Concepts

• Thermodynamics
  • Heat engines
  • Reservoirs
  • Differences and similarities between a compressed-air engine and a steam engine
• Mechanics
  • Statics: How to build mechanically sound structures and machines
  • Work and energy
  • Forces and torques
  • Inertia
  • Moment of inertia: The flywheel
• Robotics
  • Designing a computer program to manage sensors and actuators
  • Writing and debugging a computer program
  • Making program and machine work together

Projects

• A stationary compressed-air engine modeled on early steam engines
• Compressed-air cars modeled on early steam locomotives
• A robot that sorts light and dark objects

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