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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

Different types of movement

Let's first try to understand the various ways in which we can make our robot move. These movements are like some animals' locomotion methods:

  • Walk – This type of movement is the human method of moving around. Observe the movement of your legs when you move. They have various linkages, such as the knees, ankles, toes, and so on. All these things in coordination ensure that we can move smoothly across most types of terrain. Can you name at least three animals that use walking as their mode of movement? ______________________________
  • Hop – Hopping is basically jumping on either both your feet or on one foot. Animals such as frogs, kangaroos, and grasshoppers hop! MIT started developing hopping robots in the 1980s.
  • Slither – Snakes slither. Robots can also move in this way. The Japanese ACM-R5 snake robot can navigate both on land and water.
  • Rolling – Any robot that uses wheels to move is a rolling...