Define the Problem
Team Norms
- Use time wisely
- Work together
- Don't criticize
- Communicate
- Compromise, agree to disagree
- Check each others work
- Use time wisely
- Work together
- Don't criticize
- Communicate
- Compromise, agree to disagree
- Check each others work
Generate Concepts
Existing Products:
Safety Regulations:
I think the only warning that needs to be placed on the toy is that it may contain small parts that children could try to put in their mouth. It could also be dangerous if Josh and I do not build it well and pieces fall off.
Brainstorming:
-person playing violin
-skater
-drummer with drum set
-Mario jumping
-surfer riding a wave
-dog riding a wave
-person walking a dog
-tree blowing in the wind
-person shooting a target
-person running on a treadmill
-sun rising with mountains or environment scene
-person playing violin
-skater
-drummer with drum set
-Mario jumping
-surfer riding a wave
-dog riding a wave
-person walking a dog
-tree blowing in the wind
-person shooting a target
-person running on a treadmill
-sun rising with mountains or environment scene
Develop the Solution
Parametric constraints were needed so that we only had to change one thing, d, to change the scale size of the cam. This makes everything a whole lot easier and more efficient.
Construct and Test the Prototype
Birch wood costs from $3-5 per lb so the total cost, $4*1.535, is $6.14.
Evaluate the Solution
Both of my parents thought that my automata design was neat. My dad helped build it so he saw some flaws and some things that could be changed, but he liked it anyways. I think we could have made a lot of changes on our final product that we actually built. We had a decent amount of time but it took us a while to make the automata for as basic as we decided to make it. We could have made some changes there by including the trees moving, which would be harder, adding more trees, which wouldn't take too long, or doing more with paint such as painting a lake or painting the box and/or the parts to make it look better. As a team, we worked really well. Because we are good friends, we can get mad at each other sometimes or mess around but we get over it and get our work done. It also made it a lot easier to build the automata because we have known each other for a while so josh was allowed to come over afterschool to work on it and over the weekend. My dad is a builder so he has almost every tool for woodworking and that is also a bonus. We had some trouble with inventor, mostly because we were trying to transfer stuff on to each other's flasgdrives and that always brings trouble. Josh was having problems with the assembly and I think that was because we resized the box into a rectangular prism shape, which I don't really know the reason for, but I think it helped us to build it in real life because it gave us more space. I had some trouble making the parts too, and most of my problems came from using the mirror tool in the sketch, which I guess im just not uses to using. All in all, I think it was a great project and I had a great partner. We had a very cool and unique idea that was fun to build and see come to life.