Halloween Automata - Our Crazy Contraption Halloween Machine
Cardboard box automata is a great craft oriented project that demonstrates how cams can convert rotational motion into up and down motion.
During the pandemic, I wanted to have young people be able to create complicated mechanical contraptions with low cost materials on Zoom. The problem with Zoom is that it's a 2D image and it can be very challenging for an instructor to show all the good camera angles of a complicated 3D project in real time during a class.
I was pleased with the results and this video proved to be very helpful to have young people in our classes be able to understand how to make a cardboard box automata.
Animation and production by: Jay Gluckman
Animated in Blender 3D Software
Video Edited in Adobe Premier
Thanks to Ananya Pandit for her help in teaching this class in our Girls Rock at STEM program during the pandemic.
Check out the Exploratorium write of this activity at:
https://www.exploratorium.edu/pie/dow...