Creating Cool MINDSTORMS NXT Robots (Technology in Action)

I have been waiting for this book even before it was wrtitten because I have wanted to build JohnNXT5 ever since I saw it posted on the Internet. This book is probably the best book so far for the Mindstorms NXT robotic system. I have purchased most of the books available for the NXT. I like Jim Kelly's books too, but this one has moved from wheels to robots that use tracks to get around and walk. It is well written and well illustrated even though the building instructions aren't in color. The author has a sense of humor as well as being well versed in the NXT system. I like the fact that he continues to refine and redevelop his creations and try to make them the best they can be. I hope to see more books from him, especially one covering the Rubic Cube solver. I congratulate the author for a job well done and highly recommend the book to all robotic nthusiasts.

Looks like a great book, but totally my fault for not seeing this was for NXT. If you have EV3, it won’t work. I’m sure you could still build the robots but the programming language doesn’t work well in EV3. Too bad.

My son loves this book. He has had it for almost 2 years and still loves it. He has sucessfully created several of the robots without trouble. He was 8 yrs old when I bought it and is now 10. He sneaks and reads it under his covers at night.

I've used this book in teaching a tech club of 4th-8th graders. Several students have also taken the book home and built robots from it. The plans are good, and the descriptions excellent. It is also helpful in using NXC to program the mindstorms.I would hate to be without it now!

I bought this book for my grandson's 11th birthday. He is thrilled with the book and is trying to learn the code. We thought the program for each robot was available to just download from the internet, but we couldn't find such an easy method. He will have to type in the code from the book himself which will help in the learning process. At this point in time, though, this programming may be a bit too complex for him.

Well laid out book, easy to read. Step by Step instruction were clealr and conciise. I would reccommend to any Mindstorms enthusiast.

Product is well made and arrived quickly from shipper.

I thought the product was exactly what I needed at the time that I purchased it and the purchase process was smooth and efficient.

Modelos geniales que además se pueden construir con las piezas que vienen con el set, excepto el último.Buenas instrucciones e introducción a la robótica.Se basa en modelos bípedos.

I have purchased and read all the Lego NXT books available out there and i just want to say this is one of my favorite. Congratulation to Danny for a very well written and illustrated book, all of his robots (except for the NXTJohn) can be built with just one retail NXT kit but the design are far from basic, it shows that he has been tweaking his robots for several years before he decided to publish details about them. The building instructions are of high quality and the programming is very smart - he uses a language called NXC that is an alternative to the supplied NXT-G but it is free and he tell you how and where to get it - using NXC throughout the book he teach how to give very interesting behavior to robots that go beyond what we can do with NXT-G. I find his selection of robots very inspiring and he encourage us to extend our imagination by modifying or adding to his design. If you're looking for a smart NXT book ,, this is the one :-) and well worth the price!