I just got this book in my hands today and I am so glad I made the purchase. I have an 11 year old son who is STEM oriented and while I find the subject fascinating I have absolutely no experience with robotics. I really felt I was going out on a limb when I purchased the EV3 kit. The plans that come with the kit are impressive, but left me feeling lost. I want my son to understand how the components work together and then challenge him to solve problems and make him work for it a bit. This book is exactly what I was looking for!
It starts out at the very beginning - preparing your LEGO set for use (even tips for aligning the stickers), installing the software, etc. Then it moves on to building a simple first robot. And this is where the book goes from useful to fantastic. After presenting a concept there are discoveries (or a series of them) which challenge the reader to use his or her knowledge to create a program to meet a specific goal. An early example is this:
"Discovery #4:
ROBOSPELLER!
Use Move Steering blocks to make a program that enables the EXPLOR3R to drive as if it were drawing the first letter of your name. How many blocks do you need for that letter?"
The discoveries get progressively more challenging and are rated for difficulty (based on the presumption that you started with no knowledge and are moving chronologically through the book) and time estimates.
Lest anyone mistake this for a simplistic book for beginners, I will include a portion of a later discovery (#132) which claims to be challenging and I can only presume is since it's still entirely Greek to me:
"TAMAGOTCHI!
Can you turn LAVA R3X into a lifelike robot with different moods and behaviors? Use the infrared remote to command the robot to walk, talk, eat, and sleep. Create Numeric variables to keep track of the robot's health by monitoring its hunger level, energy level, and happiness.
Make the energy level decrease with each step the robot takes, and make it increase when you command the robot to sleep..." and so on.
I hope to update my review as we work through the book. If you are just getting started with LEGO robotics and are looking for something that walks you through learning while still challenging you, this book looks to be a stellar choice.
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| The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Laboratory | The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book | The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Programming | The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book | The LEGO BOOST Idea Book | The LEGO BOOST Activity Book | |
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| Price | $13.85 | $21.50 | $17.68 | $24.95 | $13.79 | $18.99 |
| Author | Daniele Benedettelli | Laurens Valk | Terry Griffin | Yoshihito Isogawa | Yoshihito Isogawa | Daniele Benedettelli |
| Suggested age range | 12+ | 10+ | 10+ | 10+ | 10+ | 12+ |
| Description | Learn to build 5 cool robots that walk, drive, and dodge obstacles in this comic-filled lab guide. | Beginner-friendly guide to 5 sophisticated EV3 robots. 150+ building and programming challenges to invent your own robots. | Beginner-friendly guide to programming intelligent robots. Covers both the Home and Education editions of EV3. | Visual guide to using the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set to build 181 simple machines and contraptions. | Visual guide showcasing 95 ways to build simple robots using the LEGO BOOST set. Hints and ideas included for creating your own models. | Illustrated, step-by-step guide to the LEGO BOOST set. Program cool robots and test your robotics knowledge. |
| Builds include | Wheeled robot, steering car robot, walking defense robot, and walking dinosaur | Vehicles, animal robots, and humanoid robots | Robots that react to different environments, navigate a maze, display drawings, and play Simon Says-style game | Cars with real suspension, steerable crawlers, ball-shooters, and grasping robotic arms | Robots that walk, crawl, use wheels, shoot objects, grip objects, and lift things | Rover robot, BrickPecker, and CYBOT |
| Production description | 432 pp. full color book; paperback | 396 pp. full color book; paperback | 276 pp. full color book; paperback | 232 pp. full color book; paperback | 264 pp. full color book; paperback | 272 pp. full color book; paperback |
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Worked wonders for my child
Big Thanks to the author, Laurens Valk. I bought the Mindstorms EV3 #31313 and this book at the same time. The day this came in, my 9 yr old girl spent a couple of hours by herself one night and made the EXPLOR3R without any help. She never had any prior experience, I was thinking I might need to study this with her to help, but I was blown away by what I saw in the morning. This quick leap would not have been possible without this book as reference. She is progressing day by day using the book, learning the programming. Illustrations and pictures are spot on. Quite happy it turned out the best for a beginner child. I’d recommend it to every parent.
