mBot for Makers

Table of contents

1. Titlepage
2. Copyright
3. Acknowledgments
4. About the Authors
5. Introduction
6. Chapter 1: Kit to Classroom
   1. Out-of-the-Box Kit
   2. Installing the Motors and Wheels on the Chassis
   3. Installing the Sensors
   4. Adding the Battery Holder
   5. Installing the mCore and Battery
   6. Wiring the mBot
   7. Communicating with Your mBot
   8. Test the mCore for Correct Connections
   9. Test Your mBot Remote
   10. What to Do with Your mBoT Right out of the Box
   11. Projects
   12. To Classroom
   13. Onboard Components
   14. Powering Up Your mBot
   15. Tour of the mCore and Onboard Sensors
   16. Storing Components
   17. Storing Projects
   18. Protecting the mCore
   19. Using a LEGO Technic Frame
   20. Adding a Cover
   21. Making Cables
   22. Updating the mBot
   23. Where We’re Heading from Here
7. Chapter 2: mBot Software and Sensors
   1. Default Program Options
   2. Makeblock App
   3. Tour of the Project Gallery
   4. Navigating Blocks on a Mobile Device
   5. Balloon Tag
   6. mBlock
   7. Connecting to mBlock
   8. Traffic Light Classroom Volume Meter
   9. Working with Sensors in mBlock
   10. Sensor Recipes
   11. Traffic Light Classroom Volume Meter, Revisited
   12. Upload to Arduino
   13. Independent Traffic Light Classroom Volume Meter
   14. Reinstall the Default Program
   15. Where We’re Heading from Here
8. Chapter 3: Animatronics
   1. Puppet Movement without Sensors
   2. Puppet Movement with Sensors
9. Chapter 4: Measurement Devices
   1. Monitoring Sensors in mBlock
   2. Door Monitor
10. Chapter 5: Robot Navigation
    1. Robot Navigation Using Keyboard Commands
    2. Robotic Game Challenges
11. Chapter 6: Building Big and Small with mCore
    1. Harnessing DC Power
    2. Building Small
    3. Building Big
12. Index