AUTOMATA
define the problem
generate concepts
There are many existing Automata toys that have already been created, they are made from random household items to carved wood. They have spinning functions or move up and down to bring their character to life! Any character imaginable can be made into an Automata from people, dogs and birds, to flying pig and unicorns!
INVENTOR MODELS
REAL LIFE CREATIONS
SAFETY REGULATIONS EXAMPLE
"The automatas will be painted with acrylic paints and non toxic varnish. They are adult toys, meaning that they contain small parts and are therefore NOT suitable for very young children. The squeeze acrobats and falling toys are safe for older children to play with. However, none of my 'toys' should be left with toddlers. They are handmade traditional toys built carefully from wood, and not riveted together with breakable plastic parts."
- From https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/835540858/automata-and-mechanical-toys
"The automatas will be painted with acrylic paints and non toxic varnish. They are adult toys, meaning that they contain small parts and are therefore NOT suitable for very young children. The squeeze acrobats and falling toys are safe for older children to play with. However, none of my 'toys' should be left with toddlers. They are handmade traditional toys built carefully from wood, and not riveted together with breakable plastic parts."
- From https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/835540858/automata-and-mechanical-toys
develop a solution
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In order to create our functioning flying pig we used two eccentric cams, both with a diameter of 2. Using the parametric constrains were are able to control and resize the cam. By changing "d" to 4in it will increase the size of the cam as whole, changing the scale of the entire cam.
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construct and test prototype
evaluate the solution
I showed my flying pig Automata to my Mom and Dad, they were both very impressed with our creation! My mom thought the whole concept of the project was very cool, and loved how we all got to pick what item or character we wanted to create on the top of the box base! My Dad loved the project too, he thought it was very interesting how we created the cam crank system, but he said it would be better if we could attach the wings on a hinge, so that is something we could look into improving in the future. Also if we could add or adjust our solution I would want to make our pig more 3 Dimensional rather than 2D, creating different parts for each body part, if we had more time in the future. Through out the process of making our Automata Zach and I worked really well together, we could bounce ideas off of each other, and when one of us was struggling we were able to help the other or brainstorm to find a solution. We each were able to contribute different parts and create one assembly, we stayed focused and managed our time, using our team norms and Gantt chart. As for inventor I really didn't have any difficulties, its crazy how my skills have grown this whole semester and what I can easily do now once took me forever to figure out. Zach was also a huge help if I ever had a question he always knew just what to do!