My earliest memory is creating a little garage for my hot wheels. This garage from a multitude of legos was probably greatest things I made at such an age. Later, I'd reflect on this memory, and how my creation inspired me to continue building my passion. I didn't realize at the moment, but every piece I created was slowly leading me to my passion for creating. During middle school, my interest in creating things had sparked brighter than ever. Each creation kept me rolling down the same path. As I got more advanced, each set presented new challenges. After years of watching me enthralled in building custom sets, my dad enrolled me into a Lego Robotics tournament. One magical idea kept jumping to the next. What would I build? What task would I complete? From that point forward, I devoted every Saturday morning …show more content…
When I entered the gigantic venue, I noticed what seemed like hundreds of people holding unique creations, from tiny, flying like creatures to destructive robot with chainsaws. As the minutes counted down to the start of the race, I became overwhelmed with fear and anxiety. Before I knew it, my name was called and my robot began to slowly wiggle down its path. Holding back tears, I ran to my failing creation. In a matter of minutes, I discovered that the chassis interfered with the sensors and I had to disassemble the car. Before I knew it, my frail yet stable robot arrived in second place! That day still inspires me because I learned to never give up. Preparing for the tournament also revealed how time is irrelevant when you're doing something that you're passionate about. At the beginning of high school, I got interested in Makezine, an online community of people who create, design, and share their interesting projects. Makezine inspired me to create, but I wanted to take it a step further and start a business. Excited about my new venture, I went to a startup event in San Francisco to help kickstart the
Lego’s are very fun to play with, they bring out your imaginative side. The Lego is very creative for your creative personality too! These toys had an interesting history about them and you know much of it now. The word Lego means what it is for, it means (I assemble, or I put together!). I hope you found this as interesting as much as I did.
Hundreds of thoughts swarm through my head, as I think of potential car and launcher designs. It was the beginning of 8th grade. A new year of middle school, a new year of Science Olympiad, a new year of studying for my events, and a new year of challenges: my first building event, Scrambler. I’ve always been interested in science, specifically medicine, ever since I was 7 or 8. I read a book called When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Doctor, which inspired me to aspire to become a doctor. Ever since then, I’ve been exploring the field of science and medicine through a variety of learning experiences such as Science Olympiad, a science competition consisting of several events that cater to a variety of fields in science. This year, my partner and I were faced with the task of building a mechanical vehicle, powered by a falling mass, that is capable of traveling down a straight, level track with a barrier at the end while carrying an
of the sessions familiar to put their client at ease. As discussed previously, impairment in social functioning causes difficulty in communication which is necessary in typical counseling interventions. According to Woods, Mahdavi, and Ryan (2013), Lego therapy, a type of play therapy, is highly effective in improving social skills between pairs or small groups of children aged 6-11. Legos are an appealing toy to children with ASD as they are a methodical and predictable toy that are easy to control. Therapists are also faced with the difficulty of ASD children regulating emotions and behavior, which is often a typical reason parents seek therapy for their child in the first place (Samson, Hardan, Lee, Phillips, & Gross, 2015). It is encouraging
The LEGO Group organization is famous due to its flagship product – colourful plastic bricks that can be interlocked to form a variety of figures, and then disconnected again. These binding bricks originated in a wooden form when the company was first established in Billund, Denmark by Kirk Kristiansen in 1932 (The LEGO Group, 2012), and today’s well known plastic version was introduced in 1958 (Rosenberg). The company’s head office is located in Billund to this day, and The LEGO Group remains privately owned by Kristiansen’s family (The LEGO Group, 2012). They currently sell toys and teaching materials in over 130 countries worldwide.
My project was to create a robot out of a Lego Mindstorms construction set that
Over the course of history, technology has had many advancements that human beings thought they would never be able to witness in their lifetimes. Today, many people never thought they would live to see the creation of robots. However, forms
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) grand challenge is hosted a first of its kind all robotics race through the Mojave Desert from Barstow, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Two hours before the race the contestants are given the route at which their robots will have to take in order to win the race. Once the race starts human intervention will result in disqualification. The prize for finishing in the fastest time is one million dollars. So far no one has ever finished the race the farthest robot going just over seven miles, but they have made tremendous progress.
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As a fourth grader at age nine, going to fifth grade after summer vacation, I was welcomed to many wonderful opportunities of learning at the AEF Summer Program. My parents and I decided to tackle this opportunity and sign me up for their robotics class; I absolutely adored it! I encountered the wonders of programming and piecing things together and meeting new friends were part of that excitement as well. In doing so, ...
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Robots have been around for less than fifty years, but the idea of metal creations that do our bidding is much older. The ancient Greek poet Homer described maidens of gold, mechanical helpers built by Hephaistos, the Greek god of metal smiths. The golems of medieval Jewish legend were robot-like servants made of clay, brought to life by a spoken charm. In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a mechanical man. However, real robots wouldn’t become possible until the 1950s and 1960s, with the invention of transistors and integrated circuits. Compact, reliable electronics and a growing computer industry added brains to already existing machines. In 1959, researchers demonstrated the possibility of robotic manufacturing when they unveiled a computer-controlled milling machine that made ashtrays.
My undergraduate course in the field of Electronics Engineering has given me a comprehensive exposure to all the core fields of computer science and mathematics. In my junior year, I participated in the prestigious robotic contest-Robocon 2007 with my peers. It was an eye-opening experience as I got an opportunity to manufacture a robot from scratch– from designing, assembling to programming. I was extensively involved in programming it, using C++ language for path planning and motion control. During this phase, I learned about different algorithmic strategies like Line and Sensor-based Algorithm, Fuzzy Logic etc. that could help the robot decide faster navigation and make correct decisions to avoid getting blocked kindling my interest in that area. Overall, it was a great learning and challenging experience as it gave me an insight into how the concepts of different branches of engineering culminate to make a robot and required a host of activities including problem solving, research and team-coordination to achieve our goal.
The excitement of seeing the robot work flawlessly made me study microcontrollers and microprocessors before it was formally introduced to us in fourth semester, in order to build a microcontroller based robot. This new robot, gave me the flexibility to use the same hardware, but experiment with different logic. While programming the robot, after several iterations of coding and flashing the system, I realized the practical advantages of modular programming. I then created modules per microcontroller peripheral and used the relevant module, based on the requirements of the project/problem statement. Using this robot, I participated in several inter-collegiate fests.
We were successful in the building of a robot that could move all of the required game pieces to the specified locations within the prescribed amount of time. There were many small victories along with the setbacks. The structure of the legs of the arm was an easy project for the arm team. The motor mount and fabrication of the arms were also successes on their part. Later on the spool and slider mechanism for the claw was a major breakthrough in the nick of time. The base team had many successes as well and few setbacks. The design was easy enough to come by and the fender was a late but ultimately crucial design feature. The caster wheel was a project done by our base team leader, Joe The wheel mounts and wheels were completed by the more technically versed members of the team, Jared and Aiden.
Recently the professors at the Westmoreland County Community College conducted a special program to introduce students to the field of mechatronics and robotics. Robotics is the engineering science and technology of robots (meaning the robot as a machine that could perform tasks autonomously or semi-autonomous) mechanics related to electronics, and software. It is an increasingly popular science to develop real intelligence capable of performing many human tasks or just facilitating them. The robot takes care of design not only robots but also to manufacture, implement and arrange them structurally. With the emergence of the concept 'robot' in the early twentieth century, the green light to the development of increasingly autonomous systems is given. An autonomous robot is a robotic device capable of operating by itself in service robotics is where else are lavishing service robots (Kormushev et.al, 2013). Robotics has evolved into autonomous mobile systems, which are those that are able to fend for themsel...