CS3113EX1

This is a Rube Goldberg Machine started with a sphere rolling down a slope and finished with a red domino falling down the edge of the map. Basically, there are two to three main routes jointed and separated, which forms the main route. The white cubes and the transparent cubes represent for the constant and unmovable platform, obstacle, and slope. The green cubes represent leverages, hinges, and seesaw. (I wished to create some pendulum, but I found scripts are required to change the center of mass. So, I gave up). The blue cylinders are all used as wheels, and the spheres are used as triggers. With the help of these objects, various different mechanisms are created. For instance, at the beginning, a leverage served as a slope for a sphere after triggering another sphere. Cylinders help reducing the cube' s sliding friction and triggers the dominos. Multiple dominos create joint force so that heavier domino can be pushed down. Close to the end, a sphere uses the slope to change direction without losing too much momentum. A Cylinder helps the red domino rolling onto the thin cylinders. For the sphere without applying gravity on the seesaw, I create a transparent pipe to direct its route in the air since the movement of seesaw lifting up the sphere to the air cannot be precise as I expected. For all these different and joint route, I design a certain sequence that ensure all process happening as expected. Though, there are still small chances that failure happens, like the "cart" collapse from the slope wall not triggering the dominos on the floor. After the red domino is sent down the edge by the thin cylinders, the whole process ends.

Charles Pan cp3723