Description
- Design Considerations
- Chassis Design
- Going Straight
- Consistent Turning
- Line Following and Detection
- Squaring Up
- Collision Detection
- Passive Attachments
- Power Attachments
- Pneumatics
- Master Programs
- Program Management
- Documentation and Presentation
- Appendix A: Building DemoBot
Author: James Jeffrey Trobaugh
Publisher: Apress
Published: 06/11/2017
Pages: 263
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781484221044
ISBN10: 1484221044
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Robotics
- Computers | Programming | General
- Computers | Hardware | General
About the Author
James J. Trobaugh is an experienced coach and leader in the FIRST LEGO League. He is author of the acclaimed book Winning Design!, focusing on the physical aspects of LEGO MINDSTORMS robot design. He has been involved with the FIRST LEGO League since 2004 as coach for Team Super Awesome, and as a technical judge at the LEGO World Festival. He is also the FIRST LEGO League Director of the Forsyth Alliance in Forsyth County, Georgia. James started out as a LEGO hobbyist by founding the North Georgia LEGO Train Club in 1998, and has found in LEGO robotics a natural blending of his LEGO hobby and his day job as a software architect. An added bonus is the joy of sharing his love of technology not only with his own children, but with kids in general.
James J. Trobaugh has a degree in Computer Science and has been working as a software architect for 26 years. He lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area with his two children, Ian and Amy.James has been involved with FIRST LEGO League since 2004 as a coach for TeamSuper Awesome and as a technical judge at the LEGO World Festival. He was also the FLL director of the Forsyth Alliance in Forsyth County Georgia.
James started out as a LEGO hobbyist by founding the North Georgia LEGO Train Club in 1998 and has found that LEGO robotics is a natural blending of his LEGO hobby and his day job as a software architect. The added bonus is the joy of getting to share his love of technology not only with his own children but with kids in general.