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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 geared robot

In this section, we will be building the following robot:

Figure 5.1

To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Take your LEGO BOOST Hub and insert six working AAA batteries into it before you start constructing your robot.

    Figure 5.2

  2. Take two 4x6 bricks and connect them to the top and bottom of the BOOST Hub:

    Figure 5.3

  3. Take two 2x5 plates and two 1x4 plates with knobs. Connect the 2x5 plates to the 4x6 brick. Then, connect the 1x4 plates with knobs to the back of the Hub, on both sides:

    Figure 5.4

  4. Take two 1x4 flat tiles and connect them to the 1x4 plates with knobs:

    Figure 5.5

  5. Take two 3M pegs and connect them to the last hole of the 4x6 brick, as shown here:

    Figure 5.6

  6. Take two 1x2 bricks with holes. Connect them to the recently connected 3M pegs:

    Figure 5.7

  7. Take two 4M cross axles and connect them to motor A and motor B.

    Figure 5.8

  8. Take two eight-teeth spur gears and connect them to the 4M cross axles...