LEGO Mindstorms NXT Remote Control via Mobile Devices
Name
Andres Kiik
Abstract
The aim of this bachelor thesis was to create an educational document that gives a rich review of LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot remote controlling via mobile devices. Chosen mobile platform is Android. This document can be used to teach robotics in basic and high school and the goal is to increase the usage of LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot in classes and even more to find a good function for the mobile devices that every student has. The thesis is divided into three parts.
The first part introduces the LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit: gives an elaborated information of the details in the kit. The second chapter will familiarize the reader about the growth of mobile devices and the importance of them in our lives and also will introduce the Android mobile platform and the main terms of that platform which are used in this thesis.
The second part is the main part and includes the reviews of ten Android applications which are used for NXT remote controlling. Applications are chosen from Google Play by popularity. Every review includes an information about the application functionality, installation and usage guideline, Android version requirement and summary where the application advantages and disadvantages are covered. Installation and usage guideline includes screenshots so the reader can have a vision of the application.
The third part includes five exercises for the NXT robotics which solutions can be found by using the applications documented in part two. Exercises give an instructor the perfect opportunity to test the applications and get the idea of the area of usage of these application.
In conclusion, I can say that preparing the educational material within bachelor thesis was quite complex in some cases, because it is hard to explain difficult things in a simple way, but after all the topic was interesting and the practical part made it more exciting.
Graduation Thesis language
Estonian
Graduation Thesis type
Bachelor - Information Technology
Supervisor(s)
Anne Villems, Taavi Duvin
Defence year
2013