{"id":11132,"date":"2016-01-29T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T02:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=11132"},"modified":"2016-01-29T13:20:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T02:20:31","slug":"astronaut-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/astronaut-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first-year intro-to-engineering class at Tufts University, Aaron Johnson and I created a &#8220;space themed&#8221; project around developing tools that could be used by astronauts in space in order to perform typical tasks that happen on an EVA (extravehicular activity, or space walk): moving nuts between bolts or routing wires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Nuts-and-Bolts-Challenge.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11135 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Nuts-and-Bolts-Challenge-300x169.png\" alt=\"Nuts and Bolts Challenge\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Nuts-and-Bolts-Challenge-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Nuts-and-Bolts-Challenge-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Nuts-and-Bolts-Challenge-600x338.png 600w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Nuts-and-Bolts-Challenge.png 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Moving-Bolts.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11133 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Moving-Bolts-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"ES93-06 Space Project Moving Bolts\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Moving-Bolts-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Moving-Bolts-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Moving-Bolts.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Moving-Bolts-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Wire-Routing.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11134 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Wire-Routing-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"ES93-06 Space Project Wire Routing\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Wire-Routing-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Wire-Routing-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Wire-Routing.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ES93-06-Space-Project-Wire-Routing-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wire-Routing-Challenge.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11136 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wire-Routing-Challenge-300x162.png\" alt=\"Wire Routing Challenge\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wire-Routing-Challenge-300x162.png 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wire-Routing-Challenge-768x414.png 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wire-Routing-Challenge-600x323.png 600w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wire-Routing-Challenge.png 995w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The students had to leverage the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 hardware in order to develop a new tool to accomplish this task, and were evaluated by an in-class competition to see which tools performed the best\/fastest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Astronaut Tools&quot; Assignment (using LEGO Robotics)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AK9HuIwJ--E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Astronaut Don Pettit for the assignment inspiration, Former Astronaut Jeff Hoffman for sharing his experiences with the class, and Leah Fletcher for editing the video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first-year intro-to-engineering class at Tufts University, Aaron Johnson and I created a &#8220;space themed&#8221; project around developing tools that could be used by astronauts in space in order to perform typical tasks that happen on an EVA (extravehicular activity, or space walk): moving nuts between bolts or routing wires. 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