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

I did it! A bucket list dream goal of mine has been accomplished. I wrote a book for Packt  on the new LEGO robotics kit, MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor(51515) 

 

Feel free to check out the book, preorder(please!), and reach out with any questions or things you want to discuss. I am open to podcasts, interviews, virtual meetings, etc.

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.

The book is a real thing and is going to be available to the world May 7th.

I also did a short interview with Packt as well

The book focuses on the latest robot kit the Robt Inventor kit.

 

Here is a short chapter description for each of the 10 chapters in the book

  • 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 usingthe 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 designedaround 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 willendure 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 turnsout in terms of speed and design.

  • Chapter 8, Building an Egg and Ornament Decorator, is focused on building a robot thatwill 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 buildingthe main component of Plankton for the robot to showcase animatronics.
  • Chapter 10, Creating Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants Part 2, is focused on buildingthe rest of Plankton by adding the final details to the build and programming the robot to be interactive.