Matthias Paul Scholz's
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
Book:

The Armored Car

Book
Book




The Armored Car is a military invention by Leonardo da Vinci that resembles a modern "tank". Its carriage was designed to carry a ring of light cannons, set up in a 360° firing range. 

In the book, you will find:
  • an introduction into the historical background of the Armored Car
  • a discussion of the particular challenges when rebuilding it with LEGO
  • detailed building instructions
  • programs for the robot for the following NXT programming languages:
    • NXT-G
    • RobotC
    • NXC
    • leJOS NXJ
    • pbLua
Parts you need for this robot in addition to the ones contained in the NXT Retail kit (click on the parts to view the sets that contain them):

 
The Armored Car
The Armored Car

The following images are meant to display some steps in detail that have been found hard to understand by some readers of the book:

Step 4
Step 4
Step 5
Step 5
Step 9
Step 9
Step 12
Step 12
Step 15
Step 15
Step 17 (I)
Step 17 (I)
Step 17 (II)
Step 17 (II)
Step 17 (III)
Step 17 (III)