Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming: Unleash the Power of the Java Platform
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (706 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0130093645 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Working from beautifully rendered 3-D plans, you'll construct five unique robots-each capable of increasingly powerful navigation. No matter what version of LEGO Mindstorms you own, this book will teach you how to build robots with remarkable intelligence and amazing power. From the Back CoverComplete 3-D plans for building five unique robotsAdvanced control techniques—including distance and compass sensorsBehavior control programming, the breakthrough methodology invented at MITFor LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System, versions 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 Your LEGO Mindstorms robots can do more than you ever imagined. You'll build and program two powerful custom sensors-an accurate distance sensor and the "Holy Grail" of navigation sensors: the compass se
"Best Mindstorms book I have purchased" according to Shan. This book is superior to "Programming Lego Mindstorms with Java."It is well suited to both beginning and advanced programers. It covers languages basics, but still provides much info to experienced Java developers about robotics Design Patterns.It also includes detailed instructions and pictures describing on basic robotic constructionthings like how to turn a rotary motion to a linear motion, how to change gear ratios, how to build differentials, etc.There is also a detail chapter devoted to building your own homebrew sen. A Mindstorms Builder's Handbook Adrian Png My first real encounter with Mindstorms was at this year's Sun Techdays. Simon Ritter, a Sun Microsystems Evangelist, did an excellent showcase of Java applied in Robotics. That alone sparked my interest in Mindstorms. To get myself started, I picked up this book by Brian Bagnall titled, Core LEGO Mindstorms Programming.When I first opened my Robotics Invention System 2.0 (RIS 2.0) kit, I found an instruction manual that contained several project descriptions and a summary chart of part quantities available in the kit. How. Mindstorms is more than a toy, this book shows the power A Customer I have been dabbling with Java since the beginning and I have been interested in Robotics for a while as well. Last year I built a Palm-based robot and intended to use Java to program that platform but I had a lot of problems with getting all to work to get to the part where I was doing the programming tasks I had intended Core Lego Mindstorms Programming by Brian Bagnall is a fantastic introduction to robotics on a number of different levels. At a basic level it provides a sound introduction to Lego Mindstorms, the toy f
Working from beautifully rendered 3-D plans and photographs, you'll construct five unique robots. In Core LEGO Mindstorms, author Brian Bagnall shows you how, step by step. LEGO Mindstorms robots can do more than you ever imagined! The secret: go beyond the built-in tools and leverage the power of Java. You'll master advanced proximity and compass sensors, even master MIT's new breakthrough in robotics: behavior control programming.
BRIAN BAGNALL is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Developer and co-author of the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Study Guide. Bagnall also develops distributed processing solutions for businesses with supercomputing requirements and has worked for IBM and other leading computer companies.. He is a key programmer of leJOS, a Java SDK for Lego Mindstorms