Overview
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Get a LEGO robotics kit? It's time to open the box! Learn how to build a robot with LEGO Mindstorms.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- Using the exercise files
- Install Mindstorms on Windows
- Install Mindstorms on Mac
- Explore the Mindstorms Lobby
- The EV3 brick is the brains
- Motors and sensors
- IR sensors
- Navigate the EV3 brick UI
- Explore the programming interface
- Explore the palettes and blocks
- Connect to the EV3 brick
- Explore the hardware page
- Download and run a program
- Data flow execution
- Program your robot to move
- Coordinate the motors to drive
- Measure a motor's movement
- Feel the environment
- Sense the light
- Calibrate the Light Sensor
- Locate objects and beacons with infrared light
- Use data wires to transfer data
- Variables
- Switch cases
- Switch with a threshold value
- Looping actions
- Follow a line
- Content editor
- Project properties
- Errors and warnings
- Debug unexpected behavior
- Create and edit sound files
- Create and edit image files
- Create custom blocks
- Update EV3 brick firmware
- Next steps
