The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming-Terry Griffin (2010)(278s).pdf

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The book’s programs work with one general-purpose test
In The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming,
robot that you’ll build in Chapter 3.
author and experienced software engineer Terry Griffin
Whether you’re a young robotics enthusiast, an adult
explains how to program MINDSTORMS robots with NXT-G.
working with children to learn robotics, a parent, a FIRST
You’ll learn how to work with the core parts of the NXT-G s
LEGO League coach, or a teacher using NXT in the class-
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language, such as blocks, data wires, files, and variables, and
room, this is plete guide to NXT-G that you’ve been
see how these pieces can work together. You’ll also learn nxt-
looking for.
good programming practices, bad habits to avoid, and useful
debugging strategies. about the author
As you follow along with the book’s extensive instruc-
Terry Griffin has been a software engineer for over 20 years, G
tions and explanations, you’ll learn exactly how NXT-G works
spending most of his time creating software for controlling
and how to: p
various types of machines. He works for Carl Zeiss SMT
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N Write custom programs that make your robots appear to on the Orion Helium Ion Microscope, programming the
think and respond to mands user interface and high-level control software. He lives in
N Design, create, and debug large programs Massachusetts with his wife, Liz, a middle school m