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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 a candy dispenser

Let's build a robot by following the building instructions given next. This is what our robot should eventually look like:

Figure 10.2

Proceed as follows:

  1. Take your BOOST Hub and ensure that the batteries are fully charged. The hub is illustrated in the following figure:

    Figure 10.3

  2. Take three 1x2 bricks with cross holes and a 1x6 brick and connect them to the BOOST Hub, as shown here:

    Figure 10.4

  3. Take a 1x2 plate and connect it to one of the green bricks placed on the BOOST Hub. Then, take a 1x4 plate and place it onto the other two green-colored bricks, as shown here:

    Figure 10.5

  4. Now, take a 1x2 brick and connect it to the 1x2 plate, as follows:

    Figure 10.5

  5. Then, change the side of the model. Take three 1x2 bricks with cross holes and one 1x6 brick and connect them to the BOOST Hub, as shown here:

    Figure 10.7

  6. Take one 1x2 plate and one 1x4 plate. Connect them to the previously attached 1x2 yellow-colored...