Rube Goldberg Device

Rube Goldberg Device

Cyle Rajasaari

Andrew Collins

Cody Mitchell

Sam Wright

Design

• Rough sketch of what we wanted to accomplish in our device

Device Description

• Car rolls down ramp and collides with bearing• Bearing rolls down ramp and is projected into

funnel• Bearing hits clothes pin and releases string

holding up weights• Weights fall on second clothes pin and release

hammer• Hammer activates lamp or triggers next device

Calculations

Costs

• Funnel - $0.50

• Hammer - $3.50

• 2 pulleys - $1.50

• Weight - $1.50

• Toy car - $0.50

•2 clothes pins - $0.20•Ball bearing - $1.50•Lamp - $5.00•Wood - $5.00•String - $0.50

TOTAL = $19.70

Construction Issues

• Fitting everything together just right

• Stabilizing funnel

• Making sure our device was constructed so that we could be triggered by/trigger other devices

Conclusion

• Device successfully accomplished what was required of it

• Team members gained valuable teamwork and engineering experience