August 2010
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
13h 21m
English
For me, the most fascinating part of creating a robot is writing the program to make it come alive. This book is all about programming robots using the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G programming environment. You will learn about all the different things NXT can do and how to put all the programming pieces together to create complex robots.
Computer programming is a combination of art and engineering. We tend to call something engineering when we have a good understanding of the process involved and can follow a set of logical steps to solve a problem. You can use many engineering principles to make it easier to create your programs: things such as understanding the requirements of your program before you start and performing thorough ...