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So, I've been coaching this FLL team for a while now, and also watching
my 9 year old daughter's use of Mindstorms and Technic and a book idea
has been forming in my head. I'm wondering if anyone else is already
working
on such a book, in which case I could:
1. Offer to collaborate
- or -
2. Back off and wait for it to come out (Lord knows I have enough to
keep me busy!)
So! What I'm thinking about is a child-directed guide to Technic and
Mindstorms, similar
to Dave Baum's book, but assuming less prior knowledge and using either RCX
code or
ROBOLAB for all examples, in addition to a text-based language like NQC.
Target kids in the 8-16 age range. Loosely:
Engineering with Technic:
Simplifications of The Art of LEGO Design, with more examples and
exposition, especially
w.r.t. gears
More "Cliche's:
Methods of steering
Touch Bumpers
Light sensor mounting
Common uses for various elements, especially some of the elements in
the RIS
Programming Concepts
Loops
Decisions
Hysteresis
Tasks
Sublimation
Robotic problem solving
Partitioning the problem
Simplifying
Examples, from problem to solution, with encouragement to try for
oneself before reading
further, kind of in the same style as "Thinking Mathematically".
What do people think? Is anyone working on such a book?
-Peter
FLL Team #1096: The Unibots Coach
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| I have just finished this EXACT book, so I'm sorry, but its a little too late to collaborate. :) And although the audience is broader than the other books, i certainly have not left adults out, as there are plenty of advanced concepts in the book as (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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