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Author:   Laurens Valk
Publisher:   No Starch Press,US
Imprint:   No Starch Press,US
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9781593272111

ISBN 10:   1593272111
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Collecting the Equipment for Your Robot Chapter 2: Building Your First Robot Chapter 3: Creating and Modifying Programs Chapter 4: Working with Programming Blocks: Move, Sound, and Display Chapter 5: Waiting, Repeating and Other Programming Techniques Chapter 6: Understanding Sensors Chapter 7: Using the Touch, Color, and Rotation Sensors Chapter 8: Shot-Roller: A Robotic Defense System Chapter 9: Strider: The Six-Legged Walking Creature Chapter 10: Using Data Hubs and Data Wires Chapter 11: Using Data Blocks and Using Data Wires with Loops and Switches Chapter 12: Using Variables, Constants, and Playing Games on the NXT Chapter 13: Snatcher: The Autonomous Robotic Arm Chapter 14: Hybrid Brick Sorter: Sort Bricks by Color and Size Chapter 15: CCC: The Compact Chimney Climber Appendix: Transferring Programs to the NXT with USB or Bluetooth

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The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book should come with every MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Kit. --Wired

The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book should come with every MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Kit. --Wired

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Laurens Valk is a member of the MINDSTORMS Community Partners who help test and develop new NXT products. He has been inventing robots with the MINDSTORMS NXT sets since their introduction, and one of his robot designs appears on the NXT 2.0 packaging. Valk is a co-author of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders (No Starch Press) and a contributor to The NXT Step Blog. He lives in the Netherlands where he teaches robotics.

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