Build Your Own Teams of Robots with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT and Bluetooth®

Introduction

Even though we may be able to get a robot to do many different things and perform different tasks, we will never be able to build a single robot that can perform every task or do everything imaginable. Even a general-purpose robot is limited by the number or types of sensors it has or by the types of end effectors it possesses. We may only have access to a stationary robot where a mobile robot is needed. It might be determined that a four-wheeled tractor has the required type of mobility, and as it turns out, the robot we have is bipedal or has been designed with only two wheels. But we can’t go too far in the other direction either. It’s not practical or possible to build a different robot for every task or for every scenario we ...