The Unofficial Guide to LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS Robots
O'Reilly Media (Verlag)
978-1-56592-692-9 (ISBN)
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The LEGO? MINDSTORMS? Robotics Invention System (RIS) is a wildly popular kit for building mobile robots. This book contains all the information you need to get the most out of your kit. Based on hands-on robot projects, the book includes descriptions of advanced mechanical techniques, programming with third-party software, building your own sensors, working with more than one kit, and sources of extra parts. This book goes far beyond what you'll find in the official documentation to enable you to build and program whatever you can imagine. The center of the RIS kit is a small programmable robot brain called the RCX. This book explains the software architecture of the RCX as well as the various options that are available for programming it. The book includes: Hands-on robot projects, with complete building instructions and programs. Different aspects of these projects are used to explore fundmental issues of mobile robot design. A chapter on NQC, a popular programming environment for RIS. You'll learn how NQC fits into the RIS software architecture, as well as how to write programs using NQC's C-like syntax. Includes copious examples.
A chapter on legOS, an alternate operating system for the RCX. legOS provides very low-level access to the resources of the RCX, enabling complex robot programming. This chapter describes legOS's structure and includes useful sample programs. A chapter on pbForth, another powerful option for RCX robot programming. The chapter includes sample programs in Forth. A chapter about building your own sensors. Making your own sensors is economical and educational. This chapter describes how to build several different sensors that will work with the RIS kit. The book includes numerous illustrations and code examples. Many URLs are listed to serve as an introduction to the thriving online MINDSTORMS? community.
"Java" Jonathan B. Knudsen is a staff writer for O'Reilly & Associates. He is the author of Java 2D Graphics, Java Cryptography and has contributed to Java Swing, the Java AWT Reference, and the second and third editions of Exploring Java. He also writes a monthly online column called Bite-Size Java. This book represents one of Jonathan's lifelong goals: getting paid to play with LEGO? bricks. He hopes this is the start of something big. Jonathan works at home with his wife, Kristen, and their children, Daphne, Luke, and Andrew.
Preface. 1. Welcome to MINDSTORMS What Is a Robot? Mobile Robots What Is MINDSTORMS? What Now? Online Resources. 2. Hank, the Bumper Tank About the Building Instructions Building Instructions A Simple Program Wheels Bumpers and Feelers Gears Multitasking Online Resources. 3. Trusty, a Line Follower Building Instructions Some Tricky Programming The Light Sensor Idler Wheels Using Two Light Sensors Online Resources. . Not Quite C A Quick Start RCX Software Architecture NQC Overview Trusty Revisited Online Resources. 5. Minerva, a Robot with an Arm Building Instructions Programming Directional Transmission Pulleys Mechanical Design Two Sensors, One Input Where Am I? Online Resources 6. pbFORTH Replacement Firmware pbFORTH Overview About Forth pbFORTH Words An Expensive Thermometer Minerva Revisited Debugging Online Resources 7. A Remote Control for Minerva Two Heads Are Better Than One The Allure of Telerobotics Building Instructions Programming the Remote Control Programming Minerva Online Resources 8. Using Spirit.ocx with Visual Basic You May Already Have Visual Basic About Spirit.ocx Calling Spirit.ocx Functions Immediate and Delayed Gratif ication Programs, Tasks, and Subroutines Tips Retrieving the Datalog Online Resources 9. RoboTag, a Game for Two Robots Building Instructions Subsumption Architecture Online Resources 10. legOS About legOS Development Tools Hello, legOS Function Reference New Brains for Hank Development Tips Online Resources 11 Make Your Own Sensors Mounting Passive Sensors Powered Sensors Touch Multiplexer Other Neat Ideas What About Actuators? Online Resources A. Finding Parts and Programming Environments B. A pbFORTH Downloader C. Future Directions
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.11.1999 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Sebastopol |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 172 x 233 mm |
| Gewicht | 430 g |
| Einbandart | kartoniert |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik |
| Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-56592-692-7 / 1565926927 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-56592-692-9 / 9781565926929 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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