Competitive MINDSTORMS: A Complete Guide to Robotic Sumo using LEGO(r) MINDSTORMS
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (521 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590593758 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 335 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He then went on to become a devout LEGO computer-aided design (CAD) fan, and uses the system to document his creations. Immediately, he saw that he had a natural talent with the set. David currently resides in the Austin, Texas area, where he builds, writes, programs, and updates his web site at davidjperdue. After passing the beginner stage, David let loose his imagination and won three Special Mention awards for his creati
Competitive MINDSTORMS™ teaches you essential and advanced robotic sumo concepts and techniques. The downloadable programs presented in this book demonstrate basic to extreme sumo-bot programming, and you’ll find thorough coverage of how to run and test each one. With these robots, you’ll push, ram, outwit, and baffle your opponent’s sumo-bot on a robotic sumo arena. From the lightning-fast Zip-Bam-Bot to the heavyweight Gargantuan-Bot, Competitive MINDSTORMS™ offers seven complete projects and plenty of tricks to widen your MINDSTORMS™ horizons. Illustrated, easy-to-follow building instructions guide you through advanced construction techniques, using pieces from the RIS and its expansion packs. Competitive MINDSTORMS
Step-by-step robot designs and programming The heart of this book is the step-by-step instructions to construct seven different Lego robot chassis. This is just like any Lego instructions you will find, but it's not in color, and there is English text to add more material about the reasons behind the design.In addition there is Mindstorms control code to ac. "Packed with valuable tips, tricks, and techniques" according to Midwest Book Review. Competitive Mindstorms: A Complete Guide To Robotic Sumo Using Lego Mindstorms is a hobby guide to using the Lego Mindstorms Robotic Invention System to design, build, program, and unleash autonomous "sumo-bot" creations for use in a robotic sumo arena. Written by dedicated Lego Mindstorms enthusiast David Perdue, . excellent overview for sumo with Mindstorms Brian Tvenstrup We have just started getting into competitive robot competitions, and this book provides an excellent introduction to the use of Mindstorms in sumo competitions. The text is fully accessible to the novice to intermediate user but does require the ability to work within the Mindstorms programming environment to impl
*The technology is very consumer-friendly.. * Mass popularity for robot building is growing: robot clubs are appearing in schools and universities, competitions are becoming more widespread. * Will contain the most thorough, realistic, and highest quality set of LEGO® instructions available. * This is the first book to discuss competitive battling robots using MINDSTORMS.* This is written by an experienced robot builder, who is very active in the community