Jonathan Knudsen

For me, a graphics novice, this was a very useful book. It explained the essentials of Java graphics clearly and straighforwardly. Alas, like a lot of older Java books, it is dated, and there are better ways to do many of the things discussed in the book.

Indeholder "Preface", "1. Welcome to MINDSTORMS", " What Is a Robot?", " Mobile Robots", " What Is MINDSTORMS?", " What Now?", " Online Resources", "2. Hank, the Bumper Tank", " About the Building Instructions", " Building Instructions", " A Simple Program", " Wheels", " Bumpers and Feelers", " Gears", " Multitasking", " Online Resources", "3. Trusty, a Line Follower", " Building Instructions", " Some Tricky Programming", " The Light Sensor", " Idler Wheels", " Using Two Light Sensors", " show more Online Resources", "4. Not Quite C", " A Quick Start", " RCX Software Architecture", " NQC Overview", " Trusty Revisited", " Online Resources", "5. Minerva, a Robot with an Arm", " Building Instructions", " Programming", " Directional Transmission", " Pulleys", " Mechanical Design", " Two Sensors, One Input", " Where Am I?", " Online Resources", "6. pbFORTH", " Replacement Firmware", " pbFORTH Overview", " About Forth", " pbFORTH Words", " An Expensive Thermometer", " Minerva Revisited", " Debugging", " Online Resources", "7. A Remote Control for Minerva", " Two Heads Are Better Than One", " The Allure of Telerobotics", " Building Instructions", " Programming the Remote Control", " Programming Minerva", " Online Resources", "8. Using Spirit.ocx with Visual Basic", " You May Already Have Visual Basic", " About Spirit.ocx", " Calling Spirit.ocx Functions", " Immediate and Delayed Gratification", " Programs, Tasks, and Subroutines", " Tips", " Retrieving the Datalog", " Online Resources", "9. RoboTag, a Game for Two Robots", " Building Instructions", " Subsumption Architecture", " Online Resources", "10. legOS", " About legOS", " Development Tools", " Hello, legOS", " Function Reference", " New Brains for Hank", " Development Tips", " Online Resources", "11. Make Your Own Sensors", " Mounting", " Passive Sensors", " Powered Sensors", " Touch Multiplexer", " Other Neat Ideas", " What About Actuators?", " Online Resources", "A. Finding Parts and Programming Environments", "B. A pbFORTH Downloader", "C. Future Directions", "Index".

Det her er til den gamle, dvs første version af Lego Mindsstorms robotten. En gul RCX kasse og almindelige lego knopper til at forbinde med. show less