Building Robots with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT

Chapter 6. Building Strategies

Solutions in this chapter:

• Studless Building Techniques

• Maximizing Modularity

• Loading the Structure

• Putting It All Together: Chassis, Modularity, and Load

• Hybrid Robots: Using Studless and Studded LEGO Pieces

Introduction

Having discussed motors, sensors, geometry, and gearing, we’ll now put all these elements together and start building something more complex. LEGO robotics should involve your own creativity. You won’t find any rules or style guides in this chapter, simply because there aren’t any. What you will find are some tips meant to make your life easier if you want to design robust and modular robots.

Studless Building Techniques

Building with studless LEGO pieces is different from traditional studded building. Simply ...