This book is designed as a guidebook to help you discover the power of LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 as you learn to invent, build, and program your very own robots.

Contents
Part I: getting started
Chapter 1: preparing your EV3 set
Chapter 2: building your first robot
Chapter 3: creating and modifying programs
Chapter 4: working with programming blocks: action blocks
Chapter 5: waiting, repeating, my blocks, and multitasking
Part II: programming robots with sensors
Chapter 6: understanding sensors
Chapter 7: using the color sensor
Chapter 8: using the infrared sensor
Chapter 9: using the brick buttons and rotation sensors
Part III: robot-building techniques
Chapter 10: building with beams, axles, connector blocks, and motors
Chapter 11: building with gears
Part IV: vehicle and animal robots
Chapter 12: Formula EV3: racing robots
Chapter 13: ANTY: the robotic ant
Part V: creating advanced programs
Chapter 14: using data wires
Chapter 15: using data operations blocks and my blocks with data wires
Chapter 16: using constants and variables
Chapter 17: playing Etch-A-Sketch on the EV3
Chapter 18: the SNATCH3R: the autonomous robotic arm
Chapter 19: LAVA R3X: the humanoid that walks and talks
Appendix A: troubleshooting programs, ths EV3 bricks, and wireless connections
Appendix B: creating on brick programs