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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 color-sorter conveyor belt robot

Let's build a robot like the one shown in the following figure:

Figure 11.2

Follow these given instructions to build the robot:

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

    Figure 11.3

  2. Take four 1x6 bricks and connect them to the back side of the BOOST Hub, as follows:

    Figure 11.4

  3. Take four 1x3 bricks and connect them to all four 1x6 bricks, then take one 4x6 brick and place it so that it will connect to all four 1x6 bricks, as shown here:

    Figure 11.5

  4. Now, take two 6x10 plates and connect them to two 1x3 bricks and the 4x6 brick, as shown here:

    Figure 11.6

  5. Now, turn the model frontside, take two 2x4 bricks, and place them on the BOOST Hub, as follows:

    Figure 11.7

  6. Take three 3M connector pegs with friction and connect them to the BOOST Hub, as shown here:

    Figure 11.8

  7. Then, take two 1x10 bricks and connect one of them...