Making Simple Robots, 2nd Edition

STEP 4:

BUILD YOUR PROTOTYPE — AND DOCUMENT WHAT YOU

DO: As you work, keep a record of what you use. Write down

the instructions for your project, and make notes where

you made changes. Take photos and videos so you can

watch your progress. Engineers learn to record everything

they do, from the very beginning of a project. They draw

sketches and write notes in a bound notebook with the

pages sewn in, and they date every page. That way, they have

proof that the ideas they came up with are their own.

STEP 5:

TEST YOUR DESIGN: Once you’ve got your prototype, it’s

time to test it out. Does it work the way you expected? If not,

take note of the details ...