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Milestone 2: Define
Clarify the user’s challenge and outline the specific design problem, including criteria and constraints for success.
Key Deliverables:
Design Criteria and Constraints list
Problem Statement
Labeled unit circle diagram with user motion mapped (degrees/radians)
Success Metrics/Test Conditions
Design Within Limits – Engineering Constraints and Trigonometry in Robotic Arms
Design Within Limits – Engineering Constraints and Trigonometry in Robotic Arms
How can we use engineering constraints and trigonometric modeling to design a robotic arm that meets a real user’s needs, and how do we check if our design is both practical and mathematically sound?
Learning Intentions:
Define and distinguish between design criteria and constraints. Apply user-specific constraints to a robotic arm project. Use trigonometry to model and sketch arm movement. Connect mathematical reasoning to real-world engineering decisions, preparing a milestone package for feedback and iteration.
Today's Concept:
You've learned the math. You know your user's story. Now it's time for the reality check. In the real engineering world, you don't just build the robot and hope it works. You have to prove that your design will work before you ever touch a piece of hardware.
Today, you stop being just students learning trig and become engineers pitching a solution. You're going to take everything your user told you and translate it into the two things that define every engineering project: Criteria (what makes it good) and Constraints (what makes it fail). Then, you're going to use your trig skills to draw up a 'blueprint' that proves your idea is mathematically possible.
Station 1
Station 1
Explore It – Criteria & Constraints
Station 2
Station 2
Apply It - Design Sorting Practice: Criteria vs. Constraint
Station 3
Station 3
Build It– Criteria & Constraints
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