About This BookOptimize the use of multiple sensors to build a robot that navigates and interacts with its environmentWork with both the Home Edition and the Educational Edition of the LEGO EV3 Mindstorms kitA practical guide with step-by-step building instructions to help you create your very own robotWho This Book Is ForThis book is for the hobbyists, builders, and programmers who want to build and control their very own robots...

Beginning LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 shows you how to create new fun and fantastic creations with the new EV3 programmable brick along with other new EV3 pieces and features. You'll learn the language of the EV3 brick, and then go on to create a variety of programmable vehicles using MINDSTORMS and Technic parts. You'll then move into creating robot parts, including robotic arms. You'll even learn how to make different types of MINDSTORMS walkers. Finally, you'll learn how to incorporate...

The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 Idea Book explores dozens of creative ways to build amazing mechanisms with the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set. Each model includes a list of the required parts, minimal text, and colorful photographs from multiple angles so you can re-create it without the need for step-by-step instructions.You’ll learn to build cars with real suspension, steerable crawlers, ball-shooters, grasping robotic arms, and other creative marvels. Each model demonstrates simple...

This book was written to help anyone want to get started with Arduino and Java using serial port.**TOC**Preparing Development Environment1.1 Arduino1.1.1 Arduino Uno1.1.2 Arduino Leonardo1.1.3 Arduino Mega 25601.1.4 Arduino Due1.2 Electronic Components1.2.1 Arduino Starter Kit1.2.2 Fritzing1.2.3 Cooking-Hacks: Arduino Starter Kit1.2.4 Arduino Sidekick Basic kit1.3 Java1.4 Arduino Softwa...

Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7? This hands-on book will get you started with Microsoft's XNA 4.0 development framework right away -- even if you have no experience developing games. Although XNA includes several key concepts that can be difficult for beginning web developers to grasp, Learning XNA 4.0 shortens the learning curve by walking you through the framework in a clear and understandable step-by-step format.Each chapter offers a self-containe...

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Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-particularly Java 3D-is fueling an explosive growth in Java games. Java games like Puzzle Pirates, Chrome, Star Wars Galaxies, Runescape, Alien Flux, Kingdom of Wars, Law and Order II, Roboforge, Tom Clancy's Politika, and scores of others have earned awards and become best...

Modifying Minecraft with the Bukkit API is a unique guide that will walk you through the entire process of developing mods for your Minecraft server.Modifying Minecraft with the Bukkit API is great for anyone who is interested in customizing their Minecraft server. Whether you are new to programming, Java, Bukkit, or even Minecraft itself, this book has you covered. All you need is a valid Minecraft account. If you are interested in software development then this book will help you get sta...

Why learn Scala? You don’t need to be a data scientist or distributed computing expert to appreciate this object-oriented functional programming language. This practical book provides a comprehensive yet approachable introduction to the language, complete with syntax diagrams, examples, and exercises. You’ll start with Scala's core types and syntax before diving into higher-order functions and immutable data structures.Author Jason Swartz demonstrates why Scala’s concise and expres...

Have you ever wished you could learn a new skill with one reading? Especially a skill that could pay you over $100,000 a year? Wish no longer. With his latest title, Java for Black Jack, famed teacher U.Q. Magnusson will get you going in the dominant programming language of the Internet, Java.Within this compact, easy-to-read Micro-Manual, you will learn the Java programming language by writing and running a Java-based simulation of the card game Black Jack. U.Q. presents the logic...

About This BookUse the features of the popular NetBeans IDE to accelerate your development of Java EE applicationsCovers the latest versions of the major Java EE APIs such as JSF 2.2, EJB 3.2, JPA 2.1, CDI 1.1, and JAX-RS 2.0Walks you through the development of applications utilizing popular JSF component libraries such as PrimeFaces, RichFaces, and ICEfacesWho This Book Is ForThe book is aimed at Java developers who wish to deve...

Mastering redstone is one of the more difficult challenges a Minecraft player can take on. It's confusing, complicated and tedious enough to make even the most dedicated players start pulling their hair out. Minecraft: 70 Top Minecraft House & Redstone Ideas Exposed (Special 2 In 1 Edition) will explain some simple concepts that can give players a head start to understanding how this unusual red powder works. For those of you who just want to dive in and start making redstone machines, it ...