Over 24 fun and challenging projects using the next generation of LEGO MINDSTORMS and the Java programming language LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is an incredible new kit for building and programming your own robotic inventions.Maximum Lego NXTexplores the new LEGO MINDSTORMS kit, giving readers a diverse set of projects, building tips, programming code, complete 3D rendered building instructions and hundreds of illustrations to help you realize your robotic dreams. Using Java, the most popular and easy to use programming language available, this book will give you months of entertainment and exploration. It introduces the new MINDSTORMS NXT kit, including the new intelligent NXT brick, Bluetooth, powerful new servo motors, the all new sound sensor, the light sensor that can detect color and brightness, the touch sensor for detecting when the robot bumps into objects, and the powerful new ultrasonic sensor that pings the environment like a bat.Maximum NXTincludes: Easy to follow instructions by the author ofCore LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming. Explores all available sensors and expansion products available for the NXT kit, including unique projects interfacing a video camera, cell phone, GPS enabled Bluetooth devices, and many more. An exciting collection of 24 complete projects, including a chess playing robot, an exoskeleton for your hand, a Mars Rover, a robotic arm you can control through the Internet, a 3D object scanner, team soccer robots and many more. Introduces 12 in-depth programming projects including navigation, mapping, precise robotic arm control, voice control and global localization.
Artificial Intelligence concepts including Vision analysis, Rodney Brooks' Subsumption Architecture, Reinforcement Learning, and Genetic Algorithms. Exciting projects that use third-party sensors like compass, acceleration/tilt sensor, and port expanders. A full chapter on building with the new LEGO stud-less brick paradigm. A complete tutorial on programming Java How to install a free development environment for leJOS NeXT, the Java Virtual Machine for the NXT Maximum LEGO NXT is the ultimate LEGO MINDSTORMS guide: Meet Your NXT Getting Started with leJOS Java for Primates The leJOS API Construction Techniques Bite into Bluetooth Robots with Vision Grabby Robots Balancing Robots Sound and the NXT Navigation Mapping GPS and Rough Terrain Exoskeletons Telepresence and the Internet Scanning AI Robotics Index and Appendices.