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Engineering with LEGO Bricks and Robolab This book is intended to be used by first-year engineering students, although others may find it is useful as a ROBOLAB reference guide. The authors tried to think up design challenges that have no ceiling. Their concept is that you can accomplish the tasks with a moderate amount of effort or you can make it as complicated as you wish. Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms This book describes how to design and build several robots from Lego Mindstorms Invention System. It also includes a CD-ROM which contains NQC compiler and sample programs. Extreme Mindstorms: An Advanced Guides to LEGO Mindstorms This book is a sequel to Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to Lego Mindstorms. Baum brought together a team of Mindstorms experts to create this book. Lego Mindstorms for Dummies with CD-ROM This book is uses simple examples to convey complicated ideas. In contrast to Extreme Mindstorms, this book starts with the basics.

The Unofficial Guide to LEGO ® MINDSTORMS This book covers instructions on building various robots from Lego Mindstorm Invention System. It also describes alterative programming languages for Lego Mindstorms. Joe Nagata's LEGO Mindstorms Idea Book This book shows how to build ten robots and discusses the basic robotics principles needed to create variations. Creative Projects with Lego Mindstorms with CD-ROM This book describes how to build Walking Dog Line Follower Animal Feeder The Painter Bubble Machine Flashlight Follower Smart Acrobot Giraffe