The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book

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collecting the equipment for your robot

In Chapters 2 through 5, you’ll create a working robot that can move around a room by itself. But before you start building this robot, you need to determine what you need. There have been various versions of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sets in the past, but all the robot models in this book require only one LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 kit (LEGO catalog #8547). If you have this kit, shown in Figure 1-1, you’re ready to go. If you have a different version of the NXT system and you would still like to use this book, visit the companion website (http://www.discovery.laurensvalk.com/) for suggestions on how to find the pieces that you’ll need in order to complete the projects in this book.

what’s in the box

The LEGO ...