RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE By: Ryan Lenhardt Sagar Patel Phil Bagley Zack Audy

Agenda Group Roles Team Constitution Customer

Group Roles Leader: Ryan Lenhardt Task manager: Zack Audy Time Keeper: Phil Bagley Scribe: Sagar Patel

Team Constitution Article 1: Respect ALL members in the group Article 2: Stay on task Article 3: Do NOT procrastinate Article 4: Communicate ideas and thoughts Article 5: No idea is a bad idea Article 6: Everyone should contribute Article 7: Equal share of participation

Customer Mr. Buchs–Principles of Engineering class instructor. He will help with the actually building of the machine. Ms. Quetch– Mathematics teacher. She will help us with the math involved. Mr. Cotie – Digital Electronics Instructor. He will be assisting us with the electrical aspect of the design. Ms. Brandner – Physics Teacher. She will help us with the formulas needed to calculate the energy transformations.

Problem Statement Our group has been asked to create a machine that will move a toy car at least one meter without directly touching it. The machine much us at least four types of energy and three types of different energy transformations.

Deliverables Our Rube Goldberg Machine Technical Report Power Point Presentation Demonstration

Background A Rube Goldberg Machine preforms simple tasks in a complex way A Rube Goldberg Machine transfers energy through a series of materials and actions It’s deliberately over-engineered

Materials Cardboard Soda cans Water bottles 2 liter soda bottles Apples sauce containers Gum container Pencil

Materials (cont.) String Soup can Paper towel roll Water Fan Plastic Bag