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Fundraising at the Overgate
On Friday and Saturday, Dundee Science Centre were at The Overgate shopping centre in Dundee performing some fun experiments such as dusting for fingerprints and creating lemonade fountains. DON-8r and I were also there, outside in the sunshine, gathering money … Continue reading
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Tagged caird hall, Charity, Collaboration, DON-8r, donate, Dundee, Dundee Science Centre, experiment, fund raising, Overgate, PR, Product Design, research, robot, Science, TALK, technology, University
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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 #10 - Embedding
Although working fine, it is important that I have access to the circuitry within DON-8r as problems are inevitable (as I know now all too well!). I have designed DON-8r so that the front motors and electronics unit can slide in and … Continue reading
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Tagged DON-8r, drill, Dundee, electronics, final model, MAKE, problem solving, Product Design, screw, technology, 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 #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 Model #4 – Real Robot Motors
The motors I have been using so far have been taken from Cybot - a robot I built through collecting components as part of a subscription to Real Robots magazine. Unfortunately though, my extensive testing has left them a little … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, cybot, DC motor, DON-8r, Dundee, eaglemoss publcations, final model, Industry, MAKE, Networking, potentiometer, Product Design, real robots, technology, 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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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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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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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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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
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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 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
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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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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
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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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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 →