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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 the geared robot

In this section, we will be building the following robot:

Figure 5.1

To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Take your LEGO BOOST Hub and insert six working AAA batteries into it before you start constructing your robot.

    Figure 5.2

  2. Take two 4x6 bricks and connect them to the top and bottom of the BOOST Hub:

    Figure 5.3

  3. Take two 2x5 plates and two 1x4 plates with knobs. Connect the 2x5 plates to the 4x6 brick. Then, connect the 1x4 plates with knobs to the back of the Hub, on both sides:

    Figure 5.4

  4. Take two 1x4 flat tiles and connect them to the 1x4 plates with knobs:

    Figure 5.5

  5. Take two 3M pegs and connect them to the last hole of the 4x6 brick, as shown here:

    Figure 5.6

  6. Take two 1x2 bricks with holes. Connect them to the recently connected 3M pegs:

    Figure 5.7

  7. Take two 4M cross axles and connect them to motor A and motor B.

    Figure 5.8

  8. Take two eight-teeth spur gears and connect them to the 4M cross axles...
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