Ben Wait Engineering Foundations Hendricks, B2 Functional specifications A device needs to be built that is able to pick up assorted balls,

elevate them and place them into a Frisbee. There will be a Ping-Pong ball, a golf ball, a tennis ball, and a billiard ball. And they will all need to be elevated at least two inches from the ground, but no more than six inches. Each one of the balls will be placed ten to twenty inches from the pivot point of the device.

The arm itself may only use a certain set of materials, it must have a 5 1/2 by 6 1/2 base plate and you are limited to the materials that you see below. There is no limit on the price, however, if you cheaply create your arm, you may receive a bonus. You may not touch any part of the arm except for the base plate while you are testing your arm, (you may touch strings attached to other parts of the arm, provided they are also attached to the base plate), and you must place all the balls in the Frisbee within a five minute time limit.

Item
Wood base plate (512 by 612 by 34) Thin wood slats (14 by 34 by length variable up to 6 ft max)

Cost (in imaginary

money)
$10 $1 per linear inch

Thick wood slats (34 by 112 by length variable up to 6 ft max.) Thin wood dowels (12 diameter by length variable up to 3 ft max) Thick wood dowels (1 diameter by length variable up to 1 ft max) Bolt and nut and two washers (size variable)

$3 per linear inch $2 per linear inch $3 per linear inch $2 each set (bolt, nut, and two washers together)

Screw (size variable) Screw-In Eyelet (size variable) Screw-In Hook (size variable) Rubber Bands (size variable) String Thin Rubber Sheeting

$0.5 each $0.5 each $0.5 each $0.5 each $0.1 per linear inch $1 per square inch $3 per square inch (max width 5 inches)

Thick Spongy Rubber Sheeting

Elmers Glue Hot Glue Counter weight Plastic Cup

Free

$1 per square inch of glued $1 per kilogram $10 each