What this book covers

Chapter 1, Engineering Notebook, covers how to use the Content Editor to keep a multimedia record of your work building robots.

Chapter 2, Mechanical Design, covers how to use gears to increase either speed or torque in your robots.

Chapter 3, Drive Train and Chassis, explains how to build a chassis and attach either wheels or treads to create a moving robot.

Chapter 4, Sensors and Control, covers how to use sensors to receive feedback from your environment.

Chapter 5, Interacting with EV3, explains how to control your EV3 via the brick buttons, the infrared beacon, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.

Chapter 6, Output from EV3, covers how to send output from the EV3 brick using the display screen, lights, and the speaker.

Chapter 7, Advanced Programming, covers topics such as loops, switches, arrays, My Blocks, and navigation using sensor feedback.

Chapter 8, Advanced Programming and Control, covers advanced navigation techniques, including proportional controllers, PID controllers, course correction, and triangulation.

Chapter 9, Experiment Software and Data Logging, explains how to use the data logging features of the Educational Edition of the LEGO MINDSTORMS software.

Chapter 10, Other Programming Languages, provides a brief overview of RobotC and LabVIEW, which are the next steps up from using the LEGO MINDSTORMS software.

Chapter 11, Communication between Robots, explains how to send messages via Bluetooth to allow two EV3 robots to communicate, send commands, and collaborate.

Chapter 12, Advanced Robot – Gyro Boy, reviews and explains in depth the Gyro Boy program written by LEGO.