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Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST

You're reading from   Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST Unleash your creativity and imagination by building exciting robotics projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801075572
Length 428 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ashwin Shah Ashwin Shah
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to the LEGO BOOST Kit 2. Chapter 2: Building Your First BOOST Robot – Tabletop Fan FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Moving Forward/Backward Without Wheels 4. Chapter 4: LEGO BOOST Rover 5. Chapter 5: Getting into Gear – My First Geared Robot 6. Chapter 6: Building a Forklift 7. Chapter 7: Building a Helicopter 8. Chapter 8: Building R2-D2 9. Chapter 9: Building an Automatic Entrance Door 10. Chapter 10: Building a Candy Dispenser Robot 11. Chapter 11: Building a Color-Sorter Conveyor Belt 12. Chapter 12: Building a BOOST Racing Car 13. Chapter 13: Final Challenge 14. Bonus Chapters
15. Chapter 14: The Grabbing Robot 16. Chapter 15: Obstacle Avoidance Robot 17. Chapter 16: The BOOST Humanoid 18. Chapter 17: The Moon Rover 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building the racing car

In this chapter, we will be building the following racing car:

Figure 12.2

Follow these steps to build this racing car robot:

  1. Take your BOOST Hub and ensure that its batteries are fully charged:

    Figure 12.3

  2. Take one 4x6 brick and connect it to the back of the hub, as shown in the following figure:

    Figure 12.4

  3. Take six connector pegs and connect three pegs to each side of the 4x6 brick, as shown here:

    Figure 12.5

  4. Now, flip the model, take one 1x2 flat tile and one 1x4 flat tile, and connect both to the side beam of the BOOST Hub, as shown in the following figure. Now, take one 3x5 angular beam and connect it to all three connector pegs on that side:

    Figure 12.6

  5. Now, take one 5M axle with a 1M stop and one ½ bush. First, remove the angular beam, connect the top part of the axle to motor B of the BOOST Hub, connect that to the angular beam, and then connect the ½ bush to the axle:

    Figure 12.7

  6. Now, rotate...
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