Robot
The kids’ project for the day: building a robot that will dig them a tunnel through the backyard, and to the Atlantic beach.
Ian’s preliminary plans
Ian is serious about this project. He has a plan for how the robot should work, and how strong it needs to be. He wants it to be able to dig for at least an hour before needing to stop for repairs. He wanted me to give him electric cords, so I suggested solar energy. He wanted to know where to get solar energy, and I told him he needed something to collect the sunlight. He thought a plant would work well for that.
Chava helped with the digging arm, and provided opinions on what the robot needed to do. They had some intense discussion about details and materials before they ever actually got to work. They spent hours on this project today, and have every faith that it will operate as designed, after a lot of work.
(pictured here is the ‘digging arm’)
