Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets performing simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways.
Building Rube Goldberg Machines involves creativity and ingenuity, as well as being a lot fun. A great example was built in 2003 when Honda made an advert called "Cog", in which engineers built a Rube Goldberg Machine using parts from an Accord car.
Why not try building your own Rube Goldberg Machine at home, make a video of it and send it to us, so we can share it on the site?
Here are some examples Mr Morris's Year 5 class made back in 2010: