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Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST

You're reading from  Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST

Product type Book
Published in Nov 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801075572
Pages 428 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Ashwin Shah Ashwin Shah
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to the LEGO BOOST Kit Chapter 2: Building Your First BOOST Robot – Tabletop Fan Chapter 3: Moving Forward/Backward Without Wheels Chapter 4: LEGO BOOST Rover Chapter 5: Getting into Gear – My First Geared Robot Chapter 6: Building a Forklift Chapter 7: Building a Helicopter Chapter 8: Building R2-D2 Chapter 9: Building an Automatic Entrance Door Chapter 10: Building a Candy Dispenser Robot Chapter 11: Building a Color-Sorter Conveyor Belt Chapter 12: Building a BOOST Racing Car Chapter 13: Final Challenge Bonus Chapters
Chapter 14: The Grabbing Robot Chapter 15: Obstacle Avoidance Robot Chapter 16: The BOOST Humanoid Chapter 17: The Moon Rover Other Books You May Enjoy

Time for a challenge

Challenge #1

Again, place your forklift robot and the load base at their initial positions. Place a small book of your choice on this load. Also, keep one TV/AC remote or a compass handy. Now, program your robot to do the following:

  1. Pick up the load base with the book from its initial position and drop it at point A.
  2. Place the remote control of your TV/AC or your compass on the load base and drop it at point B.
  3. Now, program your robot to return to its base.

You will need the following setup for this challenge:

Figure 6.60

Let's try another interesting challenge.

Challenge #2

Can you find out what is the maximum load that your forklift can pick up? ______ kg.

Did you know that you can only pick up and drop stable loads such as boxes with this forklift? Try lifting a water bottle with this forklift and place it somewhere else. Your bottle will fall. We will look at this in more detail in the next chapter...

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