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Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST

By : Ashwin Shah
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Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST

By: Ashwin Shah

Overview of this book

LEGO BOOST is a feature-rich creative toolbox that helps kids to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills in a fun way. The LEGO BOOST kit consists of motors, sensors, and more than 840 LEGO pieces to bring various multifunctional robots to life. This book will take you on an interesting and enjoyable journey where you will have fun building robots while developing your problem-solving and logical thinking skills. This book is an end-to-end guide that will take you from a beginner to expert level of robot building with LEGO BOOST and Scratch. Starting with the unboxing and a brief introduction to LEGO BOOST, you'll quickly get your first robotic model up and running. You'll understand how to use the electronic and non-electronic components and have fun building a range of intriguing robotics projects with increasing complexity and advanced functionality. Throughout the book, you'll work on a variety of amazing projects, such as building your own R2D2, a fictional character from Star Wars, that will pique your curiosity to learn robotics and help you explore the full potential of the LEGO BOOST kit. Once you've had fun working with the projects, you'll be introduced to an interesting challenge for you to solve by yourself! By the end of this book, you'll have gained the skills to build creative robotics projects with the LEGO BOOST creative toolbox, and have built on your logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
14
Bonus Chapters

Building the racing car

In this chapter, we will be building the following racing car:

Figure 12.2

Follow these steps to build this racing car robot:

  1. Take your BOOST Hub and ensure that its batteries are fully charged:

    Figure 12.3

  2. Take one 4x6 brick and connect it to the back of the hub, as shown in the following figure:

    Figure 12.4

  3. Take six connector pegs and connect three pegs to each side of the 4x6 brick, as shown here:

    Figure 12.5

  4. Now, flip the model, take one 1x2 flat tile and one 1x4 flat tile, and connect both to the side beam of the BOOST Hub, as shown in the following figure. Now, take one 3x5 angular beam and connect it to all three connector pegs on that side:

    Figure 12.6

  5. Now, take one 5M axle with a 1M stop and one ½ bush. First, remove the angular beam, connect the top part of the axle to motor B of the BOOST Hub, connect that to the angular beam, and then connect the ½ bush to the axle:

    Figure 12.7

  6. Now, rotate...