| |
| |
| About the Author | |
| |
| |
| About the Technical Reviewer | |
| |
| |
| Acknowledgments | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Look, Mom! No Wheels! | |
| |
| |
| |
| Building Biped Robots | |
| |
| |
| LEGO Bipedal Walking: The State of the Art | |
| |
| |
| Interlacing Legs Bipeds | |
| |
| |
| Jerky COG Shifting Bipeds | |
| |
| |
| Smooth COG Shifting Bipeds | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Quasimodo | |
| |
| |
| Applying What You Learned | |
| |
| |
| Introducing NXT Technology | |
| |
| |
| Meeting the NXT-G Software | |
| |
| |
| Connecting the NXT for the First Time | |
| |
| |
| Programming Quasimodo Using NXT-G | |
| |
| |
| The Shortest Program in the Book | |
| |
| |
| Building Your Belfry Hunchback | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Finite State Machines | |
| |
| |
| Finite State Machines in Brief | |
| |
| |
| Saturating Counter | |
| |
| |
| FSM General Implementation | |
| |
| |
| Decision Tables | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| NXT AT-ST | |
| |
| |
| Design Thoughts | |
| |
| |
| Programming the AT-ST | |
| |
| |
| Building Your Personal AT-ST | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Omni-Biped | |
| |
| |
| History of a Biped | |
| |
| |
| Single-Tasking vs. Multitasking | |
| |
| |
| Writing a Single-Task Program | |
| |
| |
| Using Hysteresis | |
| |
| |
| Writing a Multitask Program | |
| |
| |
| Building Instructions | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| NXT Turtle | |
| |
| |
| Quadruped Walking | |
| |
| |
| Introducing the Turtle | |
| |
| |
| Programming the Turtle | |
| |
| |
| Simple Program | |
| |
| |
| Line Following | |
| |
| |
| Autonomous Behavior Simulation | |
| |
| |
| Building Your Pet | |
| |
| |
| Design Thoughts | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Back on Wheels | |
| |
| |
| |
| Mine Sweeper | |
| |
| |
| Getting More Actions from a Single Motor | |
| |
| |
| The Double Scanner | |
| |
| |
| Programming the Mine Sweeper | |
| |
| |
| Building the Mine Sweeper | |
| |
| |
| Mines Building Instructions | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| JohnNXT Is Alive! | |
| |
| |
| Johnnicle: My LEGO Johnny 5 Chronicle | |
| |
| |
| JohnNXT Features | |
| |
| |
| Sensors and Actuators | |
| |
| |
| JohnNXT's Behavior and Menu | |
| |
| |
| JohnNXT User Guide | |
| |
| |
| Turning It On | |
| |
| |
| Autonomous Behavior | |
| |
| |
| JohnNXT's Menu | |
| |
| |
| Programming JohnNXT | |
| |
| |
| Panoramic View of the JohnNXT Software | |
| |
| |
| High Speed Communication Library | |
| |
| |
| Slave Program | |
| |
| |
| Master Program | |
| |
| |
| Sound Counting FSM | |
| |
| |
| JohnNXT Programming Guide | |
| |
| |
| Moving the Treads | |
| |
| |
| Moving the Head | |
| |
| |
| Playing Sounds | |
| |
| |
| Moving the Slave NXT Motors | |
| |
| |
| Building JohnNXT | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Need Input! Building a Remote Control Device | |
| |
| |
| The Remote Control Design | |
| |
| |
| Bluetooth Autoconnection Library | |
| |
| |
| R/C: A Program for Every Need | |
| |
| |
| Simple R/C Programs | |
| |
| |
| Advanced Program | |
| |
| |
| Remote Control Template Programs | |
| |
| |
| Sender Program Template | |
| |
| |
| Receiver Program Template | |
| |
| |
| Building the Remote Control | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction to BricxCC and NXC Programming | |
| |
| |
| Getting Connected with BricxCC | |
| |
| |
| Ready to Go | |
| |
| |
| BricxCC Menu | |
| |
| |
| BricxCC Tools | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| Index | |