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Jeremy Gerber Northridge High School
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Students build a robot arm to pick up objects and move them into milk jugs on a field. Objects for this year include pencils, nails, pvc pipes, and ping pong balls. Goal is move as many of these objects as possible in 3 minutes. http://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/uploa ded_files/robotarmonepage120908.pdf
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West Goal Box is the “PVC Box.” North Goal Box is the “Pencil Box.” East Goal Box is the “Nail Box.” Where do the ping pong balls go? The Bonus Jug The final ping pong ball.
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Shortest Time Least number of motors (will probably never get this far) Lowest labeled voltage (seriously will never get this far!!!)
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VEX kits http://www.vexrobotics.com/ http://www.vexrobotics.com/ EDGE Arms and such. http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/b696/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/b696/ Servos and your own control.
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Don’t be afraid to yell “Stop!” You need kids with mechanical skills, not necessarily honors students. TIME, TIME, TIME Practice fixes everything, so don’t be quick to change.
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gerberj@mcsin-k12.org gerberj@mcsin-k12.org http://www.ezwebsite.org/nhsso http://www.ezwebsite.org/nhsso NHS Invite Jan 19 th.
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