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Intro to engineering: Tim the robot

Tim the robot When approaching the objective of completing a maze and putting out a fire me and my partner, Jessica Connole decided to use the fan method to extinguish the flame and use the ultrasonic sensor to navigate the maze. The first problem I encountered was...

Hub & wheel

Today I shall describe to you the steps it took to make a hub and wheel for my final project which is a robot. first I had to make my hub, this only took me one attempt. Then came making the wheel this took a lot of tries. At first I was starting my print and leaving...

Flame sensor turning on a fan

For this project I had to learn how to use a flame sensor and a fan in tandem . This took a while to get the hang of at first I was having a really hard time with the hardware involved but once I took a step back and re watched the videos I was provided I got the hang...

Ultrasonic controlling a servo

The video  In short an ultrasonic sensor works by shooting out a frequency and waiting for the said frequency to bounce back to the sensor. We are then able to judge distance by how long the delay is between when the sensor fires and when the sound returns. servos are...

Motor mount

The reference image I used is linked here. To start you’re going to go to on shape and click the small plus symbol at the bottom left of the screen. This will pull up a menu you are going to select import and choose you desired image. Once you’ve done this...