Build Your Own Teams of Robots with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT and Bluetooth®

<h4>CREATE YOUR OWN SYNCHRONIZED ROBOT ARMY!</h4><p>PLAN DESIGN ASSEMBLE AND PROGRAM ROBOT SQUADS THAT COMMUNICATE and cooperate with each other to accomplish together what they can't do individually. <i>Build Your Own Teams of Robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and Bluetooth</i> shows you how to construct a team capability matrix (TCM) and use the Bluetooth Robotic-Oriented Network (BRON) so your robot teams can share sensors actuators end effectors motor power and programs.</p><p>Find out how the Bluetooth communications protocol works and how to program Bluetooth in NXT-G NXC LabVIEW and Java. Learn how to send and receive Bluetoothmessages data and commands among robots between a robot and a computer and between an Android smart phone and a robot. Through teamwork your robots will be able to accomplish amazing feats!</p><p>THE STEP-BY-STEP ROBOT TEAM PROJECTS IN THE BOOK INCLUDE:<br>* Crime Scene Investigation Robot Team * Robot Convoy * Rubik's Cube Solver</p><p>LEARN HOW TO:<ul><li>Coordinate multiple robots to work together as a team to perform tasks<li>Combine two or more microcontrollers to make a single multicontroller/multi-agent robot<li>Take advantage of sensor and actuator capabilities in a team environment<li>Establish goals and teamwork strategies for your robots<li>Control your robot teams with NXT-G Bluetooth bricks and LabVIEW for NXT Bluetooth VI<li>Activate your team using a smart phone<li>Give your team of robots Java power with leJOS<li>Use Java on the Linux and Darwin operating systems</ul></p><p>Watch video demonstrations of the projects and download code and examples in multiple languages (NXT-G Java LabVIEW and NXC) from the book's companion websiteat www.robotteams.org.<p>Downloads are also available at mhprofessional.com/robotteams.</p>