Lab 8 - Simple Mechanics

Description

Translate radial motion into other types of motion.  Oh, and use those techniques to build a cuckoo clock.

For this assignment, Annie, Apoorva, Prayag, and I used scissor linkages to accomplish the objectives from Parts 1, 2, and 3:  open and close the cuckoo clock doors, move the bird forward and backward through the doors, and control it from the Arduino.

Components Used

• Arduino x 1
• Breadboard x 1
• wires x several
• servo motor x 1
• cannibalized K'nex set x 1
• cardboard
• balsa wood
• thumb tack
• Playdough
• string
• masking tape
• elastic string
• hot glue
• bird x 1

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