The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms Robots (Paperback)

1. Welcome to MINDSTORMS
What Is a Robot?
Mobile Robots
What Is MINDSTORMS?
What Now?
Online Resources

2. Hank, the Bumper Tank
About the Building Instructions
Building Instructions
A Simple Program
Wheels
Bumpers and Feelers
Gears
Multitasking
Online Resources

3. Trusty, a Line Follower
Building Instructions
Some Tricky Programming
The Light Sensor
Idler Wheels
Using Two Light Sensors
Online Resources

4. Not Quite C
A Quick Start
RCX Software Architecture
NQC Overview
Trusty Revisited
Online Resources

5. Minerva, a Robot with an Arm
Building Instructions
Programming
Directional Transmission
Pulleys
Mechanical Design
Two Sensors, One Input
Where Am I?
Online Resources

6. pbFORTH
Replacement Firmware
pbFORTH Overview
About Forth
pbFORTH Words
An Expensive Thermometer
Minerva Revisited
Debugging
Online Resources

7. A Remote Control for Minerva
Two Heads Are Better Than One
The Allure of Telerobotics
Building Instructions
Programming the Remote Control
Programming Minerva
Online Resources

8. Using Spirit.ocx with Visual Basic
You May Already Have Visual Basic
About Spirit.ocx
Calling Spirit.ocx Functions
Immediate and Delayed Gratif ication
Programs, Tasks, and Subroutines
Tips
Retrieving the Datalog
Online Resources

9. RoboTag, a Game for Two Robots
Building Instructions
Subsumption Architecture
Online Resources

10. legOS
About legOS
Development Tools
Hello, legOS
Function Reference
New Brains for Hank
Development Tips
Online Resources

11. Make Your Own Sensors
Mounting
Passive Sensors
Powered Sensors
Touch Multiplexer
Other Neat Ideas
What About Actuators?
Online Resources

A. Finding Parts and Programming Environments

B. A pbFORTH Downloader

C. Future Directions