This course introduces the learner to fundamentals of simple machines and mechanisms that make robots function in a more coordinated way and achieve perfection in completing basic tasks that they are designed and built to do. This course is broken into six Modules to be covered in twenty four Units. Students will learn a simple machine in each week for three weeks and then end the Modules with a fourth Unit that reflects on the past three machines. In each Module the students are challenged to develop hands-on building techniques for simple mechanisms or machines that expose them to early engineering concepts such as:: Meshing gears, compound gear systems, changing rotational direction , moving without wheel, walking, Off center rotation, flapping wings and many more!
| Module 1 | Module One |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Understanding Gear Train |
| Unit 2 | Understanding a Piston |
| Unit 3 | The Concept of gears vs pulley in power transfer |
| Unit 4 | Show & Tell |
| Module 2 | Module Two |
| Unit 1 | Gearing up or down |
| Unit 2 | Understanding Bevel Gears: Cultivating Tractor |
| Unit 3 | Building a pump |
| Unit 4 | Show & Tell |
| Module 3 | Module Three |
| Unit 1 | Simple CAM system |
| Unit 2 | One phase Simple CAM system |
| Unit 3 | Compounding gears ratios |
| Unit 4 | Show & Tell |
| Module 4 | Module Four |
| Unit 1 | Understanding the use of Worm Gears |
| Unit 2 | Orthogonal drilling |
| Unit 3 | Compounding gears mixed with pulleys |
| Unit 4 | Show & Tell |
| Module 5 | Module 5 |
| Unit 1 | Simple angular Pendulum |
| Unit 2 | Intermittent Motion |
| Unit 3 | Vertical drilling |
| Unit 4 | Show & Tell |
| Module 6 | Module 6 |
| Unit 1 | Racking Mechanism |
| Unit 2 | Mixing gears with CAM |
| Unit 3 | Understanding Transmission |
| Unit 4 | Show & Tell |