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Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor

You're reading from   Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Learn to play with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor kit and build creative robots

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800568402
Length 438 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: History of Mindstorms 2. Chapter 2: Getting Started with the Robot Inventor Kit FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Building an Industrial Robot Claw 4. Chapter 4: Building a LEGO Guitar 5. Chapter 5: Building a Scorpion 6. Chapter 6: Building a Solid Sumobot 7. Chapter 7: Building a Dragster 8. Chapter 8: Building an Egg and Ornament Decorator 9. Chapter 9: Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants – Part 1 10. Chapter 10: Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants – Part 2 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building the base of the frame

You are going to start with the base of the robot body and prepare the first motor placement. In order to get started, you will need the following pieces from your kit:

  • One teal 11x19 base plate
  • One motor
  • Three black 5x7 open frames
  • Two red 3L beams
  • Four blue connector pins
  • Ten black connector pins

To begin you will need following pieces from the preceding list:

Figure 9.2 – Parts layout

You will start by adding the four blue connector pins to the sides of the motor where the gear spins on the motor. Keep the 2L side of the connector pin exposed.

This is illustrated in the following image:

Figure 9.3 – Connectors added to motor

Next, slide on the red 3L beams on each side, as illustrated in the following image:

Figure 9.4 – Red 3L beams added to motor

Finally, clip on the black open frames on the 7L side, making sure...

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