11: Intro to the Robotic Arm

Learning Target

• Assemble a robotic mechanism
• Document important concepts, investigations and questions

Resources

For most assignments with the arm, you will be documenting your progress in your digital engineering notebook. Many assignments will provide a page template to insert into your notebook. This is one of those assignments.

Student Template - Intro to Robotic Arm

Be sure to update the information at the bottom of each page!

Instructions

Step 1:

Open the notebook page template from above:

Student Template - Intro to Robotic Arm

Copy the page (slide) and paste it into your own notebook.

Be sure to complete this page as you reach relevant portions of the assignment.

Step 2:

Follow the interactive build instructions to assemble the robotic arm in its basic configuration:

https://instructions.online/?id=4063-Direct_CTE_6-Axis_Arm_Base

 Be sure to complete your engineering notebook.

Step 3:

Skip past the "Build" section on this page and then following the remaining instructions.

Getting Started With the Vex CTE Workcell

Be sure to complete your engineering notebook.