ROBOT BLOG: PULLEYS

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The purpose of the Robot Pulley Lab was to test Newton’s Second Law.

Newton’s Second Law of motion states if a force if exerted on an object, it will accelerate (change its velocity), and it will change its velocity in the direction of the force.

We found that the higher the mass, the less acceleration the weighted pulley had.

We also found that the higher acceleration is directly related to power. The more power the motor used, the higher the acceleration was.

Resources:

1. http://zonalandeducation.com/mstm/physics/mechanics/forces/newton/newtonLaw2.html