- cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- about the author
- about the technical reviewer
- brief contents
- contents in detail
- acknowledgments
- introduction
- PART I getting started
- 1 collecting the equipment for your robot
- 2 building your first robot
- 3 creating and modifying programs
- 4 working with programming blocks: move, sound, and display
- 5 waiting, repeating, and other programming techniques
- PART II building and programming robots with sensors
- 6 understanding sensors
- 7 using the touch, color, and rotation sensors
- 8 shot-roller: a robotic defense system
- 9 strider: the six-legged walking creature
- PART III creating advanced programs
- 10 using data hubs and data wires
- 11 using data blocks and using data wires with loops and switches
- 12 using variables, constants, and playing games on the NXT
- using variables
- using constants
- playing a game on the NXT
- defining the variables
- step 1: displaying a target randomly
- step 2: waiting until a button is pressed
- step 3: storing which button is pressed
- step 4: comparing the position and button variables
- step 5: adjusting the score
- step 6: displaying the current score
- step 7: making the program repeat for 30 seconds
- expanding the program
- further exploration
- PART IV advanced robot projects
- 13 snatcher: the autonomous robotic arm
- 14 hybrid brick sorter: sort bricks by color and size
- 15 CCC: the compact chimney climber
- troubleshooting and solving connection problems
- companion website
- DISCOVER THE CAPTIVATING WORLD OF LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT 2.0!
about the technical reviewer
Dr. Damien Kee holds a PhD in robotics and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, both from the University of Queensland, Australia. He has built a wide variety of robots, from maze-solving mice to humanoids to robots that dispense traffic cones. Damien has been heavily involved with the RoboCup Junior competition since 2001, and in 2009 he was elected chairman of RoboCup Junior Australia and technical chair of the RoboCup Junior International Rescue Committee. Since 2003, Damien has been conducting robotics workshops for teachers, educators, and students worldwide, and he has written several teacher resource books. He is a member of the MINDSTORMS Community Partners; a contributor to the NXT STEP blog; and editor in chief of The NXT Classroom (http://theNXTclassroom.com/), a website providing resources and support for teachers.
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