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Dave Baum's Definitive Guide To LEGO MINDSTORMS

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Dave Baum
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  • Updated to Robotics Inventions System version 2.0
  • Baum is the premier expert on MINDSTORMS and the author of the MINDSTORMS programming language NQC
  • Includes 5 Appendices with information on MINDSTORMS sets, accessories, and programming tools; a NQC quick reference and additional online resources
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Keywords

  • lego
  • robotics
  • robots

About this book

The LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System kit enables anyone to build programmable robots with an assortment of LEGO pieces that snap, slide, and click into place. In this exciting second edition from MINDSTORMS expert Dave Baum, youll be able to take your robotics experiments to a new level.

Baum takes you step-by-step through the entire process of building and programming MINDSTORMS robots using both LEGO's RCX code and the author's own, more powerful programming language, Not Quite C (NQC). This edition has been updated with new programs that take advantage of the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System 2.0 and includes instructions for building 14 different robots including Tankbot, Bugbot, and Brick Sorter.

With Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS, Second Edition, you will master the challenging yet always fun creation of your own robots from the ground up!

About the author

Dave Baum is a principal staff engineer at Motorola. With the advent of LEGO MINDSTORMS, Baum was able to combine two of his favorite pastimes: programming and building with LEGO. He then developed Not Quite C (NQC), a powerful language for programming MINDSTORMS robots that has been widely accepted by advanced users. Visit Dave's personal website at BaumFamily.org/NQC.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dave Baum's Definitive Guide To LEGO MINDSTORMS

  • Authors: Dave Baum

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dave Baum 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-063-8Published: 11 November 2002

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 432

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