Assumptions This Book Makes

This book starts easy, with the first two projects being relatively simple and accessible to all skill levels. That said, you may find certain topics in the later chapters rather challenging. Don’t worry! Everything you need in order to build the various projects is clearly explained; most of the really hard stuff is purely informational.

Additionally, we made enthusiastic use of our extensive Lego collection in designing the book’s robots. If you have only a modest collection—at the very least you’ll want the Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set—you’ll definitely need to buy more parts to build the projects.