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How a TIMEX Watch is Made

Timex watches are known to be high quality yet reliable and affordable. The brand has been in business since the 1800s. Insider’s Fabiana Buontempo visited their headquarters in Connecticut to learn what goes into making their watches. The art of watchmaking is often machine-based these days,...

Dobot Blockly Curriculum Downloads

Written by Chris Hurd.

Introduction goes here. When you click on the titles or the pictures below you will get the document download as a PDF. Activities 1-Blockly: Pick & Place 2-Blockly: Pick and Place with Jumps and Loops 3-Blockly: Pick & Place with Inputs 4-Blockly...

02 Blockly Pick & Place With Jumps & Loops

Written by Chris Hurd.

Download When programming a robotic arm, it often becomes necessary to repeat operations a set number of times or indefinitely. This can be accomplished by adding different styles of loops to our program. It is also a good programming habit to optimize or reduce your lines of code when appropriate....

01 Blockly Pick and Place Dobot

Written by Chris Hurd.

Download Robotic arms are excellent for performing pick and place operations such as placing small electronic components on circuit boards or laser cut stainless steel stencils, as well as large boxes on pallets. A pick and place operation will require at least 5 points: In this activity you will...

Why do I need a resistor with Inputs on robots and micro-controllers?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: Why do I need a resistor when I am using inputs or outputs on a Dobot Magician? For that matter, Do I need them for micro-controllers like the VEX, or Arduinos? Answer: Well… Yes; on the Dobot you may, and on some micro-controllers also. The reason for this is actually pretty simple,...

Want a Deal on Dobot Magicians?

Written by Chris Hurd.

How about a deal on a some new Dobot Magicians? We are constantly developing new resources for using the Dobot Magician in your classroom. This includes: Activities Presentations Teacher Resources Handouts Tutorials Solutions To help us better understand who has Dobots, who needs Dobots,...

IED Students Design & Build Clocks

Written by Chris Hurd.

For their final project in Design and Drawing for Production (IED), students in Mr. Hyatt’s class designed, modeled, and produced their own custom laser cut clocks. Students were given some basic constraints but were encouraged to be creative, use the knowledge and skills they’ve acquired...

Injection Molding: Marvel of Modern Engineering

Written by Chris Hurd.

Jim Found this one, and it is a GEM! A video about a plastic ball valve. Really? This is a marvel of engineering? Ummm… actually… yes. Jim and I both think so, and since it’s on the internet it must be true. This is a great 15 minute video with some wry humor thrown in that explains...

New! Dobot Resources

Written by Chris Hurd.

You’ve asked… We’ve listened. We are in the process of developing even more “stuff” for the Dobot Magicians for those of you who use them in your classroom. Please click on the link below to get more info on where to get resources like: More information on where...

Author: Chris Hurd

How a TIMEX Watch is Made

Dobot Blockly Curriculum Downloads

02 Blockly Pick & Place With Jumps & Loops

01 Blockly Pick and Place Dobot

Why do I need a resistor with Inputs on robots and micro-controllers?

Want a Deal on Dobot Magicians?

IED Students Design & Build Clocks

Injection Molding: Marvel of Modern Engineering

New! Dobot Resources

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