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Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST. Unleash your creativity and imagination by building exciting robotics projects

Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST. Unleash your creativity and imagination by building exciting robotics projects

Ashwin Shah, Mr. Manoj Patel

Ebook
LEGO BOOST is a feature-rich creative toolbox that helps kids to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills in a fun way. The LEGO BOOST kit consists of motors, sensors, and more than 840 LEGO pieces to bring various multifunctional robots to life. This book will take you on an interesting and enjoyable journey where you will have fun building robots while developing your problem-solving and logical thinking skills.
This book is an end-to-end guide that will take you from a beginner to expert level of robot building with LEGO BOOST and Scratch. Starting with the unboxing and a brief introduction to LEGO BOOST, you'll quickly get your first robotic model up and running. You'll understand how to use the electronic and non-electronic components and have fun building a range of intriguing robotics projects with increasing complexity and advanced functionality. Throughout the book, you'll work on a variety of amazing projects, such as building your own R2D2, a fictional character from Star Wars, that will pique your curiosity to learn robotics and help you explore the full potential of the LEGO BOOST kit. Once you've had fun working with the projects, you'll be introduced to an interesting challenge for you to solve by yourself!
By the end of this book, you'll have gained the skills to build creative robotics projects with the LEGO BOOST creative toolbox, and have built on your logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • 1. Introduction to Lego Boost Kit
  • 2. Build your first Boost Robot - A table fan with varying speeds
  • 3. Moving forward / backward without wheels
  • 4. Lego Boost Rover
  • 5. Get into gears - My first geared robot
  • 6. Building a forklift
  • 7. Building a Helicopter
  • 8. Building R2D2
  • 9. Building a Automatic Entrance Door
  • 10. Candy Dispenser Robot
  • 11. The Colour Sorter Conveyor Belt
  • 12. Boost Racer Car
  • 13. Capstone Project
  • 14. The Grabbing Robot
  • 15. Obstacle Avoidance Robot
  • 16. The Boost Humanoid
  • 17. The Moon Rover
  • Title: Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST. Unleash your creativity and imagination by building exciting robotics projects
  • Author: Ashwin Shah, Mr. Manoj Patel
  • Original title: Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST. Unleash your creativity and imagination by building exciting robotics projects
  • ISBN: 9781801076388, 9781801076388
  • Date of issue: 2021-11-25
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2a9r
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing