Winning Design!: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Design Patterns for Fun and Competition

Author:   James Jeffrey Trobaugh
Publisher:   APress
Edition:   2nd ed.
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9781484221044


Pages:   263
Publication Date:   11 June 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   James Jeffrey Trobaugh
Publisher:   APress
Imprint:   APress
Edition:   2nd ed.
Weight:   5.453kg
ISBN:  

9781484221044


ISBN 10:   1484221044
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   11 June 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1. Design Considerations.- 2. Chassis Design.- 3. Going Straight.- 4. Consistent Turning.- 5. Line Following and Detection.- 6. Squaring Up.- 7. Collision Detection.- 8. Passive Attachments.- 9. Power Attachments.- 10. Pneumatics.- 11. Master Programs.- 12. Program Management.- 13. Documentation and Presentation.- 14. Appendix A: Building Demobot.

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James J. Trobaugh is an experienced coach and leader in the FIRST LEGO League. He is author of the acclaimed book Winning Design!, focusing on the physical aspects of LEGO MINDSTORMS robot design. He has been involved with the FIRST LEGO League since 2004 as coach for Team Super Awesome, and as a technical judge at the LEGO World Festival. He is also the FIRST LEGO League Director of the Forsyth Alliance in Forsyth County, Georgia. James started out as a LEGO hobbyist by founding the North Georgia LEGO Train Club in 1998, and has found in LEGO robotics a natural blending of his LEGO hobby and his day job as a software architect. An added bonus is the joy of sharing his love of technology not only with his own children, but with kids in general. James J. Trobaugh has a degree in Computer Science and has been working as a software architect for 26 years. He lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area with his two children, Ian and Amy.James has been involved with FIRST LEGO League since 2004 as a coach for TeamSuper Awesome and as a technical judge at the LEGO World Festival. He was also the FLL director of the Forsyth Alliance in Forsyth County Georgia. James started out as a LEGO hobbyist by founding the North Georgia LEGO Train Club in 1998 and has found that LEGO robotics is a natural blending of his LEGO hobby and his day job as a software architect. The added bonus is the joy of getting to share his love of technology not only with his own children but with kids in general.

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