Rube Goldberg Machine

 By Group5


What is it?

A Rube Goldberg machine uses a set of reactions that work in succession, triggering one event after another until the final event is triggered.


1. Introduction 

You guys may have wondered what a Rube Goldberg machine is. A Rube Goldberg machine uses a set of reactions that work in succession, triggering one event after another until the final event is triggered. Our Rupe Goldberg machine. Mai looks simple, but it isn’t because the dominoes part is so challenging, and I really do have to be patient and have tried many times. At first, we have to plan for our Rube Goldberg machine. The top of the machine will be made of cardboard. We have to cut the cardboard and put it together to form a path, flowing down. And after that, do it the same way but with a different pattern. And the last step of Our Rube Goldberg machine is a domino. This is the hardest part, and this part is taking a long time to finish because when we finish putting them together and away and one falls, it will make all of the dominoes fall too.


2. Choose a Simple Task 

The point is “the dominoes fall because of this mechanism “


3. Gather Materials

The material is ping pong ball, cardboard, feature board, scotch tape, scissors, cutter lastly dominoes.


4. Plan the Steps 

Let the ping pong balls go down one layer at a time. and go down the zigzag path, then crash into a dominoes.


5. Detailed Instructions for Each Step 

This is the detailed instructions for each step. First, let the ping pong continuously flow down the slope till the lowest floor. Then it will go through the tramway to the zigzag path.Finally, it will bump into the dominoes.


6. Safety Precautions 

In the making process, dangerous equipment was used, namely Elephant Brand glue and a glue gun, which should not touch the skin. The method of protection is to use clear tape.


7. Testing and Troubleshooting 

Making this machine is a rather complicated process, so it's best to try it out before actually shooting it to know where there are problems and errors so that when actually shooting the machine it comes out smoothly.For example, repairing an unstable ramp to make it more stable so that ping pong balls can pass smoothly.


8. Include Variations and Tips

We use ping pong balls as the tool of this machine. We should changed to using heavier marbles because the ping pong balls we use are too light, the dominoes are difficult to topple over.


9. Progress Updates 







10. Conclusion 

Doing this project has allowed us to concentrate, design, and allow us to use our creativity more. We still have the skills to solve immediate problems. There are many problems with making the Rube Goldberg Machine, such as the dominoes breaking many times during testing and the tape attached to the ramp falling off. The solution is to have a lot of concentration when connecting the dominoes. Place tape on several floors of the ramp.



11. Additional Resources 




12. Encourage Collaboration 

It needs to have a good teamwork, be it a works of Rube Goldberg Machine or our work. Rube Goldberg Machine works systematically. For example, our work has a cause, where it start, what process it is and where does it end? Everything is a system. Before we could do this project, we had to sacrifice our time and work together very well. There may be some disagreements, but we try our best to make it happen.



13. Peer Review 

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