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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 robot without wheels

In this section, we are going to build a robot that can hop, as shown in the following image:

Figure 3.1

Let's build the robot by following these building instructions:

  1. Take your BOOST Hub. Ensure that all six batteries are fully charged:

    Figure 3.2

  2. Take two 3M pegs and connect them with the BOOST Hub:

    Figure 3.3

  3. Now take a 7M beam and connect it to the pegs that you just attached to the BOOST Hub:

    Figure 3.4

  4. Now take a 16M Technic beam and connect it to the 7M beam:

    Figure 3.5

  5. Now, take a full bushing, a 1x2 beam with cross and hole, a 5M cross axle with an end stop, and a 4x4 Technic angular beam. Take this angular beam and the 1x2 beam and pass your 5M cross axle through this. Make sure that this axle passes through the cross of the 1x2 beam. Now, place the full bushing between the hub and the Technic beam and push the axle in until it is connected with motor port B:

    Figure 3.6

  6. Let's build...