Tutorial NQC

using NQC (Version 3.03, Oct 2, 1999) by Mark Overmars Utrecht University P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht the NetherlandsDepartment of Computer ScienceProgramming Lego Robots Preface The Lego MindStorms and CyberMaster robot s are wonderful new toys from which a wide variety of robots can be constructed, that can be programmed to do all sorts of complicated tasks. Unfortunately, the software that comes with the robots is, although visually attractive, rather limited in functio nality. Hence, it can only be used for simple tasks. To unleash the full power of the robots, you need a different programming environment. NQC is a programming language, written by Dave Baum, that was especially designed for the Lego robots. If you have n ever written a program before, don't worry. NQC is really easy to use and this tutorial will tell you all about it. Actually, programming the robots in NQC is a lot easier than programming a normal computer, so this is a chance to become a programmer in an To make writing programs even easier, there is the RCX Command Center. This utility helps you to write your programs, to send them to the robot, and to start and stop the robot. RCX Command Center works almost like a text processor, but with some extras. This tutorial will use RCX Command Center (version 3.0 or higher) as programming environment. You can download it for free from the web at the address http:/ ...