Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming: Unleash the Power of the Java Platform, 1/e - Softcover

Bagnall, Brian

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9780130093646: Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming: Unleash the Power of the Java Platform, 1/e

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ISBN 10: 0130093645 ISBN 13: 9780130093646

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

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LEGO Mindstorms robots can do more than you ever imagined! The secret: go beyond the built-in tools and leverage the power of Java. In Core LEGO Mindstorms, author Brian Bagnall shows you how, step by step. Working from beautifully rendered 3-D plans and photographs, you'll construct five unique robots. You'll master advanced proximity and compass sensors, even master MIT's new breakthrough in robotics: behavior control programming.

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Complete 3-D plans for building five unique robots
Advanced control techniques—including distance and compass sensors
Behavior control programming, the breakthrough methodology invented at MIT
For LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System, versions 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0

Your LEGO Mindstorms robots can do more than you ever imagined. The secret: go beyond the built-in tools, and leverage the power of the Java platform—the world's hottest programming technology.

Core LEGO Mindstorms shows you how, step by step. Working from beautifully rendered 3-D plans, you'll construct five unique robots-each capable of increasingly powerful navigation. You'll build and program two powerful custom sensors-an accurate distance sensor and the "Holy Grail" of navigation sensors: the compass sensor.

Brian Bagnall, co-creator of the leJOS Java Virtual Machine for LEGO Mindstorms, starts with the absolute basics then teaches you sophisticated, never-before-published techniques for controlling LEGO Mindstorms robots. No matter what version of LEGO Mindstorms you own, this book will teach you how to build robots with remarkable intelligence and amazing power.

Installing leJOS, the Java Virtual Machine designed for the LEGO Mindstorms RCX programmable controller
Setting up your Java platform development environment for LEGO Mindstorms
Programming rotation and custom sensors
Using behavior control programming, the biologically inspired MIT breakthrough in robot control
New techniques for improving navigation accuracy
Gathering map data and transmitting it back to your computer
For LEGO Mindstorms RIS versions 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0—including USB versions

About the Author:

BRIAN BAGNALL is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Developer and co-author of the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Study Guide. He is a key programmer of leJOS, a Java SDK for Lego Mindstorms. Bagnall also develops distributed processing solutions for businesses with supercomputing requirements and has worked for IBM and other leading computer companies.

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