Monthly Archives: June 2019

Capstone Blog 6

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Now I have 2 days until I have to present my Capstone, so I also have a lot done. My final project is done and it’s way too long. 🙁 I’m practicing my script because I need to memorize it. My project is going pretty good. There are only a few things I need to change and I have plenty of time. If I work at home, then I think I will do O.K..  The capstone project is really fun, and I’m having a good time with it. My presentation might be too long, but I don’t have the time to change it because I will be presenting on the 20th and 21st. I’m really nervous my presentation will be way over the time limit and I won’t do good. I’m both nervous and a bit excited as well. I’m a bit excited because of a lot of reasons. First, I can get it over with, so I’m not as stressed. Second, school is almost over. And the best part is… it’s my birthday on the 20th!!!!! So over all, I’m both nervous and excited as well.

Capstone Blog 5

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Recently we had to answer our main inquiry questions. Mine was: How has the structures and functions of robots changed over time? I did some research and looked at the really old robots. They were all very slow, heavy and were very limited in the things they could do. On the other hand, when I looked at the newer robots, I noticed a big difference. the newer robots were a lot lighter, faster and could do much much more. Then I compared the 2 categories and I noticed that robots improved in speed, reflexes, sensing its surroundings, and a lot of other things. Newer robots were capable of doing more things, whereas the older ones would just be for out entertainment. In conclusion, robots are evolving really fast, and I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Capstone Blog 4

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For my Capstone interview, I went to the Scarsdale High School Design Lab. I interviewed a teacher and his name was Mr. McDonald. I had some really good interview questions prepared such as:

 

  1. What inspired you to become an engineering/design teacher?
  2. What is the process of engineering and designing a robot?
  3. What are/is the main purpose(s) or robotics?

 

I thought that these questions very good because they got me a lot of information.  Sometimes Mr MacDonald was also asked he’s students from the robotics Club to answer some of my questions. I thought the students at the SHS DesignLab were doing very challenging but also very interesting and fun things. The students at the shs designlab were very smart and very nice. They answered my questions in good detail and today gave me a little tour of what they were currently doing, like their First Tech Robotics Competition Robot and some other robots they had made.

 

After the interview, the teacher gave me some  tips for my project because some of his students have done their capstone’s before.  after I spent a few more minutes there I was really Happy because I got a lot of information. I also had a really good time at the SHS DesignLab.