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Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:41:08 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Gordon Bentley writes:
> I have to disagree here. I have looked at all the current Mindstorms books
> and NONE of them are much use to the advanced user...
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> As I have been discovering, there is very little available for the
> "advanced" user. By advanced, I mean, they have a solid grounding in all the
> engineering, physics, and math as applied to robotics. And lots of practice
> applying it.
Some of the "advanced" (according to Gordon's definition) engineering,
physics, and math topics covered in "Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms":
Engineering Aside: Feedback
Engineering Aside: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Design
Engineering Aside: Break it Down
Engineering Aside: Statically Stable vs. Dynamically Stable
Engineering Aside: Form Follows Function
Engineering Aside: Pulse Width Modulation
Engineering Aside: Gear Ratios and Idlers
Engineering Aside: Trade-Offs
Scientific Aside: Gaining Strength with Gears
Scientific Aside: Friction
Scientific Aside: Torque
Scientific Aside: Momentum and Inertia
Mathematical Aside: Beam Geometry
Mathematical Aside: More Beam and Plate Geometry
Mathematical and Scientific Aside: Making Music
Mathematical Aside: Compound Gear Trains
Mathematical Aside: Gaining Speed with Gears
Mathematical Aside: Major Gear Ratios
There are also Programming and "LEGO" Asides, not listed here. And yes, there
is lots of practice applying it!
-Ben
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| (...) Ben, My point was, if I already know a lot about the sort of things you have listed, where do I go now to take it to the next level. I haven't found that the available books on Mindstorms do this. For example, some ideas on robot navigation (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I have to disagree here. I have looked at all the current Mindstorms books and NONE of them are much use to the advanced user. I have only been into Minstorms for 4 months, but everything in these books, I had either figured out for myself, or found (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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