How to make a robot with lego mindstorms nxt kit

The shining world of robots always fascinates the kids and use to gain their attention towards themselves. The various different structures and autonomous versatile working of the robots are the extra added stars to them. Each and every kid has unique creativity in themselves they just need to get a proper platform to implement it. In the present scenario with the advancement in the technology many new and advanced gadgets are present out there and they are used by kids also which in turn expand their thinking capability. Science fictional movies had also given an extra kick to the kids to get attracted towards the robot as they have projected the future of advanced robots very well. Most kids just wonder and dream about owing robots and moreover to make them.

Few decades back it was just a misconception that the robots are always present in the form of humanoid. But the truth is that the shape and structure of the robots vary in accordance with the specified tasks they are intended to do. Robots help the human by reducing their efforts in dong any task so they can be categorized as machines. But every machine is not a robot. A robot can simply be defined as any machine which can sense the external environment. Hence a conclusion can be drawn that every robot is a machine but every machine is not a robot.

There are many educational robotics kits which are present over there in the market. But one of the most advanced and popular educational robotic kit is LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is designed and manufacture by one of the most innovative and renowned company LEGO. This robotic kit comes with different plastic building block parts which can be interconnected to form different shape and structure, different type attachments which are used for interlocking the different building block parts, an array of gears, different types of sensors and NXT brick. The NXT brick consists of different electronic circuitries and micro-controller. This robotic kit comes with NXT programming software from which the robots can be programmed in GUI (Graphical user interface). The GUI environment uses different types of iconic blocks for programming the robot in different way so that it can do the specified task in a dedicated way.

The NXT software itself comes with the different types of robotic projects illustrations. In these illustrations of different robotic projects, they are provided with building instructions and the step by step instruction for programming. Robots do consist of both the parts that are hardware and software. In designing any of the robots the stability of it plays a very vital role. But considering four factors play a very vital role in designing any of the robots which are designing, navigation, manipulation and organization.

1. DESIGNING: Designing of the robot infers to the thought process for giving shape and structure to the robot.
2. NAVIGATION: Navigation is the process for running of the robotic project.
3. MANIPULATION: The process for transforming a robot into a powerful one from the simpler one is known as manipulation.
4. ORGANIZATION

 

Assume that you want to make a robot which is intended for picking or grabbing up the objects. You can proceed in this particular direction by making a design of a car with the use of two motors. After completing this design one should must attach a third motor in which a grabber portion is incorporated for lifting or picking up the object. For making it sense the object ultrasonic sensor need to be attached to the basic design. For sensing the object you can use ultrasonic sensor. While programming your robot an instruction can be given to it to move forward until it detects any object at the range less than 10 cm then to grab the particular one by moving the grabber.