaveDatalog function (RCX), 168 sensor watchers, 36 251 sensors, 216 legOS, 197 mounting, 217-218 passive, 219-221 powered, 221-224 web site, 52 (see also light sensors; touch sensors) servo motors, 227 shafts, 15 Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wire, 227 signal splitter, 222 SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) wire, 227 Smalltalk web site, 171 solenoids, 227 sounds legOS, 203 pbFORTH, 134 playing, 68-70 sensors, 226 building, web site, 228 Spirit.ocx, 159-171 web sites, 171 standard motors, 34 subroutines, 164 subsumption architecture, 204 web site, 188 symbolic constants, 166 synchro drives, 30 web site, 38 T tasks, 164-165 behaviors, 180 252 telerobotics, 145-147 (see also remote control) temperature sensors building, 221 web site, 228 Test Panel, 48 tethered robots, 3 thermistor, 221 thermometer, building instructions, 137-138 timing, 113 timer values, retrieving, 165-166 torque, 33 touch multiplexer, 224-226 touch sensors, 112 building, 223-224 train motors, 35 treads, 27 triangulation, 114 tri-star wheels, 30 web sites, 37 Trusty, a Line Follower instructions for building, 40-44 programming, 44-47 in NQC, 77-80 turning radius, 29-30 (see also zero turning radius) U Unix, 233 UploadDatalog function (Spirit.ocx), 169 V View button (RCX), 48 Visual Basic, 159-171 253 Visual C++, 160 W web sites challenges and competitions, 158 Hitachi H8, 81 Killough platform, 38 LEGO Group, 11 legOS, 213 LUGNET, 11 MINDSTORMS, 11 NQC, 143 parts, 115 electronic, 229 sensors, 228 pbFORTH, 143 Pitsco LEGO DACTA, 38 RCX, 214 RcxCC, 81 RIS, 12 RoboTag, 188 Spirit.ocx, 171 Windows platform, 214-215 wheels, 27-35 idler wheels, 50 While function (Spirit.ocx), 166-167 Windows platform, 233 legOS and, web site for, 214-215 wire brick, 16 attaching sensors, 217 worm gears, 108 worms, bevel, 32 254 Z zero turning radius, 27 (see also turning radius) 255 About the Author ''Java" Jonathan B. Knudsen is a staff writer for O'Reilly & Associates. He is the author of Java™ 2D Graphics and Java™ Cryptography, and has contributed to Java™ Swing, Java™ AWT Reference, and the second and third editions of Exploring Java™. He also writes a monthly online column called "Bite-Size Java." This book represents one of Jonathan's lifelong goals: getting paid to play with LEGO® bricks. He hopes this is the start of something big. Jonathan works at home with his wife, Kristen, and their children, Daphne, Luke, and Andrew. Colophon Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The image on the cover of The Unofficial Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robots is a mechanical toy rabbit or automaton, an automated machine. Biological automata, or androids, are imitations of living beings, animal or human, and have captured the imagination, fears, and hopes of inventors and spectators for many centuries. Especially notable in the long history of automata are the Chinese and Greek cultures. During the Renaissance, European automata and their mechanics or creators were viewed as mystical and magical—conjuring lifelike beings through suspect means. Machinery progressed from water- operated to weight-operated to clockwork structures, incorporating such well-known specimens as dolls who can say "Mama" and "Papa" (c. 1823) and the bejeweled, enameled eggs created by Russian Court Jeweler Carl Fabergé Mechanical toys have affected the progress of industry and been intertwined with myth, magic, and literature, from Prometheus to Asimov, in the process raising philosophical questions about the nature of life and humanity and the many implications of creating lifelike toys. Nicole Arigo was the production editor and proofreader for The Unofficial Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robots. Melanie Wang and Jane Ellin provided quality control reviews. Nancy Crumpton wrote the index. Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book, using a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Kathleen Wilson produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 3.3 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font. Alicia Cech designed the interior layout based on a series design by Nancy Priest. Whenever possible, our books use RepKover™, a durable and flexible lay-flat binding. If the pagecount exceeds RepKover's limit, perfect binding is used. The book was implemented in FrameMaker by Mike Sierra. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano using Macromedia FreeHand 8 and Adobe Photoshop 5. All photos were taken by Jonathan and Kristen Knudsen. This colophon was written by Nancy Kotary. . approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The image on the cover of The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots is a mechanical toy rabbit. 252 telerobotics, 14 5-1 47 (see also remote control) temperature sensors building, 221 web site, 228 Test Panel, 48 tethered robots, 3 thermistor, 221 thermometer, building instructions,. the production editor and proofreader for The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots. Melanie Wang and Jane Ellin provided quality control reviews. Nancy Crumpton wrote the index. Edie