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The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming
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The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming

by Terry Griffin
August 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
288 pages
13h 21m
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 1. LEGO and robots: a great combination

Welcome to the world of robotics. For more than 100 years, people have thought, dreamed, and written about robots. Not long ago, the only place you could find a robot was in a good science-fiction story. Today robots are very real and perform a wide variety of important jobs. Robots explore other planets, investigate deep-sea volcanoes, assemble automobiles, and perform surgery. Figure 1-1 shows one of the Mars Exploration Rovers that help scientists explore our neighboring planet. You can even buy a robot at your local department store to sweep your floors at night while you sleep.

Mars Exploration Rover (courtesy NASA/JPL)

Figure 1-1. Mars ...

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