Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime Chełmek

The new LEGO SPIKE Prime is one of the latest additions to the LEGO robotics line of products. This book will help you to enjoy building robots and understand how exciting robotics can be in terms of design, coding, and the expression of ideas. The book begins by taking you through a new realm of playful learning experiences designed for inventors and creators of any age. In each chapter, you'll find out how to build a creative robot, learn to bring the robot to life through code, and finally work with exercises to test what you've learned and remix the robot to suit your own unique style. Throughout the chapters, you'll build exciting new smart robots such as a handheld game, a robotic arm with a joystick, a guitar, a flying bird, a sumobot, a dragster, and a Simon Says game. By the end of this LEGO book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills you need to build any robot that you can imagine. Spis treści: Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime Note from the Author Contributors About the author About the reviewers Preface Who this book is for What this book covers To get the most out of this book Download the example code files Code in Action Download the color images Conventions used Get in touch Share your thoughts Chapter 1: Getting Started with SPIKE Prime Technical requirements Overview of the kit The cables for motors and sensors The Intelligent Hub Elements Sensors Motors Hub connection Programming Creating a rock, paper, scissors wrist game Coding a rock, paper, scissors wrist game Making your own game Summary Chapter 2: Building an Industrial Robot Claw Technical requirements Building the base Building the Intelligent Hub frame to move multidirectionally Building the robot arm Building the cargo Writing the code Identifying the ports The Intelligent Hub remote-control robot program Making it your own Summary Chapter 3: Building a LEGO Guitar Technical requirements Building the guitar Assembling the guitar body Assembling the neck Building the color sensor slide bar Writing the code The ports Playing the guitar Making it your own Summary Chapter 4: Building a Mechanical Bird Technical requirements Building the body frame of the mechanical bird Building the wings of the mechanical bird Building the head and torso Writing the code The ports Calibrating the motors Wing movement Eyes and head movement Activating the bird Making it your own Summary Chapter 5: Building a Sumobot Technical requirements Building the base Building the ultrasonic sensor attachment Building the force sensor attachment Writing the code The ports Code stack 1 motors Code stack 2 end program Code stack 3 main program Code stack 4 white edge program Code stack 5 ultrasonic program Code stack 6 force sensor program Making it your own Summary Chapter 6: Building a Dragster Technical requirements Building the dragster Building the motor frame Building the gear system and back wheels Building the body of the dragster Adding the body design Coding the dragster Connecting to the proper ports Code stack 1 countdown timer and broadcast Code stack 2 activating motors and stopping on the finish line Making it your own Summary Chapter 7: Building a Simon Says Game Technical requirements Building the handheld game Coding Simon Says Code stack 1 main code Code stack 2 displaying images for player direction Code stack 3 displaying images and sound for game sequence Code stack 4 player input of answers Code stack 5 game over sequence Code stack 6 correct choice music sequence Making it your own Summary Why subscribe? Other Books You May Enjoy Packt is searching for authors like you Share your thoughts