Simple Machines: Robot Building Blocks

Activity Description

Students practice the engineering design process to develop a working manipulator arm for a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Through the design process, students explore how simple machines are combined and used to develop complex systems, like manipulator arms. Students also develop a hydraulic actuator, to convert energy into motion for their designs.

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materials needed to design and build a simple hydraulic actuator — Simple Machines: Materials needed to make a hydraulic actuator powered manipulator arm.

An assembled hydraulic actuator powered manipulator arm. — Simple Robot Arm, powered by a hydraulic actuator.

Demonstration: Hydraulic Actuator Siphon.

Demonstration: Building a simple robotic arm model using a hydraulic actuator. style=”width:300px;height:auto”/>

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