Reflection Questions
1.) The assignment was to build a robot that could go faster than all of the rest in the class using the given materials along with the engineering design process.
2.) The information that was needed in order to do this assignment was how to make the robot go faster. I knew that I had to use gears but I had to look up the gear ratio that would work best with the materials I had. I found out that the best gear ratio that I could use was a 5:1 gear ratio.
3.) First I used the information that I had looked up to set up the gears. Then I built off of the gears by adding the two legs with the gears to the main bot. Then I had added the wheels to the front of the robot so that it would be able to go. Once I was done building it, I did the math so that I could program the robot to go the distance of 20 feet. Then I tested it and once I realized that it worked and it was fast, I decided to race against classmates and record the video on my phone so that I could put it on my site.
4.) The final product of my robot had two legs with 5:1 gears that spun the wheels that were also attached. In the front I had two wheels going down that weren't programmed to run but instead just turned when the wheels on the legs were spinning. Also there was a microphone attached to the robot so that when I talked or clapped the robot would be set to run and would take off.
5.) The feedback that was given was to put use a better gear ratio than the one that I was using because the robot was pretty slow. I used gears that made the gear ratio a 5:1 which was a success because it went fast. Another suggestion was to add the microphone so that the robot could be programmed to run much easier and quicker. This was a success when it came to racing because all I had to do was just clap when I set it to the program.
6.) What I had learned from this project was that there were different gear ratios that could be used to make the robot much faster. Before that, I thought that all the gear combinations were the same and it didn't affect the speed of the robot but I was wrong.
7.) If I were to do this project again, what I would do different is try to add one more leg but have this one be in the front of the robot so that I could add another gear combination to make the robot even faster.
2.) The information that was needed in order to do this assignment was how to make the robot go faster. I knew that I had to use gears but I had to look up the gear ratio that would work best with the materials I had. I found out that the best gear ratio that I could use was a 5:1 gear ratio.
3.) First I used the information that I had looked up to set up the gears. Then I built off of the gears by adding the two legs with the gears to the main bot. Then I had added the wheels to the front of the robot so that it would be able to go. Once I was done building it, I did the math so that I could program the robot to go the distance of 20 feet. Then I tested it and once I realized that it worked and it was fast, I decided to race against classmates and record the video on my phone so that I could put it on my site.
4.) The final product of my robot had two legs with 5:1 gears that spun the wheels that were also attached. In the front I had two wheels going down that weren't programmed to run but instead just turned when the wheels on the legs were spinning. Also there was a microphone attached to the robot so that when I talked or clapped the robot would be set to run and would take off.
5.) The feedback that was given was to put use a better gear ratio than the one that I was using because the robot was pretty slow. I used gears that made the gear ratio a 5:1 which was a success because it went fast. Another suggestion was to add the microphone so that the robot could be programmed to run much easier and quicker. This was a success when it came to racing because all I had to do was just clap when I set it to the program.
6.) What I had learned from this project was that there were different gear ratios that could be used to make the robot much faster. Before that, I thought that all the gear combinations were the same and it didn't affect the speed of the robot but I was wrong.
7.) If I were to do this project again, what I would do different is try to add one more leg but have this one be in the front of the robot so that I could add another gear combination to make the robot even faster.