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Laurens Valk made an extra bonus model that Sort LEGO bricks by color and size, for those who have the book. By finding the right program name in the book, you can enter a special section of the acompaning website . The program and building instructions are in the same high quality as the book and in full color.

Do you want to learn to build and program robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3? Then The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book is the book you've been looking for. Master the building and programming skills needed to invent your own robots as you work through the book's many tutorials and challenges. Along the way, you'll build a series of sophisticated robots like the SNATCH3R, a robotic arm that can autonomously find, grab, lift and move the infrared beacon. From the back cover: LEGO MINDSTORMS has changed the way we think about robotics by making it possible for anyone to build real, working robots. The latest MINDSTORMS set, EV3, is more powerful than ever, and The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book is the complete, beginner-friendly guide you need to get started. Begin with the basics as you build and program a simple robot to experiment with motors, sensors, and EV3 programming. Then you’ll move on to a series of increasingly sophisticated robots that will s...

A lot of you have been asking about my new book and rumors were spreading fast, but now it’s official! I’m working on a new book about EV3! It’s got everything you loved about the NXT 2.0 Discovery Book, and more. It comes with instructions for 7 completely new EV3 robots, complete hands-on coverage of the EV3 software, and over 100 building and programming challenges. Best of all, the book will be in full color to make building and programming much easier! [ Read more at Robot Square .]

The ever popular LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book is now available on Kindle and it’s also available as a PDF or EPub. You can get the Kindle edition directly from Amazon . Instead you can buy the “ Ebook Bundle ” from the publisher. The package includes a PDF file (Computer/iPad), a Mobi file (Kindle), and an Epub (Sony reader / iPad) file. If you’re looking for the low Amazon price (only $13.79!), but you don’t have a Kindle, you can read it on your computer with the Kindle for PC program . This is great news for those who were previously unable to get this book in their country. Thanks Laurens, for making this available.

At Mobile World Congress 2012, Ericsson and LEGO Mindstorm partnered up in Hall 6 at The Social Web of Things and gave visitors a glimpse of what the future might look like if you had your very own R2D2. have a look here LEGO robots at ericsson mobile world event and see " snatcher " at work. visit the show: February 27 to March 1 at La Fira – hall 6, Barcelona, Spain Martyn

I recently filmed the Snatcher (building instructions in the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book ) at one of the events I was attending, and thought it would be fun to share this video with you. In this video you'll see the Snatcher running the program as presented in the book: autonomously looking for an object, grabbing it and lifting it.

The NXT 2.0 Discovery Book has been out of stock on Amazon for a few weeks, but I'm happy to report that it's available again. If you get a copy, don't hesitate to tell me about your experiences with the book! Just leave a comment, a review or write to me in an email.

Amazon is offering the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book at almost 50% discount . I don't know for how long it will be up for this price, so get a copy while you can. If your first language is German, you might want to wait a little while. The German edition of the book " LEGO Roboter" is coming out in June.

As you might know, the submission deadline for the NXT 2.0 Discovery Book give away contest is over. To everyone who made a submission, thanks for participating! I am currently going through the submissions to select the winners. If you have contributed and if you are a winner, you will be contacted via email soon.

Because of the the rush around LEGOWorld in Zwolle, I've decided to move the deadline one week forward. So, the deadline is November 7 . If you haven't made a submission yet, be sure to do it quickly. There are 8 prizes to give away, so there's a very great chance that you win! The objective: Find YouTube videos that are related to The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book. Go here to read more about the contest, its prizes and the rules. Good luck!

This is a new video that I made for the NXT 2.0 Discovery Book . Check it out, and if you have any questions about the book, feel free to post them here.

One of the authors of GeekDad, Wired, has reviewed my new book, The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book: a Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots . The author of the review notes that the book "should come with every MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Kit," and goes on to say that the book is "not simply an instruction manual, it is a book to facilitate learning and understanding." The review goes on to say many more great things about the book. Read the full review by clicking this link . The Discovery Book, which came out in May, has been selling very well since. As of this writing, the book has received 17 five-star reviews on various Amazon divisions, and several more reviews have been posted to other places on the web. You can read all about the book on it's companion website . Thanks to all of you who gave me feedback about the book, either through reviews or by sending an email. Because of this feedback, I've learned that there is no age limit for...

The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book now has a companion website with additional information about the book, downloadable programs, hints & solutions to solve the "Discoveries" as well as updates. You can go to the website using this link .

The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots is now in stock on Amazon. If you receive your pre-order, leave a message here. You may even receive it before the author sees his book!

For all of our readers who have been waiting for this moment a long time, I am happy to announce that "The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots" is finally released! Pre-orders should begin shipping very soon. I am currently working on more information to share with you, including sample pages, a press release and a companion website, so stay tuned!

This is one of the robot projects that you can build with "The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book - A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots". The Hybrid Brick Sorter sorts LEGO bricks by four colors and two sizes. Chapter 14 in the book will tell you all about this robot: how it identifies a bricks color and size; how to build it and how to program it. You'll also find various challenges to further expand on the robot program and design. Learn more about the book here , or pre-order the book here . It will be available in April.

With this post I'd like to announce that The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book - A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots - is almost ready to be published. Some aspects of this book changed since I first announced this book, so be sure check the above link for an up to date book description. The book is built around several keypoints: A complete introduction to LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Building and programming instructions for eight innovative robots 50 sample programs and 72 programming challenges (ranging from easy to hard) encourage you to explore newly learned programming techniques 15 building challenges expand on the robot designs and help you develop ideas for new robots In short, it's a book that will keep anyone who has a NXT 2.0 set have fun with it for hours. Whether you want to learn all about programming in NXT-G (including the basics and 'advanced' programming), wanting to build cool robots with one set, or whether you want to give a...

It has been a while since I last blogged about this book, but now I can finally say I've completed all of the chapters for it. Although there's still quite a bit of work to do, I hope the book's release date is in or around March 2010. Please note that the book description at Amazon is outdated and does no longer reflect the contents of the book very well. The book is written to be a good addition to anyone's NXT 2.0 set. It teaches readers all about programming as they build increasingly sophisticated robots. Each little bit of programming theory comes with at least one sample program and a programming 'discovery' (challenge/exercise - over 75 in total) to practice the newly learned skills. The first programming chapter starts with out with simple things like move blocks, but the book also includes chapters about data wires and variables, for example. Building and programming go hand in hand in this book. Basically, you build the first robot (a training vehicl...

Here's a short preview video of my upcoming book " The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book ". (Formerly called the Adventure Book) In short, the book: - Comes with building and programming instructions for eight robots which can all be built with one NXT 2.0 set (#8547); - Gives the reader a complete introduction to the NXT 2.0 programming software (NXT-G); ( click for direct link)