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Rube Goldberg MachinesRube Goldberg Machines
Steve CaseUniversity of Mississippi
NSF NMGK-8January 2006
Steve CaseUniversity of Mississippi
NSF NMGK-8January 2006
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Rube GoldbergRube Goldberg• Reuben Lucius Goldberg• 1883-1970• Born in San Francisco• Graduated with
engineering degree from University of California Berkeley
• Worked as an engineer for City of San Francisco Water and Sewer Department
• Reuben Lucius Goldberg• 1883-1970• Born in San Francisco• Graduated with
engineering degree from University of California Berkeley
• Worked as an engineer for City of San Francisco Water and Sewer Department
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Rube GoldbergRube Goldberg• Convinced his father he
wanted to work as an artist
• Got a job as an office boy in sports department of a San Francisco newspaper
• Kept submitting cartoons until he was published
• Moved to New York to draw daily cartoons for Evening Mail
• Convinced his father he wanted to work as an artist
• Got a job as an office boy in sports department of a San Francisco newspaper
• Kept submitting cartoons until he was published
• Moved to New York to draw daily cartoons for Evening Mail
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Rube GoldbergRube Goldberg
• Founding member of National Cartoonist Society
• Pulitzer Prize winner• National figure, often-
quoted television and radio personality
• 60-year career
• Founding member of National Cartoonist Society
• Pulitzer Prize winner• National figure, often-
quoted television and radio personality
• 60-year career
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Rube Goldberg’s “INVENTIONS”
Rube Goldberg’s “INVENTIONS”
• Cartoons that symbolized “man’s capacity for exerting maximum effort to accomplish minimal results”
• Cartoons depicted convoluted machines functioning in complex ways to perform simple tasks
• “Rube Goldberg” has become synonymous with any complex system achieving a basic task
• Cartoons that symbolized “man’s capacity for exerting maximum effort to accomplish minimal results”
• Cartoons depicted convoluted machines functioning in complex ways to perform simple tasks
• “Rube Goldberg” has become synonymous with any complex system achieving a basic task
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Invention for Opening the Garage Door without Getting out of the Car
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So what . . . ?So what . . . ?
• Rube Goldberg machines are examples of complex machines.
• All complex machines are made up of combinations of simple machines.
• Rube Goldberg machines are usually a complicated combination of simple machines.
• By studying the components of Rube Goldberg machines, we learn more about simple machines.
• Rube Goldberg machines are examples of complex machines.
• All complex machines are made up of combinations of simple machines.
• Rube Goldberg machines are usually a complicated combination of simple machines.
• By studying the components of Rube Goldberg machines, we learn more about simple machines.
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Simple MachinesSimple Machines
• Have few or no moving parts
• Make work easier• Can be combined to create
complex machines
• Have few or no moving parts
• Make work easier• Can be combined to create
complex machines
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LeverLever
• A rigid board or rod free to rotate around a fixed point called a fulcrum
• By varying position of load and fulcrum, load can be lifted or moved with less force
• Trade off: must move lever large distance to move load small distance
• A rigid board or rod free to rotate around a fixed point called a fulcrum
• By varying position of load and fulcrum, load can be lifted or moved with less force
• Trade off: must move lever large distance to move load small distance
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Inclined PlaneInclined Plane
• A slope or ramp that goes from a lower to higher level
• Makes work easier by requiring less force to lift something a certain distance
• Trade off: the distance the load must be moved would be greater than simply lifting it straight up
• A slope or ramp that goes from a lower to higher level
• Makes work easier by requiring less force to lift something a certain distance
• Trade off: the distance the load must be moved would be greater than simply lifting it straight up
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Wheel and AxleWheel and Axle• A larger circular wheel
affixed to a smaller rigid rod at its center
• Used to translate force across horizontal distances (wheels on a wagon) or to make rotations easier (a doorknob)
• Trade off: the wheel must be rotated through a greater distance than the axle
• A larger circular wheel affixed to a smaller rigid rod at its center
• Used to translate force across horizontal distances (wheels on a wagon) or to make rotations easier (a doorknob)
• Trade off: the wheel must be rotated through a greater distance than the axle
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ScrewScrew• An inclined plane
wrapped around a rod or cylinder
• Used to lift materials or bind things together
• Trade off: the screw must be rotated many times to move something a small distance
• An inclined plane wrapped around a rod or cylinder
• Used to lift materials or bind things together
• Trade off: the screw must be rotated many times to move something a small distance
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WedgeWedge
• An inclined plane on its side• Used to cut or force material apart• Trade off: the wedge must be moved a large
distance to separate the material a small distance
• An inclined plane on its side• Used to cut or force material apart• Trade off: the wedge must be moved a large
distance to separate the material a small distance
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PulleyPulley
• A rope or chain free to turn around a suspended wheel
• By pulling down on the rope, a load can be lifted with less force
• Trade off: no real trade off here; the secret is that the pulley lets you work with gravity so you add the force of your own weight to the rope
• A rope or chain free to turn around a suspended wheel
• By pulling down on the rope, a load can be lifted with less force
• Trade off: no real trade off here; the secret is that the pulley lets you work with gravity so you add the force of your own weight to the rope
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The trick is WORKThe trick is WORK
• Simple machines change the amount of force needed, but they do not change the amount of work done.
• What is work?• Work equals force times distance• W = F x d
• By increasing the distance, you can decrease the force and still do the same amount of work.
• Simple machines change the amount of force needed, but they do not change the amount of work done.
• What is work?• Work equals force times distance• W = F x d
• By increasing the distance, you can decrease the force and still do the same amount of work.
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Examples:Examples:• Lever:
• Work is equal on both sides of a lever. You move the long end a LARGE distance with SMALL force. The other end moves a SMALL distance with a LARGE force, which is why it can lift heavy objects.
• Lever: • Work is equal on both sides of
a lever. You move the long end a LARGE distance with SMALL force. The other end moves a SMALL distance with a LARGE force, which is why it can lift heavy objects.
•Inclined Plane: •It takes a certain amount of work to get the cabinet into the truck. You can either exert a LARGE force to lift it the SMALL distance into the truck, or you can exert a SMALL force to move it a LARGE distance along the ramp.
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Invention for Opening the Garage Door without Getting out of the Car
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