Somerset Berkley Regional High School

Robotics Engineering with LabView

1. Engineering Design Central Concepts: Engineering design involves practical problem solving, research, development, and invention/innovation, and requires designing, drawing, building, testing, and redesigning. Students should demonstrate the ability to use the engineering design process to solve a problem or meet a challenge.

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1.1 Identify and explain the steps of the engineering design process: identify the problem, research the problem, develop possible solutions, select the best possible solution(s), construct prototypes and/or models, test and evaluate, communicate the solutions, and redesign. Identify the problem Research the Redesign problem

Communicate the solutions

Develop solutions

Test and evaluate

Construct a prototype

Select the best solution

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Step 1 Identify the problem

Write down the original problem here. Student - Design, build and program a robot to: compete in tug of war Matches.

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Step 2 Research the problem

Explore other options via the internet Student: List the internet sites that were helpful. Site 1 drgaeme.net_____________________ Site 2__teachengineering.org__________________ Site 3 _alyssac weebly.org____________________

What did you learn from your research? A _we learned that the robot needs to be Heavy to play tug of war_____________________ B _white batteries are the best for the robot _____________________ C ______________________
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Step 3 Develop solutions BRAINSTORM COLLABORATION

Student : Share your ideas with your design team. List your ideas below. 1. ___WE NEED A COMPOUND GEAR_________________________________ 2. __we need a white battery___________________________________ 3. _I think my team needs to make a heavy robot.___________________________________-

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The Somerset Berkley writing rubric will be used for assessment.

Student : Skillfully and imaginatively describe what your first prototype will look like. We are going to make our robot heavy so that it cant Be pulled by any robot . Our robot has one gear four wheels and a low center of Gravity. We plan on gearing the robot with a gear train that uses a small gear on the motor and a large gear on the axle. The prototype that we are using Have one gear four wheel. It will have a white battery and many other parts.

Step 4 Select the best Possible solution(s)

Student: Describe which solution(s) best meet the need or solve the problem. Describe exactly what idea or mixture of ideas your design team decided on for the first robot prototype? Use the next slide for your response. We need a white battery Because it would better for our robot to use A major solution to Our project would be a white battery for our robot

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Step 5 Construct a prototype

Build a robot with your NXT lego kit Create a computer program for your robot. Use the next slide(s) for the digital pictures of your prototypes and computer programs.

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Step 5 evidence 1st Prototype picture and computer program

Step 6 Test and Evaluate the solution(s)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Does your robot work? yes Did it perform as expected? yes What changes are necessary for the robot and the program? White batter Does it meet the original design constraints? Is it safe? Lab work- Modify your robot project and use the next slide to post a picture of your improved robot project.

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Step 6 evidence
1st modified prototype picture and computer program

Step 6 evidence 2nd modified prototype picture and computer program

3rd modified prototype picture and computer program

Add additional slides as necessary

Step 7 Communicate the solution(s)

Provide the YouTube link of your video that shows how your robot meets the challenge.
YouTube video link :

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Redesign

Overhaul the solution(s) based on information gathered during testing and self-assessment activity.

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