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Concept Render
***Click for HUGE*** Meet DON-8r, a cash collecting robot traversing the great outdoors! Here is the culmination of PLAY, my concept design based around the tech prototypes I have been playing with over the past couple of months. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged concept, detailed design, Dundee, experiment, MAKE, play, problem solving, Product Design, project board, robots, sketching
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Nearly Finished Concept Model for PLAY
I have now embedded all my electronics and here is the working tech prototype hand in for PLAY. Although it does still have some mechanical issues which need smoothing over. Primarily the front wheel, which is a ball bearing, isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Dundee, hand in, L293D, PICAXE, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, technology, University, VMUSIC2
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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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Artificial Emotions
First off, here is my improved robot design built to look and operate a bit better. this uses three bumpers, two at the sides and one in the middle. The coin slot is currently hanging off the edge as I … Continue reading
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Tagged amplifier, audio, bumper, DC motor, Emotion, experiment, Jon Rogers, Kacie Kinzer, L293D, MP3, Pete Thomas, Physical/Digital, PICAXE, Piezo, play, problem solving, Product Design, prototype, robot, sensation, switch, technology, Tweenbots, University, Videogames, Zelda
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Plans and Gantts
One of our hand-ins for the PLAY stage is to produce a Gantt Chart detailing our approach for the next 13 (I think..?) weeks left of 4th year. Here is my plan of attack anyway. With the MAKE stage (blue) … Continue reading
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Tagged Dundee, Gantt, MAKE, Planning, play, Product Design, TALK, University
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Coin Responsive Robot
Although not the prettiest looking design, this is the first prototype of the fully functioning coin responsive robot. Here’s a video of it in action: As you can see, as a coin is put in the robot does a small … Continue reading
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Tagged bumper, cardboard, donation, experiment, L293D, personality, PICAXE, play, Product Design, prototype, robot, switch, technology
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My First Robot
Last night I managed to get a robot up and running. Despite having wires and other bits and bobs in view its a pretty basic circuit using two switches as bumpers. Here’s a video of it in action: And here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged #PetiteNoel, batteries, bespoke, cardboard, Charity, DC motor, donation, experiment, L293D, Lightgate, Networking, PICAXE, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, switch, technology, 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
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Extra Work
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 2 - Electronics
Following on from The Petite Noel Project: Part 1 - intro ***warning - technical rambling approaching*** PART 1 - Getting an LED to pulse The first step was to work out how I could get an LED to dim gradually. As … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Extra Work
Tagged #PetiteNoel, AC/DC, capacitor, Collaboration, Dundee, experiment, Fairy Lights, freebies, how to, Jamboree, learning, LED, Lightgate, Mike Shorter, Physical/Digital, PICAXE, play, potentiometer, Product Design, prototype, PWM, servo, technology, twitter, University
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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
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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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Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, experiment, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, twitter, University
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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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RIP Cybot
This is my Cybot. I constructed it during my high school years as a result of a long lasting subscription to real robots magazine. At £3.99 an issue it was kindly funded by my mum. In its prime it could … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design
Tagged 7 segment display, DC motor, diodes, H-Bridge, hacking, infra-red, LDR, LED, PICAXE, Piezo, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, sonar, technology, Transistor, University
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The marvels of a flashing LED
I’ll give you a heads up now that this is a dull post but may help classmates. This is my set up and code for getting a switch to work with a PICAXE 18X. The button on the right is … Continue reading
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Tagged how to, LED, PICAXE, play, prototype, switch, technology
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Gamify (but do it subtly)
Thanks to SuperFly for sending me a photo of the spinny rolly coin donation box thingy which I still don’t have a proper name for! I was thinking this morning a bit more about this. Can something like this be … Continue reading
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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