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| Preface | |
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| The right stuff: do you have what it takes to build "living" robots? | |
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| The starting point | |
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| Some parts are recommended, not required | |
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| The education resource set-recommended for everyone | |
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| Hassenpins-an NXT favorite | |
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| 3 x 5 L shape with quarter ellipse beams | |
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| Where to find parts | |
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| Peeron | |
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| Pick-a-brick | |
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| TECHNIC accessories | |
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| Companion website | |
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| The zookeeper's guide: what you need to know to create the animals in the NXT zoo | |
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| Coast vs. brake | |
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| Direction | |
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| Downloading a program from your computer to the NXT brick | |
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| Changing inches to centimeters | |
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| My blocks | |
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| Pins | |
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| Port selection | |
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| Power settings | |
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| Hip-hoppers: an NXT frog and rabbit | |
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| Ribbit: an NXT frog | |
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| Building ribbit | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Bunny: an NXT rabbit | |
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| Building bunny | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Programming ribbit and bunny | |
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| Hopping program #1: Random hopping | |
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| Hopping program #2: Create your own pattern | |
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| Sandy: an NXT camel | |
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| Building sandy | |
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| Legs (build four) | |
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| Full assembly | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Programming sandy | |
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| My block: camelwalk | |
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| The main program | |
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| Spiderbot: an NXT spider | |
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| Building spiderbot | |
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| Pause now to test your robot's legs | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Programming spiderbot | |
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| Snout: an NXT 'gator | |
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| Building snout | |
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| Base | |
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| Back feet (build two) | |
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| Head | |
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| Left leg | |
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| Right leg | |
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| Tail | |
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| Full assembly | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Programming snout | |
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| Gator_walk | |
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| Gator_mouth | |
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| The main program | |
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| LEGOsaurus: an NXT dinosaur | |
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| Building LEGOsaurus | |
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| Base | |
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| Legs (build four) | |
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| Armor | |
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| Full assembly | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Need some help troubleshooting this robot? | |
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| Programming LEGOsaurus | |
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| Pygmy: an NXT elephant | |
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| Building pygmy | |
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| Base | |
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| Head | |
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| Legs (build four) | |
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| Trunk | |
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| Full assembly | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Programming pygmy | |
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| My block: elephant | |
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| The main program | |
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| Polecat: an NXT skunk | |
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| Building polecat | |
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| Body | |
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| Head | |
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| Tail | |
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| Full assembly | |
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| Connecting the cannon trigger | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Programming polecat | |
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| My block: Tail | |
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| The main program | |
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| Final program with multiple runs | |
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| Strutter: an NXT peacock | |
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| Building strutter | |
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| Front wheel (build two) | |
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| Left wing | |
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| Right wing | |
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| Full assembly | |
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| A pulley system for the wings #1 | |
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| A pulley system for the wings #2 | |
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| Wiring connections | |
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| Troubleshooting tip | |
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| Programming strutter | |
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| Shake | |
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| ShakePlus | |
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| The whole program | |
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| Enrichment ideas for teachers | |
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| Ultrasound | |
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| Mathematical calculations in NXT-G programming | |
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| Simple machines | |
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| Ideas for investigation | |
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| What is the best leg length for your robot? | |
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| How does leg design affect the center of gravity? | |
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| How does the method of programming a robotic turn affect the result? | |
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| How can you make a specific robot go exactly where you want it to go? | |
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| How does weight distribution affect function? | |
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| How can we accurately program a turn in a specific walking robot? | |
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| Which string is best for use on pulleys in robots such as pygmy and strutter? | |
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| Using your findings | |
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| The arts | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Are your gears grinding and pulling the robot apart? | |
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| What if your robot walks in place, instead of moving forward? | |
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| Does your robot seem to be ignoring your programming directions? | |
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| Whatever you do... | |
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| Web resources for the NXT | |
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| Index | |