Building Lego Robots with Java Brains

I finally received my long-awaited copy of Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains by Brian Bagnall.  I was pleased to see that in addition to the in-depth discussions regarding writing code for these robots in Java, that there were also some interesting projects.

Sojourner prototype showing Rocker-Bogie Suspension

My favorite was the Lego implementation of the Rocker-Bogie suspension, which was used in the Mars Sojourner rover, as well as Spirit and Opportunity.  Note that the figure above is a prototype of Sojourner, which exhibits the Rocker-Bogie suspension.  I am looking forward to building it and learning how it works.

You can buy the book at Amazon.com here…

Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

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Posted under Exploration, Fun, Intelligent Systems, Lego, NXT, Physics, Research

This post was written by drknuth on May 18, 2007

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  1. tip October 13, 2008 12:06 pm

    Sehr informative Seite. Vielen Dank für die Infos!

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