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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

Adding the aesthetic details

Alright, you are closing in on this build. It is time to add the details that will make the robot feel more like a robotic Plankton!

Let’s get started by locating the following pieces:

  • Eight blue connector pins
  • Six black connector pins
  • Four teal 5L beams
  • Four teal 3L beams
  • Two teal 3x5 L beams
  • Two teal 2x4 L beams

Here is a visual of the parts needed for this section:

Figure 10.1 – Laying out parts to bring Plankton to life

Start with the main build and turn to the side of the Intelligent Hub. Add one black connector pin and one 3x5 L beam to each side of the Intelligent Hub:

Figure 10.2 – 3x5 L beams added to the side of the Intelligent Hub

Next, add four blue connector pins along the black open frame attached to the front of the Intelligent Hub, leaving the 2L side of the pin exposed:

Figure 10.3 – Blue axle pins added...

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