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The purpose of a Rube Goldberg Machine is to perform a simple task with a complicated machine. Our simple task was stapling a piece of paper. We had a requirement of ten step and had to use at least 4 of the 5 simple machines.
In our group we had to calculate the velocity, acceleration, force, mechanical advantage and distance. Me and my group did this part of the project very well. We also presented the information very nicely the night of presenting sand got a good rating from the judges. In the beginning of this project I thought it going to be a piece of cake. Me and my group soon realized this was not the case. We had difficulties with structure of our whole thing and a couple of steps along the way. As expected we had arguments bug go over them and worked it out. For my personal gain, I found out that I can get distracted REALLY easily and can take in the ideas of my group better. In the future I can definitely work on these for future projects. We came together and formed a good tam and made a very nice Rube Goldberg machine. Some parts of this project was very tedious such as the lever that connected the top of the machine to the bottom.. It took multiple tries, arguments, and hours to figure out just that one part of the machine. Once we got the combination though we really got it working at it worked really well. |