More Robotix

Today we continued building a robot. We came up with some issues.
1. How will we get the object from one footish up to 28 inches?
2. How will we attach it to the robot?
3. How will we get it to be sturdy enough?

The next day we have labs we are going to have a team meeting

B2

Today we were sorted into groups for the mini culmination. I was put into B2 and I worked on Robotix with Louisa. We made a huge robot in only 15 minutes because we worked together. Our robot included a pully system, wheels, and a claw.

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Launching from the Moon

My partner and I worked on launching from the moon lab. We had to launch a straw and objects up a string using a balloon. We didn't accomplish our task but we leaned more about how every action has an equal and opposite reaction because te balloon forced air out one way and it moved the opposite direction. We think this is important for M2M because we will need to know a lot about pressure and forcing air to move things.

Remote Repairs

In this lab I worked with Alice and Honore. We each got a computer and opened skype. We used skype to talk to eachother and we both had a lego object that was completed and one that was just pieces. We had to describe the completed one to the person with uncompleted version. We had some difficulties at first because our pieces were accidentally mixed up. After we got that out of the way we continued with the lab. It was difficult to describe the pieces but I think it was helpful because we learned that it is really important to listen to instructions and to communicate well.

Robotix

I was given several bags of robot pieces in a big tub. My mission was to create some different robots to accomplish different things. Each action needed a different motor, and each motor needed a different controller. I made both of my robots to be able to move and grab a pen. I think this was helpful because in M2M we might have to build a robot and we will need to know how to make it move. It was all very complicated because there were so many wires and I kept forgetting that each movement needed a motor and a controller.

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