LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Hacker's Guide

Description

Build and Program Over 20 Challenging Design Projects in Just 30 Minutes Each with the New Generation of LEGO® MINDSTORMS®

More powerful and intuitive than ever, LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT is a new robotics toolset that enables robot enthusiasts and hobbyists to build and program all kinds of projects. The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Hacker's Guide explores this new generation of LEGO MINDSTORMS, providing a collection of projects, how-to expertise, insider tips, and over 500 illustrations to help readers become expert NXT hackers.

This cutting-edge guide describes new advances that make LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT such a great robotics resource. The book explains the all-new NXT intelligent brick…the interactive servo motors with rotation sensors that align speed for precise control…the ultrasonic sensor that allows robots to “see” by responding to movement…the improved light and touch sensors that let robots detect color and feel…and much more. The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Hacker's Guide features:

• Expert, insightful commentary by a member of the LEGO MINDSTORMS Developer Program
• A hands-on account of the new technologies and expanded sensor capabilities of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
• A collection of 10 hacking projects with step-by-step instructions for creating things ranging from solar power to ZigBee® technology to tank tread feet [“projects” appears twice.]
• A portfolio of 12 exciting design projects featuring R. Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome, Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library, and the world's first NXT wristwatch
• Complete disclosure about a “secret” game that is hidden inside every LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT kit
• An in-depth guide to the NXT programming language
• A special LEGO factory kit offer available only for readers of this book

Inside This Groundbreaking NXT Reference

• Your First Robot • Stupid RCX Tricks • Save Your RIS • As Smart as a Brick • MOVE IT! With Servo Motors • Hmm, I Sense Something • Yes, But I Don't Know How to Program • Testing, Testing; Oh, Trouble Shoot • Katherine's Best Hacking Projects • Katherine's Design Fun House • NXT Programming Language Guide • NXT Elements • NXT Resources

 

Table of Contents

Introduction – The Birth of a Legend: the Block and the Brain
Section I. Robotics Invention System
Chapter 1. Your First Robot
Chapter 2. Stupid RCX Tricks
Chapter 3. Save Your RIS
Section II. That Was Then, This is NXT
Chapter 4. As Smart as a Brick
Chapter 5. MOVE IT! With Servo Motors
Chapter 6. Hmm, I Sense Something
Chapter 7. Yes, But I Don't Know How to Program
Chapter 8. Testing, Testing; Oh, Trouble Shoot
Section III. Katherine's Best Hacking Projects: A collection of 10-20 hacking projects
Section IV. Katherine's Robotic Design Fun House:
A study of the elements that constitute good design in robots.
App A. NXT Programming Language Guide
App B. NXT Elements
App C. NXT Resources

描述

使用新一代的LEGO® MINDSTORMS®，在短短30分鐘內建立和編程超過20個具有挑戰性的設計項目。比以往更強大和直觀，LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT是一個新的機器人工具組，使機器人愛好者和愛好者能夠建立和編程各種項目。《LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Hacker's Guide》探索了這一代新的LEGO MINDSTORMS，提供了一系列項目、專業知識、內部技巧和超過500幅插圖，幫助讀者成為NXT專家黑客。

這本尖端指南描述了使LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT成為一個偉大的機器人資源的新進展。本書介紹了全新的NXT智能積木...具有旋轉傳感器的交互式伺服馬達，可以對齊速度以實現精確控制...超聲波傳感器可以通過對運動的反應來讓機器人“看到”...改進的光線和觸摸傳感器可以讓機器人檢測顏色和觸摸...等等。《LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Hacker's Guide》特點包括：

- LEGO MINDSTORMS開發者計劃成員的專業見解和評論
- 關於LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT新技術和擴展傳感器功能的實踐帳戶
- 10個黑客項目的逐步指導，從太陽能到ZigBee®技術到履帶腳
- 12個令人興奮的設計項目，包括R. Buckminster Fuller的Geodesic Dome、Rem Koolhaas的西雅圖中央圖書館和世界上第一個NXT手錶
- 關於每個LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT套件中都隱藏著的“秘密”遊戲的完整披露
- 關於NXT編程語言的深入指南
- 只有本書讀者才能獲得的特殊LEGO工廠套件優惠

這本開創性的NXT參考書內容包括：

- 你的第一個機器人
- 愚蠢的RCX技巧
- 拯救你的RIS
- 聰明如積木
- 使用伺服馬達移動它
- 嗯，我感覺到了
- 是的，但我不知道如何編程
- 測試，測試；哦，疑難排解
- Katherine的最佳黑客項目
- Katherine的設計樂園
- NXT編程語言指南
- NXT元素
- NXT資源

目錄

引言-傳奇的誕生：積木和大腦
第一部分. 機器人發明 S```