Kinetic Display?

The challenge was simple, students in Es201, a new first course in systems engineering, were given a bag of motors, micro controllers, and small plastic toys and told to do something "interesting and aesthetically pleasing".

During the semester, students with no prior programming or electronics experience learned how to program micro computers to move a motor, light an LED, read a sensor, etc. It was amazing to see the things they came up with.

You just never know what you will get. Here is "Flame Bot" which uses a small torch to melt little plastic army guys (?)

The all time crowd pleaser? A tribute to the King of Pop.