The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book is the complete, illustrated beginner's guide to MINDSTORMS that you've been looking for. Author Laurens Valk's crystal-clear instructions will show you how to harness the NXT 2.0 set and software to build and program your own robots. The book's many step-by-step tutorials will make it easy for you to build complex robots that move, monitor sensors, and use advanced programming techniques like data wires and variables. Fifty sample programs and more than 85 programming and building challenges will spark your imaginations as you follow detailed building instructions to create a series of eight innovative robots: Explorer, a roving vehicle Discovery, a robot that uses sensors to navigate around a room and follow lines ShotRoller, a robotic defense system that can shoot in any direction Strider, a sixlegged walking creature SmartBot, a robot you'll use to explore advanced programming techniques The Snatcher, a robotic arm that grabs, lifts, and moves objects autonomously The Hybrid Brick Sorter, a machine that sorts LEGO bricks by color and size CCC, a compact chimney climber This is a perfect introduction for anyone new to building and programming with the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 set. With this book as your guide, you'll be building your own out-of-this-world creations in no time!