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Building Smart LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Robots

You're reading from   Building Smart LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Robots Leverage the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 platform to build and program intelligent robots

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788471565
Length 258 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kyle Markland Kyle Markland
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Grunt – Quirky Bipedal Robot

We have made three robots so far. By now, your library of robotics knowledge is becoming fairly deep. Now, it is time to try something more ambitious. Meet Grunt, an interactive robot that walks on two legs and has his own quirky personality! Grunt is a fictional alien character from a distant planet, with arms and legs like a human's, but with a dinosaur-like head and mouth.

When we build Grunt, we will be taking the mechanical design in a completely new direction. All of the robots we have made so far have used a tank-style drivetrain with either tracks or wheels to move around. Grunt does not rely on wheels to carry him around! Instead, he has a simple walking mechanism that allows him to shuffle around on two feet.

Like the Timmyton from the previous chapter, Grunt has several different operating modes that use his motors and sensors...

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