As a book that applies the versatile Java platform to the Lego NXT kit, this project guide is a course in building and programming powerful robots. It provides instructions which moves from basic to sophisticated, providing cross-education in robotics, mechanical engineering, and Java programming.



Over two dozen fun and challenging projects using the next generation of LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ and the Java™ programming language
LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ NXT is an incredible new kit for building and programming your own robotic inventions. Maximum Lego NXT introduces a diverse set of projects, building tips, programming code, complete 3D rendered building instructions and hundreds of illustrations to help you realize your robotic dreams.
Using Java™, the most popular and easy to use programming language available, this book will give you endless entertainment and exploration. It introduces the new LEGO® NXT kit, including the NXT intelligent brick and Bluetooth™. Maximum NXT includes: • Easy to follow instructions by the author of Core LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Programming • Explanations for all available sensors and expansion products available for the NXT kit, including unique projects interfacing a video camera, cell phone, GPS, data gloves, and many more • An exciting collection of 14 robots, including a chess playing robot, an exoskeleton for your hand, a Mars Rover, a robotic arm you can control through the Internet, a 3D object scanner, soccer robots, and many more • Introduces over two dozen in-depth programming projects including navigation, mapping, precise robotic arm control, voice control and global localization • Artificial Intelligence concepts including Vision analysis, Rodney Brooks' Subsumption Architecture, and Reinforcement Learning • Exciting projects that use third-party sensors like compass, tilt sensor, and port expanders • A full chapter on building with the new LEGO stud-less brick paradigm. • A complete tutorial on programming Java™ • How to install a free development environment for leJOS NXJ, the Java™ Virtual Machine for the NXT • Foreword by Søren Lund, Director of LEGO MINDSTORMS
Maximum LEGO NXT is the ultimate LEGO MINDSTORMS guide:
• Meet NXT • leJOS NXJ • Java for Primates • The leJOS NXJ API • LEGO Parts • Building 101 • Bite into Bluetooth • Grabby Robots • Sound • Robots with Vision • Standing Tall • Localization • Mapping • Path-finding • Hands & Exoskeletons • Network Robotics • Scanning • Behavior-Based Robots • Expanding the NXT • GPS & Harsh Terrain • Speech • Appendices • Index