Rube Goldberg Machine
Our class was tasked to make a Rube Goldberg machine: We were split into pairs, and each pair was given an input sensor and an output mechanism. We then had to convert our input to our output using an Arduino board and code. The pairs with maching outputs and inputs also had to work together to make sure that the inputs and outputs would work together.
Me and @laxaa were given a magnet switch as our input and a vibration motor as our output. A common âhackâ of the vibration motor is the Bristlebot, which consists of the motor placed on a brush head, along with the obligatory âgoogely eyesâ. We didnât have a brush head laying around, but our studio is always filled with empty beer cans⊠The cans are both light and stiff enough to function the same as a brush head. We put the vibration motor inside the beer can, put some googely eyes on it and placed it on a ramp. We coded the Arduino to power the vibration motor for a couple of seconds after registering the magnet sensor triggering once. After that we worked with @eilarishovd and @muberrein on where to place the magnet sensor, and with @clementinerusten and @eirunnmkvalnes to test the sensitivity of their proximity sensor.
