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Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor

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Product type Book
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800568402
Pages 438 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Aaron Maurer Aaron Maurer
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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 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 scorpion's exoskeleton

You will now use many of the white elements typically used for vehicles and robot body designs to create the look of a scorpion. Additionally, these pieces help secure the build and hide wires underneath to give the build a sleeker look. You will notice there are some wire clips used on the sides of the Intelligent Hub, so be sure to use these as you build to hide as much of the wire as you can.

You will now finish up the frame of the robot by adding the head and some structural elements before moving into the final details of the build.

You will need the following pieces:

  • One white 13L beam
  • Eight black connector pins
  • Two white panels
  • Four white pins with friction ridges
  • One curved white panel
  • One small curved white panel
  • Two gray connector pins with bush stops
  • Two red axle pins
  • Two teal round axle connectors

Begin by adding a black connector pin to each end of the 13L beam. Attach this...

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