Competitive MINDSTORMS
This book is divided into five parts. Part One is dedicated to describing the concept of robotic sumo and how to conceive a robot—that is, sumo-bot—for the competition. The next three parts of the book contain seven projects, which are intended to teach you the three different methods of approaching robotic sumo. The small-and-fast strategy is covered in Part Two, the M-class (medium class) strategy is discussed in Part Three, and the “big-bot” approach (big-sumo strategy) is detailed in Part Four. In each of these parts are building instructions for the sumo-bots and their programs. You’ll also find detailed discussions of LEGO pieces, building methodology, and the implemented strategies and programming techniques.
The book concludes with Part Five, which discusses participating in a robotic sumo event,
organizing your own event, and more. After all, to play robotic sumo, you need more than one bot! You could build more than one sumo-bot yourself and stage them against each other, but part of the purpose of robotic sumo is to test your strategies, skills, and ideas against someone else’s. Summed up, robotic sumo is about conceiving (and then testing!) ideas and solutions to make your little fighter better than the opposing one.
Robotic sumo is not all about ideas and the like, though. It’s about fun, too. That’s exactly what the LEGO Company intended. The very name LEGO is a Danish contraction for the phrase “play well.” You must remember that, when attending a robotic sumo event, having fun is the ultimate goal. The goal of this book is to help you to play well. It teaches you how to make, program, optimize, strategize, and plan LEGO MINDSTORMS sumo-bots, and more. Whether you win or lose in an event, being part of the action is what matters most of all. But you should try your best to make your sumo-bot a champion. You never know—your very own sumo-bot just might earn you first place!
Here is a link to the competitive MINDSTORMS Website:
http://www.davidjperdue.com/com petitivemindstorms
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