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Ideation
Ideation
Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)
Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)
In day 1, our task is to start ideating our Final Project and build a cardboard model of the smart lamp.
Smart Doggie Lamp kit
Since one of us likes animals and the other chose an idea from Pinterest which looks like a dog, so our decision was driven to a Dog-Shaped lamp, not too complex but cute :)
Tool Chain
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Software:
Googling, to find a cool idea for a smart lamp to ideate it using low fidelity prototyping
Material:
Cardboard & Glue, easy cheap way to ideate with no cost loss
Tools:
Ruler, cutter, Glue Gun
Design/Preparation Process
Design/Preparation Process
Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?
Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?
At first, we started imagining the shape of the dog and drafty sketching the places of the components.
With limited resources of (30x50)cm area, we had to initially calculate before cutting, whether all subassemblies would fit in the sheet or not
We split the project into the following:
head "Lamp housing"
head "Lamp housing"
We chose the Frustum shape, it may be mainstream shape for lamps but cool still.
legs
legs
We thought it would be 2D curved rectangles with rotational upper joints that will allow position and height adjustment & also can be folded totally. An important feature also we found in most of the similar shape that the back legs are shorter than the front.
main body "control box"
main body "control box"
Control box size must fit the components, the body also will take a non-uniform frustum shape, taller front than the back.
After searching for Arduino size which is almost "7x6cm", and relay module common size is "4.5x1.75cm", the shown sketch and dimensions were the output.
tail and neck
tail and neck
2D parts, the neck will act as the connector of Main Body & Head
Development/Implementation Process
Development/Implementation Process
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
Here's the first step of collecting the known and referenced dimensions that we will need in designing the cardboard.
Dog project outer layout dimensions
Dog project outer layout dimensions
After searching with the keywords "Lasercut-dog-shaped", the dimensions were in Inch & we transferred them to cm
arduino uno dimensions
arduino uno dimensions
First result after using the keywords "Arduino-Uno-dimensions"
Relay module dimensions
Relay module dimensions
We knew that this is only a common size but may not be the actual size of the Relay Module we are using but still is useful to estimate size.
LDR Module dimensions
LDR Module dimensions
Image result after using the keywords "LDR-Module-dimensions"
cardboard components
cardboard components
According to the dimensions mentioned before, we prepared these components as cardboard models
We drew the lines using pencil on cardboard, then cutter to cut the shapes, and regarding the potentiometer we used the Rolling feature to create that cylindrical shape
body cardboarding
body cardboarding
Head - Frustum Shape
Head - Frustum Shape
Neck
Neck
Rotating joint using BBQ Stick
legs
legs
Rectangular shapes with upper hole
body joints for legs
body joints for legs
Leg holes and their distances on main body
Standing
Sitting
Sleeping
Folded
Overcoming Challenges
Overcoming Challenges
What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)
What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)
30x50cm Cardboard sheet
- limited resources
As a challenge we had very limited resources of material. We had to fit all out parts in 1 sheet of size 30x50cm. That was a big challenge and we had to draw first with dimensions to make sure our design is going to fit in 30x50cm.
2. rotating Legs
2. rotating Legs
We had to finish a whole project in a short time, and that made us think of simplifying the project as much as possible. So at first we decided to make the four legs static not rotating, and we actually built a full cardboard model with static legs. But then we thought it looks so normal and not cool, so we went back and re-made the cardboard design as shown above to keep the legs rotating with joints.
3. neck connector
3. neck connector
We faced a challenge here in the neck and whether mounting the neck around the head or behind it. Here as shown in the first model, we went with fixing the neck on Top as 2 pieces that forms axis to neck to rotate in, but actually the head gets stuck between the 2 pieces when it rotates at a some angles, in addition to having limits of rotation. So at the end we decided to try and fix the neck on front side of body and fixing the head away from the body with no limits of rotation as before.
We actually faced some challenges in cardboard modelling and as a team we gave hints to each other.
Our peer Instructor Amany was super helpful in this task and she made us go through simple baby steps at first till we can make folded, rolled, and neat shapes.
Here are some challenges:
WOW!
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
Name Ideation
In the beginning we thought of Doggie or Luminous name, till Saeed suggested the name "Bob" that sounds like "Kal-bob" ^^
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