| 1 | | The mechanical team works with aluminum, plastic, and wood to construct the body of the robot and its mechanisms. |
| | 1 | The mechanical team works with aluminum, plastic, and wood to construct the body of the robot and its mechanisms. |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | Students learn: |
| | 4 | * To create and manipulate robot parts using: |
| | 5 | * Materials: aluminum extrusions, polycarbonate sheet, wood, 3D printed plastics |
| | 6 | * Fasteners: nuts, bolts, screws, rivets, adhesives, etc. |
| | 7 | * Hand Tools - drivers, wrenches, saws, clamps, calipers, punches, etc. |
| | 8 | * Power Tools - drills, saws, lathes, mills, benders |
| | 9 | * Build machines from parts using: |
| | 10 | * transmissions: axles, gears, sprockets, chains |
| | 11 | * [http://507movements.com/ mechanisms]: pulleys, levers, ratchets, pistons, etc. |
| | 12 | * Mechanical engineering design and basic physics: stresses and strains, forces and moments |
| | 13 | * Design parts and machines using computers (CAD) |
| | 14 | * Create parts using machines and computers (CAM) e.g. 3D printing |
