The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Programming (Full Color)

With its colorful block-based interface The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 programming language is designed to allow anyone to program intelligent robots but its powerful features can be intimidating at first. The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Programming is a full-color beginner-friendly guide designed to bridge that gap.Inside you’ll discover how to combine core EV3 elements like blocks data wires files and variables to create sophisticated programs. You’ll also learn good programming practices memory management and helpful debugging strategies—general skills that will be relevant to programming in any language.All of the book’s programs work with one general-purpose test robot that you’ll build early on. As you follow along you’ll program your robot to:–React to different environments and respond to commands–Follow a wall to navigate a maze–Display drawings that you input with dials sensors and data wires on the EV3 screen–Play a Simon Says–style game that uses arrays to save your high score–Follow a line using a PID-type controller like the ones in real industrial systemsThe Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Programming covers both the Home and Education Editions of the EV3 set making it perfect for kids parents and teachers alike. Whether your robotics lab is the living room or the classroom this is the complete guide to EV3 programming that you’ve been waiting for.Requirements: One LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home OR Education set (#31313 OR #45544).

Age Range: 10 and up

Grade Level: 5 and up

Paperback: 276 pages

Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (January 14 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1593275684

ISBN-13: 978-1593275686

Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 0.6 x 10.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds