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Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime

By : Aaron Maurer
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Book Image

Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime

5 (1)
By: Aaron Maurer

Overview of this book

The new LEGO SPIKE Prime is one of the latest additions to the LEGO robotics line of products. This book will help you to enjoy building robots and understand how exciting robotics can be in terms of design, coding, and the expression of ideas. The book begins by taking you through a new realm of playful learning experiences designed for inventors and creators of any age. In each chapter, you'll find out how to build a creative robot, learn to bring the robot to life through code, and finally work with exercises to test what you've learned and remix the robot to suit your own unique style. Throughout the chapters, you'll build exciting new smart robots such as a handheld game, a robotic arm with a joystick, a guitar, a flying bird, a sumobot, a dragster, and a Simon Says game. By the end of this LEGO book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills you need to build any robot that you can imagine.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Making it your own

And now it is time to hand the dragster over to you. This is where you can take what you have built so far and customize the dragster to your liking. Plenty of pieces have been left in the bin, such as designing aesthetic features, new approaches to making your dragster more intuitive, and plenty of coding options to take the dragster to the next level.

Here are a few ideas to consider:

  • What can you change on the body of the dragster to make it look like one you would drive?
  • Search online for different dragster designs and tweak this model to another body design.
  • Design a better seat for the minifigs to drive the dragster.
  • What are other approaches to help your dragster become faster? Less weight, better gearing, and drag resistance reduction are a few things to consider.