{"id":5131,"date":"2015-12-04T12:27:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T16:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2015-12-04T12:29:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T16:29:04","slug":"stair-climbing-robots-engraving-marble-and-a-visit-by-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2015\/12\/04\/stair-climbing-robots-engraving-marble-and-a-visit-by-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Stair climbing robots, engraving marble, and a visit by the community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

Much is happening in the 3D Lab, even with winter break and the holidays soon approaching.\u00a0 A particularly interesting project involves students building robots to climb steps.\u00a0 While a seemingly simple task among us humans, it poses a large challenge to our student engineers!<\/p>\n

The robots were built from LEGO Mindstorms parts which involves bricks, motors, sensors, and a large CPU brick that serves as the robot\u2019s brain.<\/p>\n

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The most successful robot of the bunch<\/p>\n

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This clever robot \u201ctook the high road\u201d and descends instead of climbs<\/p>\n

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Who needs steps when you can use a ramp?<\/p>\n

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Another clever design<\/p>\n

The step climbing competition went very well.\u00a0 While most robots did not complete the climb, one of them made it (with the help of a ramp made from LEGO pieces) and one of them almost made it by navigating a long route through the building, avoiding the stairs altogether.\u00a0 The long robot with many treads (first photo) was the successful climber and was developed by Mitchell Waugh and Taylor Black.\u00a0 The robot that “took the long way home” is shown in the second photo and was developed by Joshua Baker, David Klett, and Neil Whitesell.<\/p>\n

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One of our students recently had a baby and wanted to commemorate the event.\u00a0 He had some decorative marble to see what he could do with the laser engraver.\u00a0 The engraver supports etching wood, plastic, and coated metals, but it also supports glass, marble, and stone.\u00a0 The result came-out beautifully!\u00a0 If you are interested in project ideas that can be accomplished with laser engraving at the Wayne College 3D Lab, please visit https:\/\/www.epiloglaser.com\/resources\/sample-club.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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Speaking of the laser engraver, one of our students assembled an excellent video tutorial for it.\u00a0 Tim Winkler used Adobe Premier and Adobe After Effects to create the video, hosted by our own Anthony Howell.\u00a0 If you wish to use the engraver to make gifts for the holidays, please visit us for free lessons!<\/p>\n

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We are pleased to announce that the 3D Lab recently received a generous donation from Tim and Jenny Smucker of The J.M. Smucker Company.\u00a0 This funding will allow our lab to grow in ways previously not possible and continue to provide a free, accessible service to students, hobbyists, inventors, local schools, and organizations throughout Wayne County.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A family recently visited the lab, as some very young patrons were interested in making things.\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing to see how readily young adults understand concepts of vector art and 3D design as well as the process of laser engraving and 3D printing.\u00a0 They created their own designs using Corel DRAW, then laser engraved colorful metal notepads (courtesy of P. Graham Dunn).\u00a0 Another young patron CAD designed a key from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy on his home computer, then 3D printed a replica on our original 3D printer (donated by the Laura B. Frick Charitable Trust).\u00a0 Lastly, a very young patron created snowflakes on another printer.\u00a0 They had a fun time and learned new skills in the process!<\/p>\n

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Creating notepad designs with Corel DRAW<\/p>\n

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Laser engraving notepads<\/p>\n

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3D printing snowflakes<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t forget, Schantz is offering an Open House for their makerspace tomorrow<\/strong> on Saturday, December 5th from 11am to 1pm.\u00a0 Have an idea for a wood or metal working project but don\u2019t have the right tools at home? Need access to CNC router technology or laser engraving? Are you interested in learning the skills of the workshop or how to operate these project-enhancing machines?\u00a0 Schantz MakerSpace (in Orrville, Ohio) has everything you need!\u00a0 Please see the attached flyer for details.<\/p>\n

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\"3d-printing-news\"<\/p>\n

Are you interested in a 3D printer for home?\u00a0 Here are this year\u2019s best recommendations:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/makezine.com\/2015\/11\/04\/digital-fabrication-shootout-winners<\/a><\/p>\n

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See how 3D printing brings history to life:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/share.uakron.edu\/mailAll\/Digest\/article\/1220827<\/a><\/p>\n

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Until next week,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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Hello everyone, Much is happening in the 3D Lab, even with winter break and the holidays soon approaching.\u00a0 A particularly interesting project involves students building robots to climb steps.\u00a0 While a seemingly simple task among us humans, it poses a large challenge to our student engineers! The robots were built from LEGO Mindstorms parts which involves bricks, motors, sensors, and a large CPU brick that serves as the robot\u2019s brain. The most successful robot of the bunch This clever robot \u201ctook the high road\u201d and descends instead of climbs Who needs steps when you can use a ramp? Another clever design The step climbing competitionRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-tjh1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","post-5131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5179,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions\/5179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}