video of the robotic arm:

reflection of the robotic arm:

We were tasked with a project to test our problem solving and idea creating abilities. The goal was to create a robotic arm power by hydraulics and use this arm to complete the fairy simple task of moving a chocolate bar from the outside of a box to the inside without using any other objects besides the arm. After we completed the building of this arm, we thought that is would work and not have a problem unfortunately on the day that we were testing we discovered that the base of the arm was to big we had added this base because we needed to hold the arm down, luckily by cutting down the base we were still able to get the arm to work without having to many issues fixing it. In the end we managed to be successful in our efforts though if we could change one thing about this robotic arm it would be the clamping movement in the claw as it was not strong enough to hold the KitKat. As for what we did well I would say finishing the project with a successful arm and being able to make quickly efficient changes as they became necessary. Overall, I believe that we did well but could still improve next time and use are time and plan a little bit better.

PARTNER:

Jayden Wong

 

picture of the whole robotic arm: