Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms NXT

This is the ultimate insider's look at LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT system and is the perfect book whether you build world-class competitive robots or just like to mess around for the fun of it.

This book unleashes the full power and potential of the tools, sensors, and components that make up LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT.

It also provides a unique insight on newer studless building techniques as well as interfacing with the traditional studded beams.

Some of the world's leading LEGO MINDSTORMS inventors share their knowledge and development secrets.

Understanding LEGO Geometry

Playing with Gears

Controlling Motors

Reading Sensors

What's New with the NXT? Building Strategies

Programming the NXT

Playing Sounds and Music

Becoming Mobile

Getting Pumped: Pneumatics

Finding and Grabbing Objects

Doing the Maths

Knowing Where You Are

Classic Projects

Building Robots That Walk

Robotic Animals

Solving a Maze

Drawing and Writing

Racing Against Time

Hand-to-Hand Combat

Searching for Precision