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Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor

You're reading from   Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Learn to play with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor kit and build creative robots

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800568402
Length 438 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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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 FREE CHAPTER 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

Programming the dragster

The code for this project is designed to achieve the following objectives:

  • The dragster needs to count down 3-2-1 to make sure people have time to move out of the way.
  • The dragster needs to stop when it sees the red finish line.
  • The dragster needs to display the time to avoid human error when using a stopwatch.

The ports

Before we begin to code, you need to make sure you have all the parts properly connected to the Intelligent Hub. Start with the motors. The motors should be plugged into ports B and F. It does not matter which motor goes into which port as long as they are B and F. Both motors will simply move forward.

You will next connect your color sensor to the Intelligent Hub by clipping into part A. This sensor will help us stop at the finish line.

Dragster code program

In this section, you will walk through how to program the dragster to count down 3-2-1 and then take off at full throttle to achieve the fastest time...

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