Another form of generating electricity is by using wind turbines.

Wind turbines can be build on

land or offshore in large bodies of water like lakes or oceans.There are many different types of
wind turbines like the horizontal axis variety which is the most common see. and the vertical
axis design which we are using for our bristlebot looks like an eggbeater named the eggbeater
style darrieus model design by the french inventor Georges Jean Marie Darrieus a french
aeronautical engineer in 1931. It uses its mounted blades on a vertical rotating shaft or framework.
The curvature of the blades allows the blade to be stressed only in tension at high rotating speeds.

How wind turbines is pretty simple. Wind turbines are pretty much like fans instead of using
electricity to make wind, like a fan, Wind turbines use wind to make electricity. the wind turns the
blades of the turbine which spins a shaft, which connects to a generator and makes energy.Then it
goes to a breaker that connects to the bristlebot. Then the

electrons start moving and electrical energy is formed.That electrical energy,consisting of

electrons running down the wires, creates kinetic motion(energy of motion)in the motor
that is called mechanical energy.Heat energy is also created by the motor which is energy lost.

references

Department of Energy. (n.d.). Retrieved October 8, 2015.