Matthias Paul Scholz's
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
Book:

The Catapult

Book
Book





The catapult
The Catapult is another military invention by Leonardo da Vinci where he combined a classical design with modern ideas - in this case, he invented an ingenious spring mechanism to enhance the kinetic power of this traditional weapon.

In the book, you will find:
  • an introduction into the historical background of the Catapult
  • 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 Catapult
The Catapult

The following images display some steps in detail that have been found hard to understand by some readers of the book:
Crank mechanism I
Crank mechanism (I)
Crank mechanism II
Crank mechanism (II)
Attachment of the motors
Attachment of the motors (viewed from outside)
Attachment of the motors
Attachment of the motors (viewed from inside)