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Rube Goldberg Gumball
Machine Project
By:
Austin, Garth, Josh, Mitch,
Reid, Reuben, and Thien
The Problem Statement:
To celebrate Goldberg's 50th anniversary, in honor
of his brother Rube Goldberg, Vex Goldburg would like us to make a complex machine made of vex
parts that when triggered by a drop of a
quarter, dispenses candy.
Design Statement:
Design, build, and test a complex
machine when triggered by a drop
of a quarter dispenses candy.
Criteria and Constraints
We started by beginning research before the
major part of the project. We were to have twelve
pages of research for Vex parts, the six simple
machines, rube goldberg machines, and possible
candy dispensers.
Here are some of the pages of research
that were collected by our team prior to
the project.
Here are the vex parts.
Next each person came up with ways to make the candy dispensers. We used decision matrices and combined ideas to make our machine.
All parts were made in the CAD system. We then assembled them in inventor. We made exploded views and submitted the parts list.
We did have problems when assembling the parts. The custom parts weren't done on time and we had to change the lever three times. We made the changes and fixed the design.
On May 22nd, we finished the parts list and began assembling. The next morning we came in early and finished and prepared for this presentation.
And finally today here is the gumball machine.
The End
We conducted research on Rube Goldberg and his machines, vex parts, the six simple machines, and candy dispensers.
Here are the vex parts that we're allowed to use when making the gumball project.
Durable/
repeatable