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Contents

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1 It Takes Two to Tango

When the Robot We Have Is Not the Robot We Need

Special-Purpose Robots Can Be Flexible

General-Purpose Robots: Fact or Fiction?

Reprogrammable Robots

Flexible Special-Purpose Robots and Reprogrammable Multipurpose Robots

Two Microcontrollers Are Sometimes Better Than One

Possible Teams, Possible Players

Do Networked Robots Equal Robot Teamwork?

Coordinating Robots Based on Time or Chronology

Event-Based Robot Coordination

Message-Based Coordination

The Basic BRON Approach

The World of Bluetooth Devices

BRON’S Believe It or Not

CHAPTER 2 Bluetooth for MINDSTORMS NXT: A Closer Look

So Exactly What Is Bluetooth?

The Myth of NXT’s Bluetooth Problem

What Does Bluetooth Mean ...

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