February 7, 2011

Books about Mindstorms


As you may already know, a few members of the Mindstorm community have written books about Mindstorms. On the Mindstorms website it says that "The majority of these books are available through re-sellers like Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and directly from the authors and publishers' sites." And perhaps you can even find them at your local library! They all look really interesting. Although I have only read a few of them, I plan on reading a few more on my next school break. If you're interested in reading these books, you can check them out on the Mindstorms website. Below, as you can see, I grouped them by skill level (the grouping may not be very accurate because I unfortunately haven't had the chance to read most of them).

Any Skill Level
NXT One-Kit Creatures
by Fay Rhodes
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Thinking Robots
by Daniele Benedettelli
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT - Robots Alive! Endangered Species 
by Fay Rhodes
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders - Ten Inventions to Spark Your Imagination
by Contributors of TheNXTStep Blog
The LEGO Mindstorms NXT Idea Book: Design, Invent, and Build 
by Contributors of TheNXTStep Blog
LEGO Mindstorms NXT: The Mayan Adventure (Technology in Action)
by Jim Kelly
The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Zoo! - A Kid-Friendly Guide to Building Animals with the NXT Robotics System
by Fay Rhodes
The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide 
by David J. Perdue
Robotics Programming and Hands-on Project with Java (in Chinese. Can also be used as a teaching guide)
by Juan Antonio BreƱa Moral, David Tseng and Jerry Lin


Beginners
The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots 
by Laurens Valk
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Orange Book (in Japanese)
by Yoshihito Isogawa

Intermediate
Maximum LEGO NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains 

by Brian Bagnall
LEGO Mindstorms NXT-G Programming Guide (Technology in Action) 
by Jim Kelly
Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms NXT 
by Mario Ferrari, Guilio Ferrari, and David Astolfo
Creating Cool MINDSTORMS NXT Robots
by Daniele Benedettelli

Advanced
Advanced NXT: The Da Vinci Inventions Book (Technology in Action)
by Matthias Paul Scholz 

Education Research Guides (For teachers, or students who want to learn on their own!)
Making Music with the NXT
by Damien Kee
Datalogging Activities for the Busy Teacher 
by MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP), Damien Kee
Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: NXT. A 10 week lesson plan for teaching robotics using the LEGO MINDSTORMS® system  
by MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP), Damien Kee  

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