Rube Goldberg.
This is the final rendered product of my Rube Goldberg machine. This was probably one of the hardest projects I've done, because of all of the different parts that had to move simultaneously.
The file below here is the animation of my rube goldberg. I realized too late that I animated before I did the properties of some of the items and that's why some of them are white.
rube_goldberg.avi | |
File Size: | 780 kb |
File Type: | avi |
These are the steps that I've taken to get to my final product.
The first part of the Rube Goldberg that I made was the part that the ball would roll down and through the little tube at the end to fall onto the see-saw below.
The next part of the Rube Goldberg that I made was the see-saw below the tube. It was so far the easiest part, and I'm assuming that it's going to be the easiest part of the whole project since it was only 2 very simple shapes.
This is just a picture of the two previous parts and their relation to each other.
Here I curved the top of the see-saw so that the ball wouldn't roll off the side of it. I also rotated it so that one end was up and one end was down, like a normal sew-saw would be.
I changed my mind about having the ball land on the see-saw and rolling to the other side. Instead, I decided that the ball would land in something on one end of it, which would push that end down. I put another ball at the opposite end of the see-saw so that when one end went down it would push the other ball towards the dominos and knock them over.
These are the dominos I made that are going to get knocked over by the ball.
Here I just added more dominos that curved around a corner to make it more interesting to watch.
Here I added a button that is going to turn on a lightbulb. When the final domino falls, it is going to land on the button, obviously pushing it.
This is the lightbulb that is going to turn on. I was surprised at how little time it took me to make it because I thought that it would take longer to get it to look realistic.
This is the balloon I made that is attached to a weight. Once the lightbulb turns on, it will burn through the string holding the weight up and the weight will fall.
Here is the scale that the weight will fall on once the rope breaks and drops the weight.
These are the final steps of my rube goldberg. When the weight from the balloon falls onto the scale it pushes the other side up which pushes the see-saw down and hits the other see-saw down. The last see-saw launches the dart into the air which hits the balloon and pops it.