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Re: Review: " The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MindStorms Robots"
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 24 Nov 1999 02:01:32 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Robert G. Fay writes:
> I was given a book called "The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MindStorms
> Robots".
> The book is published by O'Reilly and authored by Jonathan B. Knudsen.
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> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lmstorms/ (click on "Book serialization")
>
> As I started to make my way through the introduction and the Index, I was
> impressed with the wealth of information being presented.
> My first thought was "this book should have a disk with it." Quickly I
> discovered that there was direction to a URL where I could download a zip
> file that contained all the programs that were used as examples. That was a
> great relief as I really hate to type programs.
> Then I jumped into my favorite part, building the robots. I had a
> little trouble adjusting to the black and white photos, but I found them to
> be clear and easily viewed for construction purposes. As usual, I started at
> the back of the book and built "Minerva". Minerva is a three wheel robot
> that seeks a dark brick or hockey puck, picks it up, turns around and
> deposits it an equal distance from Minervas' starting point. Minerva uses
> some very clever gearing to perform maneuvers with only two motors. I have
> always used the RIS programming. so I was very impressed with the chapter on
> NQC. I had always heard that many things could be accomplished with NQC
> programming and Minerva was a great opportunity to see new tasks in action.
> There are two other robots to build and program. Additional chapters
> deal with additional complexities to hone further programming skills.
> Chapters also cover Visual Basic, LegOS, and pb FORTH. There are chapters
> about making your own sensors and using an additional RCX for robot games.
> Every chapter has a list of URL's for resources available on the net.
> This book brought back the excitement I felt when I first worked with
> the MindStorms set. I have spent many hours with it and I still have much to
> learn from the books content.
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>
> --
> Bob Fay
> rfay@we.mediaone.net
>
> The Shop
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
I've had this book for about a month, and it's starting to look like I've had
it for years. This really helped me get off my duff and start building, rather
than sit there 'planning' (ie, dreaming) about what I was *going* to build.
I'll also throw the Official Cheese (o0) Stamp of Approval on this book.
Here's a little shnippet Bob left out:
1st Edition October 1999
1-56592-692-7, Order Number: 6927
300 pages (est.), $24.95
-Cheese, who's friends are cut and paste.
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