Prototype For the Dissipation fin we used the accelerometer on the feather wing board to detect the motion of the person. The bigger the person’s motion, the faster the servos move. We also used a PCA9685 servo driver to power Read more…
Soooo.. It was time to get this thing off the plans and into the real world! The First Petal Iteration We went through a few iterations of petals before settling on one. The first few prints were fails, as we Read more…
Storyboard Idea Our storyboard idea has two parts – a day part and a night part – depicting the dual elements of our project. The idea has been attached broken down into scenes and attached below: Part 1 – DAY Read more…
The Secret Life of a Desert Arthropod Inspired by the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” our documentation video will capture the secret life of a desert arthropod which goes on a journey to find food. The robot is Read more…
Fabrication We have modeled and used the 3D printer to print out 3 segments of the “bone” structure. We tried out two different models, one flat and one with curves, and decided on the latter one because it fits better Read more…
Tasks Spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CYVs79Ll7rF6RpnMJpx7h9gtLPQVXBvX/edit#gid=582066504 Project Updates Neopixels For the neopixels to be put inside the pyramids, we used neopixel rings to light up the subjects. Placing a ring did not light up the whole pyramid, and we found it did not Read more…
Spreadsheet Link You can find the link to our spreadsheet that we have been using to track our progress here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aSiC_4_6hTD5dyi71Pdwfwkdqzf_QDCQPfydO-HXo5A/edit?usp=sharing Updates Wheel Design & 3d Print Process <Rapid Prototyping> <Version 1> <Version 2> Progress with Microphone Module
List of Things We Worked On This week, we worked on quite a few aspects of our project. Image Gallery Project Plan Find our project plan here under TASK LIST + MATERIAL LIST. List of Plans for Next Week
