Bob Swift Teaches with ARobot
I assembled this ARobot to see if it would be suitable as a project for
some of my client schools on the Navajo on Hopi reservations. I think it
is. (There are a few procedures in your assembly instructions where I will
suggest changes: i.e. on page 16 I would bend and adjust the left motor
mount as needed to ensure that mounting screws align with holes, but don't
attach the mount firmly until after the front axle has been assembled;
otherwise it's difficult to mate the coupling to the motor and axle. Ditto
the encoder sensor and encoder wheel.)
I'm a retired teacher and now go by the title of Science Outreach Educator
for the Department of Physics and Astronomy here at Northern Arizona
University. Raytheon is providing us with funding to promote engineering
among our clients and I'm starting out with the ARobot. I like the
open-endedness of your system, and where we go with it will depend on
student interest and capabilities. As the project continues I'll update my
site at: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rls/raytheonbot.htm
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