This book is a wonderful introduction into program and design with the NXT, and yes, we've been using the RCX as well. The book is well laid out. The story is engaging and gives the tasks purpose.

I really like the templates provided in the book. It gives anyone a method of organizing their thoughts, so they can go ahead with the building and programming and know they're headed down the right path.

I bought this for my children because I have no interest in robotics or programming, and I've enjoyed it as much as they have.

AB FAB! I'm really trying to addd something to the reviews posted already. So much goodness has already been posted about this wonderful book.

My sons are very young and I cannot wait for them to have this book to read and enhance their knowledge while having fun in the process. Melting together reading, technology, problem-solving, and programming could not produce a better combination for building a great education.

I know that this book has gained some significant recognition in the LEGO MindStorms world and the education field. LEGO Masters and Edu Teachers all agree it is a very good book.

If you are looking for a book that will entertain and teach your MindStormer (young or old) in a very pleasing way...this book is a fantastic starter.

Chris
MDP, MCP
USA - NASA

This book and the author do an excellent job hitting on several key ideas:

- What to do after you've finished the NXT kits included projects
- Laying out an approach to getting you thinking creatively about robots
- Outlining an effective structured approach to building successful robots
- Keeping the design and programming fun not frustrating

This book is written toward a younger reader but adults new to NXT and wondering what to do with it after finishing the kits included projects will find useful concepts, ideas and approaches that will help you think up your own ideas and take them to successful completion :)

As an adult reader I hesitated buying this book. My 1st impression was this book was written for too low an age group to keep my interest. I bought it anyway and am happy I did. I found the projects fun, educational and challenging.
This book gave me a kickstart on thinking what else I can do with the NXT. It gave me an approach to help think creatively about situations and robotic solutions, and importantly for me, it layed out a framework for taking hair-brained ideas to successful robots in a consistent, structured, step by step way.

Inspired by the fun I had with the projects in this book, I have since moved on to trying more advanced operating systems (RobotC and LEJOS) and delved into using new sensors with my NXT. My interest is quiped and sustained. Thank you Jim Kelly :)

We bought Lego Mindstorms NXT for our 9 and 12 year old boys for christmas. Our youngest has always been great at building legos and I was hoping to start teaching my 12 year old about programming. The tutorials included with the kit were good for my boys to get used to the kit, but we didn't know where to go next. What do you build next? This book is perfect. It has a fictional story that presents some challanges and good building and programming instructions. While the instructions are not as detailed as the tutorials they were still very good. Also the challenges are large enough that the bots get to mover around, but still small enough you can easiy set them up at home. I highly recommend this book as your next step after buying the base NXT Kit.

I love this book. It has a fun little story and it explains why and how you build little robots.
That is one of the challenges when you get the robot set. What do you do with it...
This book gives a. planning guide, b. design guide c. programming guide to each of the robots.
Very systematic.
My son is 9 and he can follow the reasoning and he is learning that he needs to think about the design before he starts putting the robot together.
I can highly recommend this book