Somerset Berkley Regional High School

Robotics Engineering with LabView

1. Engineering DesignCentral 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 problem

Develop solutions

Select the best solutionConstruct a

prototype

Test andevaluate

Communicate thesolutions

Redesign

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Identify the problem

Identify the problem in need of a solution.

The Problem is that we need to makeA bot to win in a sumo match

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Research the problem

Examine the current state of the issues and current solutions.Student: We were assigned to solve the problem of making a bot that can push another bot out of an arena to win.

Explore other options via the internet

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Develop solutions

Brainstorm

Student: A bot that can push others out, or a bot that can flip another bot

Select the best Possible solution(s)

Student: We decided to merge them together in order to get the maximum performance

Capture the conversation in GoAnimate.com

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Construct a prototype

Student: We built out prototype without much of a frame andWe needed a lot of improvement.

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Test and Evaluatethe solution(s)

Does it work?Does it meet the original design constraints?Can it be manufactured?Is it safe?What happens to the products when its useful life is finished?

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Use GoAnimate.com to respond to the questions

Communicate the solution(s)

The Solution we found helped our bot by giving it a frame soThe bot can now support other bots trying to flip us over, whileFlipping over the other bots at the same time

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Publish your GoAnimate video!

Communicate the solution(s)Part two

The Social Impact of this solution is that there is now a small Bot that can win in a sumo match

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Communicate the solution(s)Part three

We worked very hard on our bot over all. With several timesOf measuring the angles and making sure things have a Back up route, we had to make several changes to get thePerfect result.

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Redesign

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

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