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Final Model #9 - Glue, Sand and Spray
With the electronics soldered and working, I returned to getting the body looking less like a mouldy egg. To start with, I glued the two halves of the body together and clamped it over night (above). The next day I … Continue reading
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Tagged car body filler, craft, DON-8r, Dundee, final model, glue, polyurethane, primer, Product Design, sanding, spray paint, University
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Final Model #8 – Electronics
I am really chuffed with how the electronics have come out having taken it off the PCB and soldered it onto 3 tiers of strip board with it still working! Looks a bit manic but it does all make sense, … Continue reading
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Tagged 18x, 28x1, amplifier, batteries, bumper, craft, DC motor, DON-8r, Dundee, final model, L293D, MAKE, pcb, PICAXE, Product Design, RGB LED, Speaker, strip board, switch, technology, University, VMUSIC2
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Final Model #7 – Coin Chamber
This is the beginning of making the back half of DON-8r - the coin chamber and trolley wheels. The wheels are attached through a couple of snug holes securing them in place. The chamber is made up of lots … Continue reading
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Tagged chamber, coin, coin slot, craft, DON-8r, Dundee, final model, MAKE, plastic, Product Design, trolley wheels, University
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Final Model #6 - Head Forming
The head of the robot was made the same way as the body, I created a mould of the shape I needed and then vacuum formed plastic over it. The difference being though that I could not keep the … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, craft, DON-8r, Dundee, experiment, final model, frosted, MAKE, mould, problem solving, Product Design, styrene, transparent, University, vacuum forming, vaseline, workshop
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Final Model #5 - Body Building
For the sake of not writing too massive a post here I will summarise a stressful week of testing, testing and retesting vacuum forms in order to produce the formed body parts you see in the above image - 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged car body filler, craft, DON-8r, Dundee, fail, filler, final model, glossy, high impact polyester, MAKE, matt, mould, plastic, Product Design, prototype, robots, spray paint, technology, University, vacuum forming
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Sensation(al) News!
For the past couple of weeks I have been in contact with Sensation Science Centre in Dundee as a venue which I thought would be ideal for me to do some user testing for DON-8r. What has stemmed from this correspondence is … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre, Collaboration, craft, deadlines, Dundee, MAKE, Networking, Product Design, prototype, Science, sensation, TALK, University
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Final Model #3 - Vacuum Form Testing
Following strong recommendations from the workshop technicians I decided that I better do some testing before I embark upon both vacuum forming my big moulds and the possibility of wasting more time. So I created a number of small foam blocks, each with a different style … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, blue foam, craft, Dundee, emulsion, experiment, MAKE, mould, mudrock, paint, plaster, Product Design, prototype, Styrofoam, vacuum forming, workshop
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Redesigns and sketching pondering
It’s been a while and a busy week since my last post so tonight I hope to do some catching up! To start off, I chose to have a rethink of my design as I felt that the current design … Continue reading
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Tagged blue foam, concept, craft, experiment, high school, idea, manufacture, problem solving, Product Design, prototype, reminiscing, robot, robots, sketching, University
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DON-8r in action!
For the past week or so I have been working on bringing my scale prototype to life. The video above is the culmination of this work and also a means for me to portray some of my user testing. The … Continue reading
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Tagged blue foam, craft, DC motor, DON-8r, donation, Dundee, experiment, Film, interaction, letraset, MAKE, Paper Mache, Product Design, prototype, switch, technology, University, user
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Scale Prototype
So for the past few days I have decided to build a full scale model of my concept render. I am going to use this throughout next week to highlight alterations and specify dimensions. Already I have been considering a … Continue reading
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Tagged blue foam, craft, DON-8r, Dundee, MAKE, Paper Mache, Product Design, prototype, Styrofoam, University
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New Bumpers and Up-Scaling
Having tried a three switch bumper design to resolve the issue of there being no sensor for the front, I designed this two bumper approach which covers the front of the robot quite nicely. This design was then followed by … Continue reading
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Tagged bumper, cardboard, craft, Dalek, experiment, insights, Natalie Duckett, Pete Thomas, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, switch, University
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The Petite Noel Project: Part 3 – Model Making
Following on from The Petite Noel Project: Part 1 - intro and The Petite Noel Project: Part 2 - Electronics Part 1: Prototyping With the electronics at a bit of a dead end last Friday I turned my attention to … Continue reading
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Tagged #PetiteNoel, cardboard, concept, craft, Dundee, idea, MDF, Milling, plastic, play, Product Design, prototype, technology, University, workshop
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The Petite Noel Project: Part 1 - intro
Now that I have finished my dissertation (just to give it another plug!) I have been working on a bit of a side project. I say side project but it is actually relevant to my product design work in a … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Extra Work
Tagged #PetiteNoel, Charity, Collaboration, craft, dissertation, donate, Dundee, encourage, experiment, Fairy Lights, idea, Jamboree, learning, Physical/Digital, play, Product Design, prototype, technology
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More Robots!
Here’s a new robot I made on Tuesday as part of my on going prototyping / aesthetic engineering / having fun making robots. For this I was looking to switch around the 3wheel set up I have been previously experimenting … Continue reading
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Tagged branding, Charity, craft, Dundee, H-Bridge, LED, Pete Thomas, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, technology, University
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Robocompo – nomnomnombot
3: Nomnomnombot by @mikevanis Although I quite like the idea of reeding the robot coins, I think that this particular mouth shape has a few too many, ahem, associated connotations. Also I lost Mikes original scooping mechanism purely for simplicity purposes, the plasma on … Continue reading
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Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, experiment, mike vanis, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, twitter, University
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Robocompo - Cylinder Head
2: Cylinder Head Robot by @laurengentry1 I quite like this one, It has 3 wheels underneath so is a bit more stable. However it does have a bit of a Jetsons feel to it.
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Robocompo Bots - Disco Bot
Today I am going to try and make as many Robots as I can so my blog will be getting updated as I go. If you have any more robot suggestions email them to me at [email protected] , Twitter them … Continue reading
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Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, experiment, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, Tartan Baffies, twitter, University
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Robo Compo!
So today I was hoping to go into uni and continue playing about with motors but the unrelenting snow (and thundersnow) which has struck Dundee this weekend has meant that today the University of Dundee is closed. This is a … Continue reading
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Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, Dundee, experiment, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, twitter, University
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Prototyping #3
This is the prototype where I am now, I replaced switch from the last model as it was a bit temperamental as mechanical sensors tend to be. This model uses a light gate with an LDR and a fucking LASER beam! Could … Continue reading
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Tagged craft, LASER, LDR, LED, Lightgate, MP3, PICAXE, play, Product Design, prototype, Speaker, technology, University, VMUSIC2
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