The Explanation of My Rube Goldberg Machine
What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?
The FailuresThroughout this project we have been through many ups and downs, our first structure was a mess, even after we got the idea of The page puller we had to make many adjustments, for example the length of pulley's thread and the weight of the marbles. I totally agree that the failures of our machine made us do better and construct something better and stronger.
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A Rube Goldberg machine is a machine which is designed to perform a certain simple task in an indirect and overcomplicated method. Often, this machine consists of a series of simple devices that are linked together to produce a Domino effect, in which each device triggers the next one, and the original goal is achieved only after many steps. This machine is also used in day to day activities too. They often use a simple machnine to operate.
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MY RUBE GOLDBERG'S SUMMARY
This Rube Goldberg Machine is called "The Page Puller, The main objective of this machine is to pull the paper in a flag-type of method. This Machine uses laws of physics to operate properly and every part of this machine needs to be 100% in properly shape. We originally come up with some other idea but when we tested that idea it did not work out. Ultimately, Me and Aaryan figured out a new idea using Simple Machines and other laws. There are three elements of this Machine in total. Firstly, The Platform which is a high ground which has a PVC pipe which moves when air is applied to it and it is the first energy transfer, This PVC pipe hits the Dominos which is the second energy, These Dominos hit the mini-ball and this which is the third energy transfer, This Mini-ball enters the collector. The Collector collects the ball and puts it to the right path. If the collector wasn't there the ball would have go off the PVC pipe. Then the ball enters the PVC pipe which acts as a path then the mini ball hits the rubber band which is the fourth energy transfer and this rubber band puts the energy into a bigger marble which goes into the cup which is a pulley and this is the fifth energy transfer due to the weight of the marble the cup the heavier cup stays down and the light goes up, the lighter cup is attached to the paper thread with and it pulls the page up which says the end. I made this project with my team- Gunvir & Ratan.
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The full video of the project and the explanation
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