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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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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

Let's code the robot to perform different tasks

This robot is on a mission to identify various minerals on the surface of the moon. First, use your sticky notes and create the following setup:

Figure 17.3 – Route setup

Here, blue represents iron, green represents copper, and yellow represents gypsum.

Activity #1

Write a program so that your rover does the following:

  1. Stops on any colored line (blue, green, or yellow) on its route.
  2. If blue is detected, wait for 2 seconds and display Iron found!.
  3. If green is detected, wait for 2 seconds and display Copper found!.
  4. If yellow is detected, wait for 2 seconds and display Gypsum found!.

The sample code for the activity is given here:

Figure 17.4 - Sample code

You can use sound blocks at the respective locations to make this project more interactive. The program should work for all iterations of the colored sticky notes. Any sequence should work.

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