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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

Summary

In this chapter, you built an R2-D2 robot using the application of gears as well as a simple machine pulley. You solved two tasks: one to rescue Padme and another to pick up the Jedi Master and go to the planet Dagobah. The purpose of this chapter was to strengthen your construction skills using the pieces given in your LEGO BOOST kit. By now, you should be able to build robots that have human-like movements, such as the neck movement of R2-D2. You should also be able to design robots that are like real-life/sci-fi character robots that you have seen either onscreen or in real life. In the next chapter, you will be building an automated entrance door with the help of a color sensor. The door construction will resemble the entrance that you see at malls/offices where the door will open only for specific people and not for others. It will be a fun task for you.