🐾 E8 Animal Machines

The Prototype Workshop zoo wants robot animals so everyone can see how real animals move, bite and crawl.

Explorers, Foundation. Engineer Stamp: Robot Zookeeper.

Lessons

1. Crocodile jaws: Snap! A crocodile has super-strong jaws. Can we build some?
2. The woodpecker returns: Real woodpeckers peck 20 times a second. How fast can our robot go?
3. Beaks and grippers: Birds have different beaks for different food. Which “beak” is best?
4. The tortoise crawler: Tortoises are slow but can push heavy things. Can our robot tortoise?
5. Design Day: Invent a robot animal: The zoo opens tomorrow and the robot enclosures are empty!
6. Showcase: Robot Zoo: Each team is a zookeeper and gives a 1-minute tour of its animal.

Design challenge

Build a robot animal that moves one part the way the real animal does (jaws, wings, legs or tail).

Engineering ideas

• Levers
• Cams
• Stored Energy

Standards: 1-LS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2