Women In Science and Engineering - Solar Spiders

Project WISE is a one-week residential camp for rising 8th grade girls sponsored by the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program at Clemson University. In the Electrical and Computer Engineering class this summer we built and analyzed a solar powered robot. Construction of the robot demonstrated topics from Electrical and Computer Engineering such as electric circuits, electric motors, light, batteries, robot motion, solar cells and energy conversion.. Each student built a robot that she took home with her at the end of the week.

Class Lectures

Lecture on gears, torque, and speed:

Using a solar powered water pump to study effects of clouds and orientation of the soalr cell:

Building the Robots

Racing the Finished Robots

Robot in It's Cage for the Ride Home

Robot Bling - After each workshop the robot builders added a neclace charm for that day's activity. We had Gear Day, Electricity Day, Solar Day, and Robot Day.

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