Exploring Lego Mindstorms Ev3: Tools and Techniques for Building and Programming Robots

Exploring Lego Mindstorms Ev3: Tools and Techniques for Building and Programming Robots

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  • Create Date：2021-04-29 07:55:12
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：E.J. Park
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The essential guide to building and programming LEGO EV3 interactive robots

Exploring LEGO Mindstorms: Tools and Techniques for Building and Programming Robots is the complete guide to getting the most out of your LEGO Mindstorms EV3。 Written for hobbyists， young builders， and master builders alike， the book walks you through fundamentals of robot design， construction， and programming using the Mindstorms apparatus and LEGO TECHNIC parts。 Tap into your creativity with brainstorming techniques， or follow the plans and blueprints provided on the companion website to complete projects ranging from beginner to advanced。

The book begins with the basics of the software and EV3 features then lets you get to work quickly by using projects of increasing complexity to illustrate the topics at hand。 Plenty of examples are provided throughout every step of the process， and the companion website features a blog where you can gain the insight and advice of other users。 Exploring LEGO Mindstorms contains building and programming challenges written by a recognized authority in LEGO robotics curriculum， and is designed to teach you the fundamentals rather than have you follow a recipe。

Get started with robot programming with the starter vehicle， Auto-Driver Explore the features of the EV3 brick， a programmable brick Design robot's actions using Action Blocks Incorporate environmental sensors using Infrared， Touch， and Color sensors Expand the use of data in your program by using data wires with Sensor Blocks Process data from the sensors using Data Operations Blocks Using Bluetooth and WiFi with EV3 Build unique EV3 robots that each presents different functions: the Spy Rabbit， a robot that can react to its surroundings; a Sea Turtle robot， Mr。 Turto; the Big Belly Bot， a robot that eats and poops; and a Robotic Puppy Guapo Discover ideas and practices that will help you to develop your own method of designing and programming EV3 robots The book also provides extensive programming guidance， from the very basics of block programming through data wiring。 You'll learn robotics skills to help with your own creations， and can likely ignite a lasting passion for innovation。 Exploring LEGO Mindstorms is the key to unlocking your EV3 potential。

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BCS ，

The Lego Mindstorms EV3 is Lego’s latest incarnation of the Lego robot building set。 Programming is achieved at two levels - low level programming with languages like C， or the more common approach involving the use of Lego’s supplied icon-based programming language。 Instructions are typically ‘programmed’ on a controller， such as a Windows laptop or Mac， and then downloaded to the robot。 In this book the author expands on the icon-based programming approach。The author introduces the reader to t The Lego Mindstorms EV3 is Lego’s latest incarnation of the Lego robot building set。 Programming is achieved at two levels - low level programming with languages like C， or the more common approach involving the use of Lego’s supplied icon-based programming language。 Instructions are typically ‘programmed’ on a controller， such as a Windows laptop or Mac， and then downloaded to the robot。 In this book the author expands on the icon-based programming approach。The author introduces the reader to the Lego robot kit and some basic programming structures and， once this foundation is complete， moves on to the icon-based programming language， demonstrated on a relatively simple Lego robot。 The icon programs are described clearly and in some detail， with practical examples throughout to reinforce the learning。 Fortunately all of the examples are available for download and work as described。The author then builds on this to present some further Lego robot building projects， including the robot that eats and poops！ Each project reinforces and expands on the earlier learning， such as how to use the various sensors and motors， and how to program using variables and logic operations on data。The final chapter provides some tips on how to create your own robot， again illustrated by an example robot - in this case ‘Guapo’， the robotic dog。The book is easy to follow for readers of most ages。 My only criticism of the book is that the lack of colour and print quality of photographs make it extremely difficult at times to follow the instructions for constructing the robots - Lego’s own construction instructions are far superior。 Perhaps some downloadable colour instructions should be provided to accompany the book。Reviewed by Mehmet Hurer BSc （Hons） MBCS CITP CEng 。。。more

Andy Milluzzi ，

Exploring LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Tools and Techniques for Building and Programming Robots is a fun book。 I love the various bots。 Animals have always been popular in the MINDSTORMS community and this books introduces a bunny （as seen on the cover）， a turtle， and a couple others。 Each has their own special attribute and it is certainly fun to bring them to life！As I said， Park does an excellent job of creating fun robots， but these are more complex to build。 There are two things that make these bots Exploring LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Tools and Techniques for Building and Programming Robots is a fun book。 I love the various bots。 Animals have always been popular in the MINDSTORMS community and this books introduces a bunny （as seen on the cover）， a turtle， and a couple others。 Each has their own special attribute and it is certainly fun to bring them to life！As I said， Park does an excellent job of creating fun robots， but these are more complex to build。 There are two things that make these bots more difficult。 The first is lack of color images， but I will touch on that later。 The second is that use new building techniques and more parts than many other models。 I see this as a good and a bad。 If you make it though building each bot in the EV3 software， then it is certainly something you would enjoy。 You will learn some new ways to construct bots。 Best of all， you will create a robot that is just cool to play with。 If you are picking up this book before building an EV3 bot， then you might have some trouble。Where Park really shines is in the programming。 This book is more technical: how to use motors and sensors。 Park goes into great detail on programming walks you through creating some very cool code。 Aside from the black and white images， the programming and explanation is pretty easy to follow。 Park does a good job of creating a bot that is exciting and fun to program， but still leaves it open ended to add more。 The detail given to how the various motors and sensors function， make this an excellent reference for anyone new to MINDSTORMS。Exploring LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Tools and Techniques for Building and Programming Robots is a bit strange in that I loved the content， but hated the physical book。 To put it simply， the physical book is in black and white。 This makes following along （especially building instructions） extremely difficult。 The lack of color images probably has less of an effect on the programming images， but it would still make the programming a bit easier to follow。 A color version of this book would go a long way and enable the author to do so much more。 Hopefully Wiley will release one in the future as it is the most glaring handicap on an otherwise great book。Overall I would recommend this book for the programming guidance， but until Wiley releases a color version （maybe in an ebook？） I wouldn't suggest this for first time builders。 If you have been around MINDSTORMS a bit and looking to expand knowledge in programming， then this might be a good book for you。 。。。more

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