• DocumentCode
    1706388
  • Title

    Realistic simulation of a Lego Mindstorms NXT based robot

  • Author

    Goncales, J. ; Lima, José ; Malheiros, Paulo ; Costa, Paulo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Polytech. Inst. of Braganca, Braganca, Portugal
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1242
  • Lastpage
    1247
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the realistic simulation of a Lego Mindstorms NXT based robot. The presented approach does not replace the training with hardware but is an important complement, since it allows to develop robot software without accessing to the real hardware.
  • Keywords
    computer based training; computer science education; control engineering education; digital simulation; mobile robots; robot programming; teaching; Lego Mindstorms NXT-based robot; educational software; hardware system; mobile robot software development; realistic simulation; teaching; training application; Education; Educational robots; Hardware; Mobile robots; Monitoring; Prototypes; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Software prototyping; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Applications, (CCA) & Intelligent Control, (ISIC), 2009 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Saint Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4601-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4602-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCA.2009.5280986
  • Filename
    5280986