Grady Koch - High-Tech LEGO® Projects: 16 Rule-Breaking Inventions

16 rule-breaking inventions

grady koch

HIGH-TECH LEGO PROJECTS. Copyright 2021 by Grady Koch.

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Names: Koch, Grady, author.

Title: High-tech LEGO projects: 16 rule-breaking inventions / Grady Koch.

Description: San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2021] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020006808 (print) | LCCN 2020006809 (ebook) | ISBN

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Subjects: LCSH: LEGO Mindstorms toys. | Mechatronics--Design and

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To Melissa, with thanks for tolerating all the
LEGO pieces strewn throughout our home.

Grady Koch is the creator of hightechlego.com . He has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, 30 years of experience as a research engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, and three patents in the field of LiDAR for studying the atmosphere. He has written or contributed to over 175 conference and seminar papers, including 13 peer-reviewed journal papers as first author. Throughout his career, Koch has worked with student interns and learned how to bridge the gap between a students academic instruction and laboratory practice.

Xander Soldaat is a former Mindstorms Community Partner for LEGO MINDSTORMS. He was an IT infrastructure architect and engineer for 18 years before becoming a full-time software developer, first for Robomatter and VEX Robotics, and now as an R&D Engineer for an embedded Wi-Fi solutions provider. In his spare time he likes to tinker with robots, 3D printing, and home-built retro-computers.