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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 a helicopter

In this chapter, we will be building the following helicopter:

Figure 7.2

Follow these steps to build the helicopter:

  1. Take your BOOST Hub and ensure that its batteries are fully charged.

    Figure 7.3

  2. Take two wing sections and connect them to the BOOST Hub.

    Figure 7.4

  3. Take two 2x4 plates and one 4x6 brick. Connect them to the BOOST Hub, as shown in the following figure:

    Figure 7.5

  4. Now, take one blue flat tile, one yellow flat tile, two 2x4 red plates, and two 2x4 orange plates. Connect the blue and yellow tiles to the BOOST Hub, connect the 2x4 red plate to the recently attached 2x4 orange plate, and then connect the 2x4 orange plate to the 4x6 brick.

    Figure 7.6

  5. Take one 3M axle and connect it to motor A of the BOOST Hub.

    Figure 7.7

  6. Take one 3M stopper axle, one connector peg, and one 1x8 Technic brick. Connect the 3M stopper axle to the 1x8 Technic brick and then attach the Technic brick to the 3M axle with the connector...
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