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Post Press FAQ Response
Blog neglect strikes again but I have a legitimate reason this time. DON-8r has been receiving a lot of online media attention since my last blog post so I have found myself flitting between various other blogs, websites and comments … Continue reading
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Tagged batteries, Charity, CNC, cnet, Collaboration, coolest gadgets, curiosity counts, DC motor, deadlines, Degree Show, design, design spotter, design you trust, DON-8r, donation, Dundee, Dundee Science Centre, engadget, FAQ, fast company, future, GPS, Graduation, Kacie Kinzer, laughing squid, manufacture, materialicious, New Designers, notocot, open output, plastic pals, Press, press release, product, quipsologies, Rapid Prototype, response, robots, slash gear, stealing, super punch, TALK, tecca, theft, trend hunter, Tweenbots, ubergizmo
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Tweaks and Changes
A typical backlog of blog here so in a non-chronological order here are some updates from the last week. After the successful PR day at Dundee Science Centre, I took DON-8r back to the studio for a repaint and a … Continue reading
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Tagged DON-8r, Dundee, Dundee Science Centre, glossy, MAKE, masking, Overgate, problem solving, Product Design, programming, prototype, robots, Science, spray paint, technology, University
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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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Final Design Sketches
*** CLICK IMAGES FOR BIGGER*** So if you have missed it in any previous posts, here is what the final design will look like along with some highlighted alterations. I put these sketches together for Sensation to make as clear … Continue reading
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Tagged busy, Collaboration, DON-8r, Dundee, Finished, Networking, Overgate, Photos, Product Design, prototype, robots, sensation, sketching, TALK, University
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Final Model #2 - Electronic Winning
Following my last post of documented failure I thought I would counter it with a quick post on my working electronics! The key change I have had with this model compared to the previous prototype is that I have introduced … Continue reading
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Tagged DC motor, DON-8r, donation, Dundee, electronics, LED, MAKE, PICAXE, Product Design, prototype, RGB LED, robots, Speaker, technology, University, VMUSIC2
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Final Model #1 - Plaster Failing
So begins the construction of my final model. I started a week or so ago but thought I would make some progress before I blogged although quite a lot has happened! As you can see above, there’s been some blue … Continue reading
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Tagged blue foam, laser cutter, MAKE, mistakes, mould, mud rock, plaster, plastic, problem solving, prototype, robots, sanding, Styrofoam, University, vacuum forming, workshop
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Colours and Decapitations
Not a wholly misleading blog title here. Following chats with various people I decided to do a test to see how people reacted to my robot - without its head. Or should I say, without a face. I gave the … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetic, donation, Dundee, experiment, interaction, MAKE, problem solving, Product Design, prototype, robots, University
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Bright Ideas
My new design involves my robot having a head which can change colour as a means to display emotional responses. I want it to pulse when requiring assistance/coins, briefly flash as a response to receiving coins then glow when driving. … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, experiment, frosted, LED, MAKE, PICAXE, prototype, PWM, research, RGB LED, robots, transparent
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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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robots with hats
I am not a huge fan of the shape of DON-8r’s head and sketching redesign approaches have been to no avail - constantly going around in circles. It has been brought up on a number of occasions now that it … Continue reading
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Tagged concept, DON-8r, experiment, hats, MAKE, problem solving, Product Design, prototype, robots
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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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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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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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Testing User Interaction
While also being a fund raising and publicity opportunity for Dundee Science Centre, my couple of days out at The Overgate Shopping Centre was also a great opportunity for some in depth user testing. This has allowed me to highlight … Continue reading →