10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms: Dark Side Robots, Transports, and Creatures: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour

LEGO MINDSTORMS let you design and program robots that can do just about anything!
The Dark Side Developer's Kit is targeted towards the young or novice LEGO MINDSTORMS designer, age 9 and up, although experienced MINDSTORMS fans will appreciate the unique possibilities offered by this kit as well. The Dark Side Developer's Kit includes special MINDSTORMS pieces that allow the user to create a host of Star Wars themed robots, creatures, and vehicles. It also comes with the Micro Scout, a mini-computer with 7 built-in programs, a motor, and a light sensor that brings the MINDSTORMS creations to life with a minimum of effort.

10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORMS Dark Side Robots, Transports, and Creatures: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour provides step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations for users of all skill levels and proficiencies.

A blend of the hugely popular LEGO and STAR WARS lines. Appealing to fans of both, this book will allow readers to build unique creations using the special parts found in the "LEGO MINDSTORMS: Dark Side Developer's Kit" that mimic the robots, vehicles and creatures found in the STAR WARS movies.
From out of the box to up and running in less than an hour. This book teaches users how to create 10 amazing projects, each in under an hour.
8-page color insert. An eight-page color insert illustrates the complete projects in full-detail.

Hideaki Yabuki works as a Media Activist promoting new technologies to the next generation. To him, robotics is the most important of these technologies. He was first introduced to LEGO robots in 1985 by a friend of his who had recently returned from the MIT Media Lab with some LEGO Dacta products. His robot in this book, the Scorpion, is the result of much trial and error on his part. Kevin Clague graduated in 1983 from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Engineering. For the past 18 years, Kevin has worked as a Diagnostic Engineer at the Amdahl Corporation. For the last two years, he has also acted as a Senior Staff Engineer doing verification work at Sun Microsystems on their Ultra-Sparc V RISC processor. Kevin has two major hobbies: theatrical lighting and LEGO Mindstorms. Kevin has been playing with the RIS 1.5 for several years now and is currently working on LPub, an application to revolutionize the world of creating online! LEGO building instructions. Miguel Agullo was born in Spain but has lived abroad for long periods of time, from the Far East to South America, from central Europe to the U.S. His wide range of interests is responsible for his work in such diverse industries as finance, media, aeronautics, and antique trading.His building interests revolve around robotics, and specifically biomechanics: creating mechanisms that mimic the behavior of natural devices such as legs or arms. His creations include biped walkers, robots that jump, and a fully functional (including a brake!) LEGO motorcycle. Søren Rolighed is a data warehouse consultant, working on building and maintaining databases for telco-data in the largest data warehouse in Denmark. Like almost all Danish kids, he started playing with LEGO at an early age. As an adult he has continued with his passion for LEGOs, and the introduction of the LEGO Technics and LEGO Mindstorms kits opened up a whole new world of possibilities! J.P. Brown is a Consultant Environmental Conservator who has worked on such historical sites as Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA and George Washington's mansion, Mount Vernon, VA. He first became interested in LEGO Mindstorms in July 1999, but his interest did not really take off until he discovered Dave Baum's Not Quite C (NQC) programming environment for the RCX brick later that year. He quickly became involved as a moderator for LEGO Mindstorms forums on the Web, and was later selected by LEGO as a preview builder for the Mindstorms Vision Command. His robot, Biped II, won the February 2001 Mindstorms Hall of Fame, Special Competition, but he is perhaps best known for his Rubik's Cube solving robot, CubeSolver, which was featured in the New York Times in October 2001 and other papers around the world.