Author: Atticus

Today as we entered the caterpillar facility in Sanford, we were greeted with a video about the technology used at the company and then told we could take no pictures in the factory, because of this I have included a picture of a skid steer constructed at the factory. Today inside the factory we saw many welders and automation including robotic welders, machining systems, forklifts, and tool carts. The amount of seamless automation in the factory was amazing to watch as machines moved with no operators..

During day 7 we had scheduled driving time for the group, as I could not drive the machines, I sat and watched as Matthew blew out a tire on the back hoe loader. We then completed another engineering challenge where we were required to find a way to install a toolbox onto an excavator.

 

Today we had an engineering challenge where we constructed a bridge from spaghetti, tape, and rubber bands. Our bridge managed to hold almost 10 pounds of weight disturbed amongst bean bags, buckets, and books. A prototype of the company has been marked out in the background.

one at caterpillar involved an introduction about safety on the work sight as well as information about what we could and couldn’t take pictures of, as we spent today mainly on the production line which was confidential, I have included a picture of the building we worked in today.

Today I needed to finish the robot sculpture. I put on finishing touches such as muscle in the arms as well as neon lighting in the head of the robot. The slideshow flashes by showing pictures of various torsos and other representative symbols.

Today I used aluminum to create a ribcage for my sculpture, as well as mounted the head the the spine. Tonight I will create a slideshow to display on  the screen/chest of the sculpture.