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Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime
Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime

Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime: Seven creative STEM robotic designs to challenge your mind

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Design Innovative Robots with LEGO SPIKE Prime

Chapter 2: Building an Industrial Robot Claw

Industrial robots have been around for a long time. In many cases, industrial robots are not the humanoid-looking robots we imagine when thinking of robots. Instead, many are robot claws that can do a wide variety of tasks, such as surgery, welding, assembly, painting, and more. In this chapter, you are going to build a robotic claw to pick up an object to better understand how these claws work and operate. In the following image, you can see what you will be building:

Figure 2.1 – A robotic claw

Figure 2.1 – A robotic claw

In this chapter, we will break down the build and program, as follows:

  • Building the base
  • Building the Intelligent Hub frame to move multidirectionally
  • Building the robot arm
  • Building the cargo
  • Writing the code
  • Making it your own

Technical requirements

For the building of the robot, all you will need is the SPIKE Prime kit. For programming, you will need the LEGO SPIKE application/software.

Access to the code can be found here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Design-Innovative-Robots-with-LEGO-SPIKE-Prime/blob/main/Chapter%202%20-%20Robot%20Arm%20Code%20.llsp.

You can find the code in action video for this chapter here: https://bit.ly/3xkt1Mj

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Key benefits

  • Get up and running with new parts not seen in previous LEGO kits
  • Gain deeper insights into non-compatible sensors and components that work with all prior LEGO components and third-party elements
  • Explore new features and experiment with new robot builds with LEGO's new coding platform

Description

The new LEGO SPIKE Prime is one of the latest additions to the LEGO robotics line of products. This book will help you to enjoy building robots and understand how exciting robotics can be in terms of design, coding, and the expression of ideas. The book begins by taking you through a new realm of playful learning experiences designed for inventors and creators of any age. In each chapter, you'll find out how to build a creative robot, learn to bring the robot to life through code, and finally work with exercises to test what you've learned and remix the robot to suit your own unique style. Throughout the chapters, you'll build exciting new smart robots such as a handheld game, a robotic arm with a joystick, a guitar, a flying bird, a sumobot, a dragster, and a Simon Says game. By the end of this LEGO book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills you need to build any robot that you can imagine.

Who is this book for?

This book is for robot enthusiasts, LEGO lovers, hobbyists, educators, students, and anyone looking to learn about the new LEGO SPIKE Prime kit. The book is designed to go beyond the basic builds to intermediate and advanced builds, while also helping you to learn how to add your own personal touch to the builds and code. To make the most of this book, you'll need a basic understanding of build techniques, coding in block-based software environments, and weaving them together to create unique robot builds.

What you will learn

  • Discover how the LEGO SPIKE Prime kit works, and explore its parts and the elements inside them
  • Build and design robots that go beyond basic robotic designs
  • Create interactive robots with the help of sensors
  • Explore real-world robots and learn how to build them by yourself
  • Find out challenging ways to remix build ideas with your own imagination and skills
  • Develop coding skills using the Scratch programming interface

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Table of Contents

8 Chapters
Chapter 1: Getting Started with SPIKE Prime Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Building an Industrial Robot Claw Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Building a LEGO Guitar Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Building a Mechanical Bird Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Building a Sumobot Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Building a Dragster Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Building a Simon Says Game Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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D. Apr 22, 2022
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I am planning to purchase this book for a teacher professional development workshop to be held in 2022. Building instructions and coding instructions were complete and comprehensive, and models functioned as intended. A few of the builds did not seem to have a quick response time, so having a group of teachers work with the Spike Prime kit to build and code will refine use and perceptions.
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Denise Wright Apr 11, 2022
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I have used "Design Innovative Robots with Lego Spike Prime" in my classroom especially since we are new to the Lego Spike Prime ! The book gives fun ideas on how to integrate the Prime into your classroom. I highly recommend this book since it is a great tool to innovate your classroom. Outstanding, worth purchasing for your STEM library. Denise Wright, STEM Teacher, Myrtle Beach SC
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Chris Cartellone Apr 06, 2022
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As I read Aaron's book, I realized I felt like I was having a conversation with a friend, not a tech expert. I'm not super tech-savvy and his book lays everything out so nicely, from photos to easy to follow descriptions, anyone can build and get creative with his help. I feel like this book is for anyone interested in learning and growing their lego creativity more, from young kids to adults, everyone can read, build, and have some fun. I highly recommend Aaron's book for any robotics class, for any robotics teachers, and for STEM teachers as you will see your students creative juices grow!
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Emma Folland Apr 14, 2022
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As a teacher who is new to computer science, I found this book very easy to use. This book really helped support the lessons we were doing at the middle school level!
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