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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 a robot without wheels

In this section, we are going to build a robot that can hop, as shown in the following image:

Figure 3.1

Let's build the robot by following these building instructions:

  1. Take your BOOST Hub. Ensure that all six batteries are fully charged:

    Figure 3.2

  2. Take two 3M pegs and connect them with the BOOST Hub:

    Figure 3.3

  3. Now take a 7M beam and connect it to the pegs that you just attached to the BOOST Hub:

    Figure 3.4

  4. Now take a 16M Technic beam and connect it to the 7M beam:

    Figure 3.5

  5. Now, take a full bushing, a 1x2 beam with cross and hole, a 5M cross axle with an end stop, and a 4x4 Technic angular beam. Take this angular beam and the 1x2 beam and pass your 5M cross axle through this. Make sure that this axle passes through the cross of the 1x2 beam. Now, place the full bushing between the hub and the Technic beam and push the axle in until it is connected with motor port B:

    Figure 3.6

  6. Let's build...
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