Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
by Brian Bagnall
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Author: Brian BagnallEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-30
ISBN: 0973864915
Number of pages: 524
Publisher: Variant Press
Book Reviews of Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
Book Review: A Great Start
Summary: 4 Stars
Although the book sounds otherwise, it is in fact a good start for advanced programmers. A lot of the code does not work right out of the box, but provides a good starting point for advanced programmers to build on. If you are a beginning java programmer, this book probably is not for you because it deals with concepts that are incomplete as described in the book, but an intermediate-to-advanced programmer can take these concepts and modify them as need be and quickly make easy projects more advanced. Overall, I think this is an excellent book but should be used by individuals with experience in programming in contemporary languages.
Summary of Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
Over two dozen?fun and challenging projects using the next generation of LEGO? MINDSTORMST and the JavaT programming language
LEGO? MINDSTORMST NXT is an incredible new kit for building and programming your own robotic inventions. Maximum Lego NXT?introduces a diverse set of projects, building tips, programming code, complete 3D rendered building instructions and hundreds of illustrations to help you realize your robotic dreams.
Using JavaT, the most popular and easy to use programming language available, this book will give you?endless entertainment and exploration. It introduces the new LEGO? NXT kit, including the?NXT intelligent brick and?BluetoothT.
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Maximum NXT includes:
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?. Easy to follow instructions by the author of Core LEGO? MINDSTORMST Programming
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?. Explanations for all available sensors and expansion products available for the NXT kit, including unique projects interfacing a video camera, cell phone, GPS, data gloves, and many more
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?. An exciting collection of 14 robots,?including a chess playing robot, an exoskeleton for your hand, a Mars Rover, a robotic arm you can control through the Internet, a 3D object scanner,?soccer robots,?and many more
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?. Introduces over two dozen?in-depth programming projects including navigation, mapping,?precise robotic arm control, voice control?and global localization
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?. Artificial Intelligence concepts including Vision analysis, Rodney Brooks' Subsumption Architecture, and Reinforcement Learning
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?. Exciting projects that use third-party sensors like compass, tilt sensor, and port expanders
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?. A full chapter on building with the new LEGO stud-less brick paradigm.
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?. A complete tutorial on programming JavaT?
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?. How to install a free development environment for leJOS NXJ, the JavaT Virtual Machine for the NXT
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. Foreword by S?ren Lund, Director of LEGO MINDSTORMS
Maximum LEGO NXT is the ultimate LEGO MINDSTORMS guide:
. Meet NXT .?leJOS NXJ . Java for Primates . The leJOS NXJ API .?LEGO Parts?. Building 101 . Bite into Bluetooth .?Grabby Robots .?Sound . Robots with Vision .?Standing Tall . Localization?. Mapping . Path-finding . Hands & Exoskeletons . Network Robotics . Scanning . Behavior-Based Robots . Expanding the NXT . GPS & Harsh Terrain . Speech . Appendices . Index
. Meet NXT .?leJOS NXJ . Java for Primates . The leJOS NXJ API .?LEGO Parts?. Building 101 . Bite into Bluetooth .?Grabby Robots .?Sound . Robots with Vision .?Standing Tall . Localization?. Mapping . Path-finding . Hands & Exoskeletons . Network Robotics . Scanning . Behavior-Based Robots . Expanding the NXT . GPS & Harsh Terrain . Speech . Appendices . Index
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