Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor: Learn to play with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Inventor kit and build creative robots

Hello everyone,

I have been rather quiet on this blog, my podcast, social media, and basically just all around. There are a lot of reasons for the pause, but one of the main reasons is that for the past 10 months I have been working on a project that has always been a dream and bucketlist item of mine – to write a book.

Back in 2020 I was approached by Packt to see if I would be interested in a writing a book on the new LEGO robotics kit, MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor(51515) 

I was beyond honored and excited, but kept all the news to myself and my family as I also questioned if I was qualified enough for the task(darn self doubt). I agreed without having the kit or the kit even being available for purchase. Fast forward to today where I am finally comfortable and excited to announce that the book is a real thing and going to be available to the world May 11th.

You can find the book here on Amazon by following this link: Please click here

I also did a short interview with Packt as well

There are many more details to come about the book, the content, the journey, and being brave enough to put your ideas out into the world. There will be some new things showing up on this site as well.

Today I am simply taking one step forward to tell the world the book is a thing. It is happening. I am excited and nervous for the world to see the ideas that I have created.

Feel free to check out the book, preorder, and reach out with any questions or things you want to discuss.

This journey has been challenging, incredible, and has pushed me beyond my comfort zones in many ways, but I have grown in leaps and bounds.

Check out the book and all of its 487 pages of robot goodness. Here is a short chapter description of what I have created.

I look forward to networking, discussing, and learning from so many of you will join in the next steps of learning.

• Chapter 1, History of MINDSTORMS, focuses on a very brief and quick history of the

  LEGO MINDSTORMS timeline. This chapter serves as information and context for this

  new MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Kit 51515. It provides a backdrop of how we have

  arrived at this new kit.

• Chapter 2, Getting Started with the Robot Inventor Kit, is focused on getting familiar with

  the various parts and components available in the LEGO Robot Inventor Kit and finishes

  with a small build to explore the basics of the kit.

• Chapter 3, Building an Industrial Robot Claw, is focused on how the user can use different

  components available in the Robot Inventor Kit to build a working model of a robotic

  arm.

• Chapter 4, Building a LEGO Guitar, is focused on combining robotics and music by using

  the Robot Inventor Kit to make a guitar that is playable and codable to our unique needs

  and musical tastes.

• Chapter 5, Building a Scorpion, is focused on how to build a scorpion robot designed

  around the famous features of this creature. In particular, you will be building the stinger

  and a body style similar to a scorpion along with some additional features that the kit

  provides.

• Chapter 6, Building a Solid Sumobot, is focused on how to build a sumobot that will

  endure battle in a sumo arena while utilizing sensors to be more effective in a strategy

  designed for success.

• Chapter 7, Building a Dragster, is focused on how to build a dragster to see how it turns

  out in terms of speed and design.

• Chapter 8, Building an Egg and Ornament Decorator, is focused on building a robot that

  will spin around objects such as eggs or ornaments for you to be able to design patterns

  using markers and other art materials.

• Chapter 9, Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants Part 1, is focused on building

  the main component of Plankton for the robot to showcase animatronics.

• Chapter 10, Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants Part 2, is focused on building

  the rest of Plankton by adding the final details to the build and programming the robot to be interactive.