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Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime

By : Aaron Maurer
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Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime

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By: Aaron Maurer

Overview of this book

The new LEGO SPIKE Prime is one of the latest additions to the LEGO robotics line of products. This book will help you to enjoy building robots and understand how exciting robotics can be in terms of design, coding, and the expression of ideas. The book begins by taking you through a new realm of playful learning experiences designed for inventors and creators of any age. In each chapter, you'll find out how to build a creative robot, learn to bring the robot to life through code, and finally work with exercises to test what you've learned and remix the robot to suit your own unique style. Throughout the chapters, you'll build exciting new smart robots such as a handheld game, a robotic arm with a joystick, a guitar, a flying bird, a sumobot, a dragster, and a Simon Says game. By the end of this LEGO book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills you need to build any robot that you can imagine.

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Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Download the example code files
Code in Action
Download the color images
Conventions used
Get in touch
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Chapter 1: Getting Started with SPIKE Prime
Chapter 1: Getting Started with SPIKE Prime
Technical requirements
Overview of the kit
Programming
Creating a rock, paper, scissors wrist game
Coding a rock, paper, scissors wrist game
Making your own game
Summary
Free Chapter
2
Chapter 2: Building an Industrial Robot Claw
Chapter 2: Building an Industrial Robot Claw
Technical requirements
Building the base
Building the Intelligent Hub frame to move multidirectionally
Building the robot arm
Building the cargo
Writing the code
Making it your own
Summary
3
Chapter 3: Building a LEGO Guitar
Chapter 3: Building a LEGO Guitar
Technical requirements
Building the guitar
Writing the code
Playing the guitar
Making it your own
Summary
4
Chapter 4: Building a Mechanical Bird
Chapter 4: Building a Mechanical Bird
Technical requirements
Building the body frame of the mechanical bird
Building the wings of the mechanical bird
Building the head and torso
Writing the code
Activating the bird
Making it your own
Summary
5
Chapter 5: Building a Sumobot
Chapter 5: Building a Sumobot
Technical requirements
Building the base
Building the ultrasonic sensor attachment
Building the force sensor attachment
Writing the code
Making it your own
Summary
6
Chapter 6: Building a Dragster
Chapter 6: Building a Dragster
Technical requirements
Building the dragster
Building the motor frame
Building the gear system and back wheels
Building the body of the dragster
Adding the body design
Coding the dragster
Making it your own
Summary
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Chapter 7: Building a Simon Says Game
Chapter 7: Building a Simon Says Game
Technical requirements
Building the handheld game
Coding Simon Says
Making it your own
Summary
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Building the dragster

Before we get into the building of this dragster, let's explore the strategy being used for this dragster. The strategy for drag racing is all about speed. How fast can you get from the starting line to the finish line? That is it! The design of this dragster is based on the following strategies:

  • Low to the ground to eliminate drag.
  • Minimal touch points – the less friction the better.
  • Gearing up to max out the speed of the dragster.
  • Weight balance to help the dragster stay straight.

Keeping these features in mind will help you understand why the dragster is built the way it has been designed. Additionally, the dragster has been designed in a way to allow plenty of customization to be done to it without losing sight of these strategies. The body design has been created to give the look of a dragster, but you could easily modify the design to your own liking, as well as adding to or reducing the weight of the dragster.

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