Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms Idea Book

By Joe Nagata

Book Overview

The LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System from LEGO combines LEGO bricks with a programmable component, making it easy to create real working robots at home. This fun and easy guide to using LEGO... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886411409
• ISBN13: 9781886411401
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: No Starch Pr
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A completely "user friendly" tutorial and "how to" guide

Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms Idea Book is a completely "user friendly" tutorial and "how to" guide book to making working robots. Profusely illustrated with more than 250 original CAD drawings and offering summaries of engineering principles and programming code, readers are easily able to understand how each robot works. Each robot building project includes a parts list as well as step-by-step instructions for their creation. Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms Idea Book is strongly recommended for anyone of any age or background who has ever watched an episode of "Robot Wars" and wanted to get in on the fun!

Not Quite 5 stars

This book is a very good resource for learning the mechanical aspects of Mindstorms robots. The book provides step-by-step detail for several robot creations, with a range of complexities.PROS: Detailed building plans and programs. Building tips to help you understand the principals behind the design. Joe Nagata: just go to his web site to see his LEGO creations and you'll know you're in good hands. Some really inventive creations, like the "water skater," a wheeled 'bot that propels itself using the same motion that a skater would use.CONS: You'll need more parts than come with the standard Mindstorms kit. The book doesn't seem to be laid out correctly -the instructions for the current frame are adjacent to the next frame. Once you figure it out, it's not a problem. Some of the models didn't work very well as built - this is actually a PRO if you like to learn by troubleshooting.

You need this book!

This is the book Lego Maniacs everywhere have been waiting for. It has very good robots, complete parts lists, and easy to follow plans. If you have been looking for additional building plans - now you have them!