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Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor

By : Aaron Maurer
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Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor

By: Aaron Maurer

Overview of this book

LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor is the latest addition to the LEGO MINDSTORMS theme. It features unique designs that you can use to build robots, and also enable you to perform activities using the robot inventor application. You'll begin by exploring the history of LEGO MINDSTORMS, and then delve into various elements of the Inventor kit. Moving on, you'll start working on different projects which will prepare you to build a variety of smart robots. The first robotic project involves designing a claw to grab objects, and helps you to explore how a smart robot is used in everyday life and in industry. The second project revolves around building a working guitar that can be played and modified to meet the needs of the user. As you advance, you'll explore the concept of biomimicry as you discover how to build a scorpion robot. In addition to this, you'll also work on a classic robotic challenge by building a sumobot. Throughout the book, you'll come across a variety of projects that will provide you with hands-on experience in building creative robots, such as building a Dragster, Egg Decorator, and Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants. By the end of this LEGO book, you'll have got to grips with the concepts behind building a robot, and also found creative ways to integrate them using the application based on your creative insights and ideas.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Chapter 9: Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants – Part 1

What better way to learn about robots than to create an iconic cartoon character? Of course, I am talking about Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants. If only you had yellow and pink LEGO elements in the kit to build the whole cast! In this chapter, you will build a toy model of Plankton. This build is divided up into two chapters. This chapter focuses on building the main structure of Plankton. Chapter 10, Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants - Part 2 focuses on the final touches to make him look more like Plankton and on interactive coding to bring the character to life. Let's dive into the sea of possibilities.

Here's what your Plankton model will look like by the end of these two chapters:

Figure 9.1 – The complete view of Plankton model you will build in this chapter

In this chapter, we will break down the build and program into the following sections:

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