So immediately when I heard how we were completely this experiment today I thought of the popular song “Hey Ya” by OutKast. And then I thought of this: Obadiah Parker
Anywho,
Our most recent experiment involved a clear flashlight attached to the robot brain which was then connected to the computer.
We created battery charge by moving the magnet back and forth through the copper coils. To do this we needed to shake the flashlight up and down.
The LabView collected the data and put it into an Excel Spreadsheet for easier readings. We did 4 runs, along with a trial run with 0 shakes. Each test ran for 30 seconds, only the # of shakes and speed of shaking varied.
After gathering all the results, we needed to analyze the data and figure out the sum of the square for each trial. After analysis, we made another fun graph comparing the shakes to the sum of squares. We discovered a direct correlation as shakes increased, so did the sum of squares. Shown here: Graph!
