THE LEGO BOOST IDEA BOOK 95 Simple Robots and Hints for Making More YOSHIHITO ISOGAWA no starch press
Introduction This book is not a beginner’s guide to LEGO BOOST It’s also not a book for building robots like the ones included in the LEGO BOOST Creative Tool app If you’ve already tried building and programming with BOOST and you’re ready for more ideas to challenge yourself this book will help you do that To build the models in this book all you need is the LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox set 17101 How to Use This Book Most of the models in this book are small simple mechanisms and the pro grams you need to control them are also simple When you build the models and get them moving you’ll understand those mechanisms and programs that much better As you develop and evolve them more and more you might even create your own builds It would be a good idea to combine some mechanisms as well Feel free to remodel reinforce and decorate Your creativity has no limits You don’t have to make these models in the order they appear Flip through the pages and then try making models you find interesting You might want to start with relatively simple models first Recommended Books For a beginner’s guide to BOOST check out The LEGO BOOST Activity Book by Daniele Benedettelli If you would like to try even more mechanisms check out two of my other books The LEGO Power Functions Idea Book Vol 1 and The LEGO Power Functions Idea Book Vol 2 Acknowledgments LDraw data and the LPub application were used to create the illustrations in this book I would like to thank those involved in the development of those programs viii Introduction
Programming BOOST In the LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox app you can create the programs shown in this book by tapping the Creative Canvas icon on the right side of the menu If the screen is rolled down tap the screen to roll it up and display the project screen When the project screen opens tap the icon in the top-left corner A new screen where you can make programs will be displayed Creative Canvas icon Note that this Creative Canvas icon becomes available only after you try making some programs for the robot projects in the LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox app You can set the difficulty level for programming blocks to one of three levels In this book we’ll use the standard level 2 You can select the right level like this Project screen The programs in this book were created with the LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox app version 1 5 0 Introduction ix
