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Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor

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Product type Book

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800568402

Pages 438 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Aaron Maurer

Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: History of Mindstorms

2. Chapter 2: Getting Started with the Robot Inventor Kit

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

Chapter 10: Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants – Part 2

In the previous chapter, you built Plankton’s frame. The major components, frame, and sensor have all been installed. What comes next is adding additional elements to make the robot look more like Plankton and write code to bring it to life.

In this chapter, we will continue to develop the robot by doing the following:

Adding final details to give the appearance of Plankton
Programming the robot to be interactive

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Authors (1)

Aaron Maurer

Aaron Maurer, also known as “Coffeechug” is the STEM lead for 21 school districts in Iowa helping to expand STEM, Computer Science, Makerspace, and Purposeful Play into classrooms K-12. Aaron is also a former FIRST LEGO League coach for 8 years with much success working with phenomenal kids. He has a Master Educator License with endorsements in 5-12 Psychology – 163; 5-12 World History – 166; 5-12 American History – 158; 5-12 Computer Science – 278; PK-12 Talented and Gifted – 107; 5-8 Middle School Generalist – 182; and K-8 Computer Science – 277. Currently, Aaron is a member of ISTE Making It Happen Award; Lego Education Ambassador and Master Educator; PBS Digital Innovator and All-Star; PITSCO Tag Committee; Microsoft Innovator Educator Expert; Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow; Global Learning Mentor (formerly Skype Master Teacher); Minecraft Global Mentor; and Makey Makey Ambassador. Finally, Aaron was a finalist for the Iowa Teacher of the Year in 2014.

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