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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 R2-D2 robot

Let's build the following robot:

Figure 8.3 – R2-D2 robot using the BOOST kit

We will use the following building instructions:

  1. Take your BOOST Hub. Ensure that the batteries are fully charged:

    Figure 8.4

  2. Take two 1x2 bricks with a horizontal snap and connect them to the BOOST Hub:

    Figure 8.5

  3. Take two 2x2 round plates and connect them to the back side of the BOOST Hub as shown in the following figure:

    Figure 8.6

  4. Now take two 1x6 bricks with a bow and two 1x11 Technic bricks. Connect them to the BOOST Hub, one above the other:

    Figure 8.7

  5. Take two 2x6 bricks with a bow, one 2M cross axle, and one 1x1 beam. Connect the 2x6 bricks with a bow to the 1x2 bricks and 2M cross axle in motor A of the BOOST Hub, then insert a 1x1 beam:

    Figure 8.8

  6. Take two 1x16 Technic bricks and connect them to the back side of the 2x6 brick with a bow, as shown in the following figure:

    Figure 8.9

  7. Take one 3M stopper axle and...
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