- Lego Mindstorms has become extraordinarily popular among programmers and engineers - the APress audience. Publicity from the Mindstorms book alone is expected to create a large amount of interest in all APress titles. - O'Reilly expects to publish a book on Mindstorms in December 1999, but the APress book will be written by the most respected individual in the community: Dave Baum. Baum is the premier expert on Mindstorms and the author of the Mindstorm's programming language NQC.
Autorentext
Dave Baum is the creator of NQC, a powerful language for programming Mindstorms robot. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Baum is currently a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Motorola.
Klappentext
Introduced in the fall of 1998, LEGO (R) MINDSTORMS (TM) quickly became LEGOs'best-selling kit of all time - with the average age of buyers turning out to be 23! Given the toys capabilities, its not surprising that a whole generation of adults interested in robotics or programming is rediscovering LEGO (R) through MINDSTORMS (TM).
Although the Mindstorms (TM) kit includes basic instructions and sample robots, these are not comprehensive and do not adequately teach the principals of robotics. Without direction, inventing a robot from the ground-up can be a challenge. This book includes a wide variety of new robots, in-depth explanations for readers, and important theory behind the practice of building robots. In short, it provides all the information necessary to become a robotics expert using Mindstorms (TM).
Dave Baum is considered to be the premiere expert on Lego (R) Mindstorms (TM), since he has even developed NQC ("Not Quite C") that has become the language of choice for performing sophisticated programming with these robots.
Inhalt
Introduction 1. Getting Started 2. The RCX 3. Introduction to NQC 4. Construction 5. Tankbot 6. Bumpbot 7. Bugbot 8. Linebot 9. Dumpbot 10. Scanbot 11. Tribot 12. Onebot 13. Steerbot 14. Diffbot 15. Brick Sorter 16. Vending Machine 17. Communication 18. Using the Datalog