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# The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book: 181 Simple Machines and Clever Contraptions

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Review: The missing manual for Lego Mindstorms EV3 - I have 4 boys ages 4 through 14, so we're very into Legos - from Duplo to EV3. I got this book after reading a blog post. This book focuses on the mechanical portion rather than programming portion. It goes through every parts from EV3 and shows you how to use them in different ways. The pictures are great. It's not too detailed in step by step direction, but I actually like it a lot. It provides as little pictures as possible to help you build. (We sometimes find the Lego instructions too tedious.) My 9 year old is in a FLL team, so I went over first several pages with him. He understood the concept pretty easily. We are planning to go through most of the book with the rest of the team as it will benefit all of them. Check out the TOC: Part 1 Basic Mechanisms Gear ratios Compound gear systems Changing the angle of rotation Using worm drives Swinging mechanisms Reciprocating mechanisms Cam mechanisms Intermittent motion Transmitting rotation with rubber bands Transmitting rotation with caterpillar treads Transmitting rotation over a long distance Off-center axes of rotation Chageover mechanisms using rotational direction Universal joints Part 2 Vehicles Driving wheels with a motor Driving wheels with two motors Caster wheels Crawlers Suspended wheels Steering Part 3 Moving without Tires Walking machines Moving like an inchworm Moving through vibration Part 4 Arms, Wings, and Other Movements Flapping wings Gripping fingers Lifting things Shooting things Automatic doors Raking up or out Creating wind Swinging a pendulum Using attachments to change motion Meshing gears diagonally Changing the angle of rotation freely Part 5 Sensors Ideas for using the touch sensor Ideas for using the buttons of the Intelligent EV3 Brick Ideas for using the color sensor Part 6 Something extra Using the Pythagorean theorem Try building something handy!
Review: This is one of the absolute best books to buy for EV3 robot building - I've bought several books on EV3 robot building and programming for my children, and this is truly one of the best. The mechanisms in this book are amazing and my children and I have been able to combine them in really interesting and fun ways. For example, you can combine one of the winged mechanisms with one of the tank tread mechanisms to make a robot that climbs piles of legos, appearing to fly as it does it. You can also build a wide variety of fighting robots with these mechanisms and then use the EV3 remote control to have frankenstein-like battle bot competitions. This book is somewhat understated, but awesome. I highly recommend it for those EV3 builders who are transitioning from building robots from plans to building their own robots.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #275,652 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #57 in Robotics (Books) #96 in Model Building #116 in Robotics & Automation (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (643) |
| Dimensions  | 8.13 x 0.63 x 10.25 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1593276001 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1593276003 |
| Item Weight  | 1.79 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 232 pages |
| Publication date  | November 7, 2014 |
| Publisher  | No Starch Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The missing manual for Lego Mindstorms EV3
*by J***. on April 25, 2016*

I have 4 boys ages 4 through 14, so we're very into Legos - from Duplo to EV3. I got this book after reading a blog post. This book focuses on the mechanical portion rather than programming portion. It goes through every parts from EV3 and shows you how to use them in different ways. The pictures are great. It's not too detailed in step by step direction, but I actually like it a lot. It provides as little pictures as possible to help you build. (We sometimes find the Lego instructions too tedious.) My 9 year old is in a FLL team, so I went over first several pages with him. He understood the concept pretty easily. We are planning to go through most of the book with the rest of the team as it will benefit all of them. Check out the TOC: Part 1 Basic Mechanisms Gear ratios Compound gear systems Changing the angle of rotation Using worm drives Swinging mechanisms Reciprocating mechanisms Cam mechanisms Intermittent motion Transmitting rotation with rubber bands Transmitting rotation with caterpillar treads Transmitting rotation over a long distance Off-center axes of rotation Chageover mechanisms using rotational direction Universal joints Part 2 Vehicles Driving wheels with a motor Driving wheels with two motors Caster wheels Crawlers Suspended wheels Steering Part 3 Moving without Tires Walking machines Moving like an inchworm Moving through vibration Part 4 Arms, Wings, and Other Movements Flapping wings Gripping fingers Lifting things Shooting things Automatic doors Raking up or out Creating wind Swinging a pendulum Using attachments to change motion Meshing gears diagonally Changing the angle of rotation freely Part 5 Sensors Ideas for using the touch sensor Ideas for using the buttons of the Intelligent EV3 Brick Ideas for using the color sensor Part 6 Something extra Using the Pythagorean theorem Try building something handy!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is one of the absolute best books to buy for EV3 robot building
*by M***Y on June 18, 2020*

I've bought several books on EV3 robot building and programming for my children, and this is truly one of the best. The mechanisms in this book are amazing and my children and I have been able to combine them in really interesting and fun ways. For example, you can combine one of the winged mechanisms with one of the tank tread mechanisms to make a robot that climbs piles of legos, appearing to fly as it does it. You can also build a wide variety of fighting robots with these mechanisms and then use the EV3 remote control to have frankenstein-like battle bot competitions. This book is somewhat understated, but awesome. I highly recommend it for those EV3 builders who are transitioning from building robots from plans to building their own robots.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stop building other people's robots, start doing robotics
*by E***R on December 12, 2014*

Until we came across this book my six year old and I had been following the typical routine of following a book or internet instructions adding a few creative modifications here and there at the end. Building this way does give you experience and teaches you tricks and principles but it can also make robotics seem more daunting than it should be because you can't help but be awed and intimidated by the intricate designs of people who are expert builders. Your six year old is not going to try to modify that complicated steering mechanism which took four pages of book instructions to explain. In contrast most of the things built in Isogawa's book are explained in just one or two picture frames. Everything is a mechanism, beautifully and simply presented to invite you to want to understand the ideas at work and experiment and tinker yourself. My son started flipping through the almost entirely visual book on his own and was immediately drawn in. The first thing he built were a few of the designs for changing motor rotations into 'lifting' motions. Before very long it felt like both of us had crossed a threshold into a new world with endless new possibilities, learning and exploration ahead. It is said that the Japanese are known as master craftsmen and for the beautiful functional simplicity of their designs. This book proves it so.

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